Racing History

Having been far from these climes for the last three weeks, it’s entirely possible you have known for longer than me that a temporary export bar has been placed upon…

John Coombs sadly passed away on Saturday August 3, 2013. In celebration of his life we are posting Simon Taylor's Lunch With feature from May 2009. Motor Sport would like…

Thirty-seven years ago today, August 1 1976, Niki Lauda’s life changed forever. For almost a minute he was trapped in 800-degree heat as his Ferrari burned at Bergwerk. Guy Edwards,…

The heat of Hungary delivered a commanding victory for a chilled Lewis Hamilton. He spoke of being “mellow” and in a “different headspace”: distracted almost and yet somehow totally focused…

The day of the 2013 Hungarian Grand Prix, we’re told, will be a scorcher – a contender for one of the hottest World Championship Grands Prix of all time as…

This weekend’s Hungarian Grand Prix is pivotal – there being nine races either side of it in the schedule. Sebastian Vettel’s title rivals will be running out of time from…

In 1987 I was one of a few thousand people to cram into the Albert Hall to see a young auctioneer called Robert Brooks sell a Bugatti. In his last…

You never quite know who's going to turn up to these podcasts at Goodwood – we camp ourselves out in the drivers' club and hope that some of the famous…

I see that in a rare moment of apparent indecision, Bernie Ecclestone has been doing a spot of back-pedalling since suggesting last week that he might be minded to buy…

Technically, this was a season without a German Grand Prix. After years of hosting two Formula 1 events, the nation was reduced to just one as Hockenheim and the Nürburgring…

The cover story of the August issue of Motor Sport has plenty of provocative images of David Coulthard driving the Lotus 25 around Silverstone. Now you can see just how…

The 1973 British Grand Prix saw a dramatic first-lap, nine-car pile-up, followed by Peter Revson's first F1 victory. All watched through the six-year-old eyes of Paul Fearnley, who recollects the vivid memories of his very first grand prix

Taken from the July 1988 issue of Motor Sport The one nightmare shared by Jaguar’s board members was the possibility of defeat at Le Mans. Last year the three entries…

Taken from the July 1973 issue of Motor Sport By Andrew Marriott Last year’s victory by Matra was somewhat hollow thanks to the lack of opposition, notably from Ferrari, but…

Professional racing drivers tend to fight shy of admitting to a favourite circuit because any such pronouncement presupposes that there are tracks where they might find themselves unable to give…

Taken from the July 1965 issue of Motor Sport By Denis Jenkinson There were 51 starters in the Le Mans race, but to all intents and purposes it was a…

Taken from the July 1953 issue of Motor Sport The Le Mans 24 Hour race carries with it more tradition and history than any other event in the minds of…