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October's audio podcast (2009)

Welcome to another installment of the Motor Sport audio podcasts. You'll all be pleased to know that Roebuck's Lauda impression makes a return and we're even treated to a 'Sir…

2nd October 2009

By Ed Foster

BMW’s glory days

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…

1st October 2009

By Damien Smith

Enough with the conspiracy theories

During the course of an interview with the BBC last Saturday, Mr Ecclestone invited us to consult a dictionary to check the meaning of the word ‘conspiracy’. For those of…

Peugeot prevails at rainy Road Atlanta

You may have heard that lately it’s rained and rained in the state of Georgia. Following a few years of drought Atlanta and its environs were suddenly swamped by floods…

28th September 2009

2009 Singapore Grand Prix summary

Lewis Hamilton (1st) Even though both Vettel and Rosberg put pressure on him at different points during the Grand Prix, you got the feeling that Hamilton was driving at nine-10ths…

Golden shot for Ganassi pair

Scott Dixon and Dario Franchitti scored a one-two sweep for Chip Ganassi’s team at the 1.5-mile Motegi oval in Japan on Saturday. The pair dominated the race, leading almost all…

25th September 2009

Time to get back to the racing

Given that external reality is a fiction, the writer’s role is almost superfluous. He does not need to invent the fiction because it is already there. So said JG Ballard,…

24th September 2009

By Rob Widdows

Historic Racing News

Video Podcast – Goodwood Revival 2009

Welcome to another Motor Sport video podcast. This time we're at Goodwood for the Revival event in Sussex, which I'm sure you'll agree is the historic motor sport weekend. If…

NASCAR’s men in the Chase

NASCAR’s ‘Chase for the Cup’ begins on Sunday at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway. The 12 contenders for the premier Sprint Cup title were determined after Saturday night’s 300-mile race…

14th September 2009

Piquet just part of the problem

We are known, locally, as Team Renault. On one side of the garage is a bullet grey Scenic, on the other a deep blue Modus. And we are not alone.…

14th September 2009

By Rob Widdows

2009 Italian Grand Prix report

“This time I got a good start, and it was vital I did, because the guys with KERS had 20 metres on us away from the grid. At one point…

13th September 2009

By Nigel Roebuck

Articles from the archive

PARK AND WRITE

PARK AND WRITE SIR, I am writing a book about the history of Oulton Park. The circuit has held races since August 1953 and it is my intention to commemorate…

September 2002 Issue

From our Archives

Stirling Moss Attacks the FIA In a circular sent to most of the motoring press, Stirling Moss has attacked the attitude of the Commission Sportive Internationale in its control of…

April 1998 Issue

The Gallaher Equation

Our June Editorial was devoted to an attack on Gallaher Limited for their destruction of the Brooklands Track banking where Club driving-tests have been held in recent years, and for…

September 1984 Issue

Matters of Moment, August 1970

• The New Minister The recently-convincingly-elected Conservative Government has appointed Mr. John Peyton, who motors in a BMC Mini and a Rover 3500 V8, as Minister of Transport. We have…

August 1970 Issue

By Denis Jenkinson

Notes On The Cars In The Mille Miglia

In the over-2-litre class the issue lay between Ferrari and Maserati, and the Maranello firm entered two 12-cylinder 3 1/2-litres as used in the Giro Sicilia, to be driven by…

June 1956 Issue

Rumblings, September 1952

Alpine Rally The rather innocent title "Alpine Rally" in fact implies one of the most strenuous tests there is of the modern motor-car. The Alpine Rally is, to the summer, what…

September 1952 Issue

The new ADO17 Austin 1800

B.M.C.'s new offering for the London Motor Show was their long-awaited ADO17 in the form of the Austin 1100, which is of the same ingenious Issigonis/Moulton layout as their Minis…

November 1964 Issue

By Bill Boddy

Delage - II

Regarding the Delage pictured on p.260 of your March issue: This is the 1937 prototype constructed by Jean Henri-Labourdette (with the collaboration of the aerodynamic specialist, engineer Audrand) on a…

May 1985 Issue

SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY

SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY HOW A MODERN LUBRICATING OIL IS MADE. THE average motorist little realises the complex processes necessary to refine and blend a modern lubricating oil. It is a…

November 1932 Issue

Low-cost veteran motoring

In view of the prices the older cars now fetch, it is refreshing if frustrating to think back to old times. I am thinking of a 1903/4 two-cylinder Panhard bought…

August 1999 Issue

By Bill Boddy

L'Automobile Hispanio-Suiza

By Kent Karslake Part I: 1906-1914 This account of one of the world's most respected makes, from the talented pen of Kent Kerslake, deals with the period 1906-1914. A…

May 1950 Issue

By Kent Karslake

Daytona 24-Hours

PORSCHE VICTORY.—On the first lap of the Daytona 24-Hours, the two JW Automotive Porsche 917s sweep off the banking (left) with Andretti's Ferrari 512S only inches behind. Siffert's car (leading)…

March 1970 Issue