Overtaking used to be an art form. Unrestricted by six-point harnesses, its rules were unwritten, its boundaries proscribed by buildings and/or trees plus a sense of self-preservation that was, admittedly,…
Jackie Stewart and Denis Jenkinson's war of words was a theme of F1 throughout the 1970s – played out through the pages of Motor Sport...
Understandably the various enthusiast forums around the world have been whipped into something approaching a frenzy by the news that the Nürburgring has effectively gone bust. Modern media communications and…
Roger Penske’s IndyCar team has been off its game in recent months. Will Power and Helio Castroneves swept the opening four races of the season for Penske but over the…
From 1935-39 and 1954-55, Mercedes-Benz dominated Grand Prix racing, but since their return as a constructor in 2010, it hasn't looked quite so effortless. However, in China this year Nico…
The German Grand Prix is very German, much as the British Grand Prix is very British. There are those who continue to bemoan the demise of the old Nürburgring, or…
Chip, chip, chip… That’s the sound of Ducati’s MotoGP crew slowly chipping away at their disadvantage to Honda and Yamaha. It would be too soon to talk of a Ducati…
It was an impromptu experiment but, though I say it myself, one that worked well. I’ve just spent the weekend swapping between a pair of sports cars with results I’d…
NASCAR arrived in my backyard last weekend for round 19 of the 36-race Sprint Cup championship. These days New Hampshire Motor Speedway is one of NASCAR’s most successful tracks, drawing…
Talk of Lewis Hamilton’s forming of a superteam alongside Sebastian Vettel has been cut dead in its chats by Red Bull’s re-signing of a rejuvenated Mark Webber. There has been…
On July 3 Cranfield University held the inaugural History of Motorsport Technology Conference – and it was deemed a great success. Organised by Cranfield’s Motorsport Engineering and Management programme director…
As the sun shone on Sunday afternoon, the crowd of 125,000 enjoyed a fantastic British Grand Prix on one of the best racing circuits in the world. But over the…
