If you’re standing still, you’re going backwards. That’s what Formula 1 personnel always say about this sport, so I’m going to use it as the perfect excuse to get ahead…
Boy, howdy! That was entertaining. Fifty-one years after Richard Petty won the last top-tier stock car race contested on an unpaved surface, NASCAR’s big-dog Cup series returned to its roots…
Why does sports car racing have to be so cyclical in nature? When I entered this business, Group C was at its height with Porsches, Jaguars, Mercedes, Astons, Mazdas and…
Motor sport is not only dangerous, it is also ruthless. It is populated by competitive people with a burning desire to win – there is no room for sentiment. It…
Team-mates. It’s easier all round if the term is accurate and you get along, but delicious tension has to exist between two naturally selfish racing drivers working out of the…
Modern F1 cars are technical marvels, but few teams can explain why. They're missing a chance to show why GP racing is exciting - and inspire a new generation, says Chris Medland
While not being particularly enamoured with current Formula 1, I was most impressed with the changes made to the Imola circuit [Where Ayrton Left His Heart, last month]. I still…
Henry Segrave, Malcolm Campbell, Jack Brabham, Frank Williams, Stirling Moss, Jackie Stewart, Patrick Head, Lewis Hamilton? In the aftermath of the boy from Stevenage’s record-equalling seventh world championship and the…
I wouldn’t be surprised if your postbag was full of omissions from your cult hero list [Cover story, November issue], so here’s mine: why Kimi and not Keke? This…
I recently bought a new used car. It was a Volvo estate (for the family), which I slightly regret not buying from former British Touring Car champion John Cleland, who…
Having read for the nth time the contention that Formula 1 could not continue without Ferrari, perhaps being an American I can ask – who says so? What proof is…
So Formula 1, as we subtly put it on our cover, is back. After the fiasco in Australia at the start of the year it seems only fair to credit…
Renault is preparing for the Third Coming, as Fernando Alonso returns to F1 next year with the Enstone team for which he drove in 2003-06 and 2008-09. What a long…
Ducati’s v-twins are 50 years old in 2020. Few other motorcycles have created such a stir on road and track and, perhaps more interestingly, few have performed so well in…
How nice it was to see Formula 1 racing revived in July at what I still always think of as the Österreichring – or rather the Kleine Österreichring since the…
Like many of you, I am back on the road, and how good it feels. But it also feels as though something has changed, maybe not for long, but I’m…
