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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…
Is this the greatest grid we’ve ever seen in 60 years of Formula 1? That’s a key question we couldn’t resist asking within our 2010 Grand Prix season preview, the…
The Fly 4 Heroes event returns next month at Henstridge Airfield on July 8, a fundraising day that offers 30-minute flight experiences over the Somerset and Dorset countryside. On terra firma there…
Alfa Romeo's second seat is a hotly contested one and in all likelihood, one of Ferrari's Academy Drivers will fill the space for the 2021 Formula 1 season despite experienced…
Thirty-eight-year-old pole position man Kimi Räikkönen was between a rock and a hard place, on the track and off, poised for victory in a Ferrari at Monza. It was lap…