The ‘People’s Champion’ – 17 years on
Can you believe it’s 17 years since Nigel Mansell banished his Formula 1 demons by finally clinching the World Championship? It only seems like yesterday, and yet young firebrand Michael…
Can you believe it’s 17 years since Nigel Mansell banished his Formula 1 demons by finally clinching the World Championship? It only seems like yesterday, and yet young firebrand Michael…
As Mike Doodson writes in this month’s excellent cover story, BMW has bottled it. The manufacturer has backed out of Formula 1 without reaching its goal of winning the World…
It’s not every day that you come to work and find Sir Stirling Moss sitting in your chair. But that was my pleasure – and real honour – when Britain’s…
Shows how much I know, doesn’t it? All week I’ve been telling anyone who’ll listen, including the millions of viewers who watch Formula 1 on ESPN Star Sports in Asia,…
During the 1980s Derek Bell personified what racing fans loved about sports car racing, both in Britain and America. For a decade he was consistently the man to beat in…
They called him ‘Il Grande John’ and adopted him as one of their own. Italians have a soft spot for John Surtees, as he does for them. Hardly surprising, given…
What a week. From the Le Mans 24 Hours to the British Grand Prix in a few short days. For many of us, this is the highlight of the racing…
Jim Clark remains an enigma. Forty-one years after his passing, racing fans are still fascinated by the greatest driver of the 1960s, but how much do we really know about…
The cover line reads: ‘Mission Le Mans!’ – and what a mission it is. Fifty years after its one and only overall victory at the 24 Hours, Aston Martin is…
That hoary old racing cliché ‘cut him and he bleeds petrol’ does not apply to Flavio Briatore. He’s a businessman, pure and simple. But he also happens to be the…
Few people would be taken seriously after making such a statement. Comparing Lewis Hamilton to Jim Clark? Dangerous territory. But if anyone has a right to mention both in the…
When it was announced at the Malaysian Grand Prix last year that the BBC would be taking over the UK broadcasting rights for Formula 1 in 2009, there was an…