What the racing gods give with one hand they take with the other. Earlier this summer the FIA announced that the historic date clash between the Indianapolis 500 and the…
Before the 2024 season started we looked at the key driver rivalries that we expected to play out over the coming 12 months. There was plenty to get our teeth…
This month’s cover story is not your usual Motor Sport fare. It is true that we have covered films and documentaries about motor racing in the past but we have…
While the Formula 1 circus sweated it out in the desert heat of Bahrain, more eclectic grids lined up in West Sussex for the 82nd Goodwood Members’ Meeting. The fact…
The last time I saw Eddie Jordan he was running late and brusquely apologetic. The occasion was our 100th anniversary dinner at The Dorchester in London last July and he…
Visitors to Ferrari’s famous HQ in Maranello have in recent weeks noticed an addition to the famous campus. It is a huge 42,500 square metre glass and steel factory building…
Some champions are hard to like. Novak Djokovic is an astonishing athlete, but an acquired taste. Chris Froome in his pomp won the Tour de France four times but left…
How important is it to preserve evidence of past racing glories? On this, readers of Motor Sport and I will agree. One of the biggest and best investments we have…
Drive along the M40 and approaching junction 11 your eye will be drawn to the vast white building on the western side of the motorway. Most people will hardly give…
The best part of the summer holidays is getting to grips with the various books I have not had time to read in the previous six months, and this year…
Our centenary dinner took place last month at London’s Dorchester – the high-water mark for Motor Sport’s 100th anniversary celebrations. As with all birthday parties there is a nervous moment…
I missed Le Mans’ 100th anniversary in 2023 so I was determined to make the race this year, which it turns out was a classic. Here are 26 things I…
Oscar E Seyd, the first editor of this great magazine, was at pains to stress in his editorial of July 1924 that his journal was “something entirely new. It regards…
"On May 1st motor-racing history was made, for Stirling Moss won the 1000-mile Mille Miglia, the first time in twenty-two years that this has been achieved by a British driver,…
The Goodwood Members’ Meeting always arrives as a blessed relief. After the gloom of winter and an enforced absence of domestic racing the drive to the Sussex track is as…
Zak Brown once got himself a tattoo after losing a bet with Daniel Ricciardo when the Australian won at Monza in 2021. He has reportedly made a similar bet with…
