Fifty years on, Matt Bishop revisits the summer of 1976 when Roger Penske and John Watson briefly threatened to upend Formula 1's established order - before Penske walked away
F1 flashback: 1926 grands prix
As the British Grand Prix celebrates its centenary, Matt Bishop recounts another GP held 100 years ago, which failed to deliver much excitement, but featured an extraordinary array of characters
On the 15th anniversary of the 2011 European Grand Prix, Matt Bishop explains why a race almost nobody remembers deserves to be remembered
F1 flashback: Champions' drives in Barcelona
Barcelona 2026 brought Lewis Hamilton his first Ferrari Formula 1 victory but offered a sobering result for Fernando Alonso and Max Verstappen, as Matt Bishop explains
F1 flashback: 1976 Swedish Grand Prix
Matt Bishop revisits one of motor sport's most extraordinary stories, 50 years on from the six-wheeled Tyrrell P34's only F1 victory
F1 flashback: 1996 Spanish Grand Prix
Thirty years ago, Michael Schumacher produced a performance so far beyond his rivals that it left Stirling Moss searching for superlatives. Matt Bishop argues that it was the greatest drive of his career
F1 flashback: Johnny Servoz-Gavin
He looked set to become one of Formula 1’s greats until a single twig in a French forest cut his career short. Matt Bishop remembers a playboy and prodigy
Sixty years ago this week, Jackie Stewart claimed victory in one of the strangest grands prix to launch the finest era in Formula 1 history, as Matt Bishop recounts
F1 flashback: Elio de Angelis
Forty years after Elio de Angelis' needless death, Matt Bishop asks whether Formula 1 has ever lost a more complete, or more elegant, man
An ageing champion, an ugly Brabham, and a revolutionary gas-turbine Lotus conspired to produce one of motor sport's most enchanting afternoons at the 1971 International Trophy, as Matt Bishop recounts
F1 flashback: 1976 Spanish Grand Prix
Victory at Jarama set James Hunt on course for the world championship in one of F1's greatest seasons, but only after a controversial decision that no longer sits right with Matt Bishop
On the 25th anniversary of Michele Alboreto's death, Matt Bishop makes a case for the former Ferrari F1 driver and Le Mans winner as one of racing's most unjustly forgotten talents
