McQueen vs Newman
While many actors have done some racing, just two bona fide Hollywood superstars ever got to race seriously and successfully somewhere near the top level of their chosen sphere of…
The father of four-month-old Nico Rosberg qualified third for the 1985 Australian Grand Prix. He then drove his small-capacity turbocharged V6 to a measured victory. Taking the lead on the…
John Player Team Lotus had planned to send two of its new Type 76 to the 1974 Race of Champions, for Ronnie Peterson and Jacky Ickx to drive. But because…
The wraps are off one of Formula 1’s worst kept secrets, after Williams Martini Racing was officially launched in London. The Mercedes-powered Williams FW36 might not have the angular elegance…
Jacques Villeneuve contesting the new World Rallycross Championship is exciting news in itself, but making it historically sweeter and completing the circle is the fact that there will be a…
The 2014 Formula 1 cars aren’t quick enough, according to one impatient driver. Not only is their downforce insufficient, but also Pirelli’s latest batch of rubber is too hard. Good.…
Motor Sport is celebrating its 90th anniversary this year and our July issue will be a special collectors' edition. A large part of the magazine will look back at the…
Motor Sport is celebrating its 90th anniversary this year and our July issue will be a special collectors' edition. A large part of the magazine will look back at the…
Can’t help thinking that the usually perspicacious BMW has missed a trick. But for its maxi budgetary kerfuffle with Prodrive in 2011-’12, it might this Sunday have been celebrating the…
Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Ltd made its race debut half a century ago. In 10 short weeks thereafter it experienced the gamut of its glorious but gladiatorial era. Not only…
Working at Motor Sport certainly has its perks. In April I visited a BMW Classic workshop near Munich to see the unveiling of the restored Brabham BT52 that Nelson Piquet…
In celebration of the upcoming Motor Sport Hall of Fame, we look back on the careers of our founding members and inductees. Taken from the September 2003 issue of Motor…
Like all the best awards ceremonies I’ll air my runner-up highlight first: fighting off the BBC to get time with David Coulthard. We knew things would be tight when we…
In celebration of the upcoming Motor Sport Hall of Fame, we look back on the careers of our founding members and inductees. Taken from the October 1999 issue of Motor…
Sepang, October 1999. Somewhat against his will – for he had little enthusiasm for helping another Ferrari driver to win the world championship – Michael Schumacher, fully recovered from the…
Anthony Colin Bruce Chapman died 31 years ago this week. He was 54. Peter Warr and Colin Chapman, 1982 He looked older. The toll exacted by a hectic life of…
In celebration of the upcoming Motor Sport Hall of Fame, we look back on the careers of our founding members and inductees. Taken from the November 2010 issue of Motor…