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Formula 1’s madman and design genius
Who is the most influential designer to have worked in Grand Prix motor racing: Vittorio Jano, Colin Chapman, Adrian Newey? It’s a trick question. And my answer is: the man…
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The Delta Wing makes its track debut
The Delta Wing ran its first test laps last week in secrecy at Buttonwillow Raceway in California. A distant YouTube video of the car running at Buttonwillow has been posted…
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Indycar Racing News
Rubens Barrichello to IndyCar with KVRT
So Rubens Barrichello has decided to set out on a new adventure in his racing career. After becoming the most experienced Grand Prix driver in history over 19 years in…
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F1
Alan Jones on the modern F1 driver
We’ve seen the Grand Prix cars testing at Jerez, and in Barcelona, but we don’t really have a lot to go on ahead of the first race in Melbourne. Elsewhere,…
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Group C cars to race at the Festival of Speed
Some of you may have seen that Goodwood is celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Group C era at the Festival of Speed this year (June 29-July 1). What many…
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The real cost of the fuel price hike
Cast your mind back 12 short years to the turn of the century. You may remember the country in general and hauliers in particular got themselves into something of a…
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February's podcast with Derek Bell
We always knew an hour spent with five-time Le Mans winner Derek Bell would be an hour well spent. But we didn't realise just how amusing it would be. Indeed…
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Motorcycle News
Cal Crutchlow on Stoner and Lorenzo
British MotoGP rider Cal Crutchlow spent last season learning how to ride a MotoGP bike and being awestruck by MotoGP’s greatest talents. Here’s what he thinks of Stoner, Lorenzo and…
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Matt Kenseth wins Daytona 500
Roush Fenway Ford team-mates Matt Kenseth and Greg Biffle controlled the final 100 miles of this year’s Daytona 500 on Monday night after a day and a half of rain…
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F1
Why Formula 1 musn't go to Bahrain
“Everyone is more or less mad on one point”. These words of Rudyard Kipling come to mind when I see the sport of Grand Prix racing fumbling over the rights…
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Surf’s up for maverick Mike Thackwell
Some stories are special. They’re the ones you really want to tell, that you’ve wanted to do for years and that are not the work of a moment. One of…
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Why Ferrari is bad for Italian racing drivers
And then there were none: Italian drivers in Formula 1. The home of the most famous team in motor racing and of international karting, plus the lair of the world’s…
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