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A couple of my colleagues were looking rather doleful, I thought, as I walked into the Silverstone press room on the Thursday before the British Grand Prix. When I asked…

“Let us work in peace, please.” Sorry, Maurizio, but that’s not how it works. The comings and goings at Scuderia Ferrari has been the soapy operatic backdrop to motor racing…

The departure of Ferrari’s technical director James Allison following the recent death of his wife obviously leaves the Italian squad in something of a crisis. The former Renault/Lotus/Enstone technical boss…

Blair Dupree runs ARCX (American Race Car Experience) at Rockingham and he’s in full flow before we’re let out on track in thoroughbred NASCAR racers. “I’m going to talk to…

“Oh God, please don't crash a 911,” a disbelieving Ed Foster said – hopefully – in jest. Being Motor Sport’s only sports car driver it was down to me to take…

Damon Hill joined us for the latest instalment of the Royal Automobile Club Talk Show to discuss his Formula 1 world title, 20 years, his father, modern F1 and much…

1) Lewis Hamilton now leads the 2016 World Championship for the first time. After the Russian Grand Prix (the fourth race of the season) he was 43 points behind his…

It took four and a half hours of build up, but the fourth round of the World Endurance Championship came to the boil for a thrilling final hour and a…

New management is expected to take responsibility in the next month or two for running Laguna Seca. Since it opened in 1957 Laguna Seca has been run by the Sports…

Barry Sheene’s first world title looked like a walkover but his title-winning weekend was anything but This is the day. Forty years ago, during the afternoon of Sunday July 25, 1976,…

A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). The wins are so numerous they tend to blur into each other. Even Michael Schumacher and…

It's a big one... Our 100th podcast here at Motor Sport and it's the first one in partnership with Mercedes-Benz. It was also our first podcast al fresco in the…

This week in motor sport sees more British Grands Prix, plus Chris Amon and Jim Hall celebrate birthdays.  July 18 1959: Jack Brabham leads the British Grand Prix from start…

A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). The promise and optimism of his first F1 season seemed like a long time ago –…

For our latest foray into the Track Torque radio programmes in the Motor Sport sound archive we go back to the summer of 1978 with two Formula 3 champions on…

Shane ‘Shakey’ Byrne was speaking to FUCHS Silkolene, one of the main partners of the four-time British Superbike Champion At this stage of the season the championship standings don't matter.…