This week's motor racing milestones from the Archive and Database, with world champions born and a home win in South Africa. February 27 1939: The talented and charismatic Peter Revson is…
Introducing our own Paul Frère, Dickie Meaden. Racing driver-journalist As this is the place where Motor Sport’s editorial team gets closest to its readers, I thought as the new boy around…
When Jacky Ickx claimed victory at Le Mans in 1982, a seemingly unbeatable record was set. No other driver had more than four victories at La Sarthe to their name, but…
Racing's most versatile – and coolest – Mario Andretti at 77 There are some among us labouring under the misapprehension that Super Mario is an Italian plumber of at least…
The first Royal Automobile Club Talk Show of 2017 saw Tom Kristensen join us to talk sports cars, BTCC, Japan and of course Le Mans. Kristensen was at the Club's…
How cheaply can you watch F1 cars in action? And is it better value than going to a Grand Prix? Ed Foster and Jack Phillips headed to Barcelona to find…
Marco Mapelli set a new production car record for the Nürburgring in October, and Lamborghini today released the onboard video. The Huracán Performante's time of 6m52s is quicker than the…
As Formula 1 embarks on a season of change, MotoGP is revelling in the success of a recent change in its rules MotoGP’s competitive landscape has been transformed since the…
IndyCar drivers have been testing visor cam technology this pre-season, and the result has been some fascinating footage from a perspective never seen before. The latest comes from Graham Rahal at Sebring, perfectly…
Harder, faster, stronger... better? “The tyres we have here are good,” said one driver after his first experience of the wider, all-new compound and construction Pirellis during Barcelona testing. “On the…
The last in our series of blogs explaining the mysteries of MotoGP electronic rider aids OK, enough with the sniggers. This isn’t a clever computer program that helps exasperated MotoGP engineers…
Question marks continue to be raised about the legality of Red Bull's new suspension at the Barcelona F1 test Speculation continues to rage about the legality or otherwise of the…
Mark Hughes casts his first impressions of the new F1 cars The light is beautiful as the late morning Barcelona sun is burning off the haze and the new generation…
The testing in Barcelona is probably not going anything like this So there they are, gathered in Barcelona, immaculate teams, immaculate trucks, glassy buildings and data engineers by the hundred…
Should GT racing exist with a common ruleset? It might be close As road cars, and therefore GT3 cars, get faster and faster, the speed and lap time differential between…
A new-look Race Retro launched on Friday at Stoneleigh Park just outside Coventry, for the first time powered by Motor Sport. More cars, more stars, was the order of the…
