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Matters of moment, June 2012
On the Friday ahead of the Chinese Grand Prix a collective groan rose from the Motor Sport office: Jean Todt…
On the Friday ahead of the Chinese Grand Prix a collective groan rose from the Motor Sport office: Jean Todt…
CONTRIBUTORS DOUG NYE has been extra busy recently, setting up the sensational Silver Arrows demo-race for Goodwood Revival, filming for…
With its novel side exhaust consigned to history the former Renault team, that we now know as Lotus, has made…
Nico Rosberg’s victory in the Chinese GP put a renewed focus on Mercedes GP’s so-called Double DRS system, which gives…
Susie Wolff has joined Williams as a development driver, and the Mercedes DTM veteran will undertake some aerodynamic running –…
The ongoing management shuffle at Williams Grand Prix Holdings took an unexpected turn when Adam Parr resigned from his role…
The future of group Lotus has been thrown into doubt following the sale of its parent company proton. It is…
Nine-time motorbike world champion Valentino Rossi made his second international race start on four wheels at the opening round of…
The race debut of the all-new Toyota TS030 Hybrid has been delayed until the Le Mans 24 Hours following a…
Chrysler is to take on Ferrari, Porsche and Chevrolet with the new-generation Dodge Viper in the American Le Mans Series.…
Honda is set to pitch the new generation NSX against Chrysler in the GTE class. Honda Performance Development, American Honda’s…
Over 250 of the world’s most celebrated racing cars will take on the Monte Carlo street circuit during the 2012…
Peter Gethin, who died last year, will be remembered at Silverstone in both May and July this year. At the…
The European debut of the unique Veskanda Group C car will be one of the features of the second Donington…
Alain Prost will take top billing when he makes his first appearance at the Goodwood Festival of Speed on June…
Both Tour Britannia and the Roger Albert Clark Rally will run with condensed routes in 2012, aimed at reducing costs…
Ferdinand Alexander ‘Butzi’ Porsche has died at the age of 76. The eldest son of Ferry and grandson of company…
This team owner, who made a memorable impact on British saloon and sports car racing with his red and gold…
The designer of the 1959 Le Mans winning Aston Martin DBR1 has died at the age of 85. Cutting became…
Bill Stone, who has died after a long illness, was an accomplished racer but he will be best remembered as…
Question marks continue to be raised about the legality of Red Bull's new suspension at the Barcelona F1 test Speculation continues to rage about the legality or otherwise of the…
Valentino Rossi will be back on the MotoGP grid next year with Yamaha's Petronas SRT satellite team. The deal for 2021 was announced this weekend and will see the nine-time…
Formula 1 cars will adopt the halo as of 2018 The FIA has confirmed the halo protection system will be introduced to Formula 1 from the 2018 season onwards. All…
An aspect of Grand Prix racing which has never failed to fascinate me is the ‘instant’ appraisal of a driver’s worth. There really is some truth in the old cliché…