Letters, August 2020
In your July issue, the editor reports that the last time he questioned the wisdom of holding races in countries with poor human rights records, some readers had told him…
You’d be forgiven for thinking this was just about maestro Moss, but the word ‘with’ in the subtitle hints at what’s different. Hain was an amateur photographer and race fan…
Is it simply those bizarre nostrils that make the Ferrari 156 such a memorable machine? Or the striking name which so easily pins down one model among the huge variety…
July looks as if it will be the month that life gradually returns to some semblance of normality. At Motor Sport, we anticipate that after producing the last three issues…
One of the greatest fascinations of motor sport in all its forms is that its story has progressed from its earliest inception in the 1880s as an enduring serial to…
It’s been said that Sir Stirling Moss’s accident at Goodwood was the crash that saved his life. The logic is that had his racing career not effectively ended in 1962,…
The month of April is traditionally when the motor sport season gets into full swing. It’s when racing truly becomes the norm again at most given weekends. But it’s best…
It is perhaps a generational thing, but I find myself unable to get mildly enthused, let alone properly excited, about esports. When I was about nine years old, on Eastbourne…
Peter Higham is in some ways the keeper of the flame here at Motor Sport; our superbly comprehensive database of drivers, teams and results is his work, growing from his…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07CiCpf9kek With the help of archive footage from the 1955 Mille Miglia, Stirling Moss looks back at the race which is widely considered one of the greatest wins in motor…
With the longest season in Formula 1 history now done and dusted, and many other motor sport series wrapping up before the Christmas break, what is there to watch? We've selected…
Classic engines, modern fuel On the day this arrived, the government announced that pump fuel would soon include extra ethanol. Those of us with classic cars have reason to worry…
The three-times MotoGP world champion’s MotoGP retirement lasted all of 81 days. And now there’s talk of a race return in June. What exactly is going on?
Does Honda’s apparent vetoing of Fernando Alonso’s planned Indy 500 deal this year with Andretti Autosport have any impact upon his hoped-for return to F1 in 2021? And realistically, what…
It’s an old racing truism that the most important part of a racing motorcycle is its tyres. Why? Because the tyres are the interface between motorcycle and race track, so…
Cyril Abiteboul is adamant he has no intention of stepping down as team principal of the Renault Formula One team. Despite Abiteboul conceding to "issues this year" and saying that…
Gordon Murray will unveil his new T.50 supercar in May this year, but Andrew Frankel already has an idea how it drives — thanks to the designer's earlier masterpiece Gordon…