IndyCar's pack racing problem
Graham Rahal scored a well-deserved first win with his father’s IndyCar team in last weekend’s California 500. The 26-year-old Rahal’s only other win came back in 2008 with Newman/Haas at…
American racer James King, now 70-years-old, is competing in major historic events on both sides of the Atlantic. He’s raced against some of the sport’s biggest names and is still…
There are two conflicting theories relating to Ferrari’s 2016 driver line-up from those close to the driver market. Perhaps significantly, neither includes Kimi Räikkönen. There is an element that insists…
Our latest issue, featuring a flashback to Jim Clark’s astonishing 1965 season, goes on sale this week – a suitably heavyweight subject for what is the high point of the…
Sad to say, there’s just no interest in the IndyCar series anymore. You can’t argue how good the 500-mile race was at the California Speedway last weekend; there were 80…
“So, I’m actually wearing a travel sickness band to see if that helps.” The Motor Sport editorial team is not known for its karting abilities at the best of times,…
Main photo: Tim Keeton There are certain accepted truths about the Isle of Man TT: it’s an anachronism and the riders are all mad. While on the surface they might…
When the future looks uncertain, some people like to take refuge in the past, which goes some way to explaining the success of events like last weekend's Goodwood Festival of…
A retired Grand Prix driver told me recently that he was struggling to retain much interest in the 2015 season. For one thing, he said, the endless paddock dissension had…
By Tony Jardine Anticipation is a wonderful thing, as it can cloud the reality when you arrive at the startline. Everything was going to plan. After three-and-a-half days of intense-but-joyous…
“Have I won the championship?” asked Nelson Piquet Jr seconds after crossing the finishing line in Battersea Park. “By my calculations, you have, mate,” answered TV commentator Jack Nicholls in…
On Tuesday June 23, as part of the National Women in Engineering Day, The Institution of Mechanical Engineers hosted an evening entitled 'Women in Motorsport Engineering – Beating the Competition'.…
I may be pushing the boundaries of my brief here, but if I promise not to mention it again can I discuss the future of what I am told was…
By Lee McKenzie Mathematics has never been my strong point, but I even I could work out that 25-place penalties on a 20-strong grid were never going to work. It…
By Ross Jamieson I first came across Earl Bamber at Zhuhai in 2006. Earl was fighting for the Formula BMW Asia title and I was there to observe as a…
After 15 of 36 races, NASCAR’s premier Sprint Cup series takes a rare break this weekend. The second half of NASCAR’s marathon season kicks off the following weekend on Northern…
The future of Red Bull and Renault – both as a partnership and as separate entities committed to F1 long term – is now being severely questioned, given the position…