How strange that the last two Formula 1 World Champions, both from Britain, should muddle through to their first title in the closing laps of a dramatic and occasionally chaotic…
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…
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,…
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.…
A weekend to remember. One for the history books, and in so many ways. Giancarlo Fisichella, having driven the race of his life, is expected to fulfil every Italian’s boy…
This is an interesting time of year for many reasons, not all of them connected. Summer is gradually giving way to autumn, in Britain at least. The swallows are gathering…
It had to happen, eventually. We hear that Mr Ecclestone is going to hang some rock music on his ‘F1 Circus’, starting in Singapore (as reported in the June issue…
Unfortunately I was driving to the airport during the major part of the Hungarian Grand Prix. Normally I make sure that I am either at the race, or at least…
At the start of the season I listed a few predictions for the year and I think we – that’s you lot out there and me – agreed we would…
Eddie Irvine came to the Goodwood Festival of Speed last weekend to drive a Ferrari. Nothing especially remarkable about this, you might say, but Irvine does not get out much.…
Le Mans has history, a wondrous heritage, and for me that is a big part of the spell under which we fall each summer. La Sarthe is a battlefield upon…
At 3pm on Saturday none other than Luca Cordera di Montezemelo will drop the flag at the start of another Vingt-Quatre Heures du Mans. Sunday June 14 will be the…
