Two weeks from now MotoGP's Grand Prix Commission sit downs in Madrid to decide the future of Grand Prix racing. The December 17 meeting will finally rubber stamp the biggest…
By Lee McKenzie I'm writing this from a packed F1 flight that has found its way to Frankfurt instead of London. It has taken nine hours to not get to…
Despite it being 12.15pm on a Thursday afternoon there’s a queue outside Carluccio’s restaurant in Bicester Village. I’m told to wait and handed a menu. A matter of moments later…
Tom Kristensen today announced his retirement after 18 seasons at the forefront of top level sports car racing. His record at Le Mans may never be equalled: from those 18…
What are the chances of two car manufacturers based in the same city launching cars with the same name, which are direct rivals, some 6000 miles away from said city,…
Kevin Harvick took his first NASCAR Sprint Cup championship in style by scoring his fifth win of the year in the season finale at the Homestead-Miami Speedway on Sunday. Harvick…
European Grand Prix, Valencia, June 25-27 2010 This column tends to thrive on the distant past, with occasional glimpses at its recent counterpart – and this week’s shots come from…
“We’re the best, right? Formula 1 is the best, and we don’t need anything in it that isn’t the best… “People going on about only 19 or 20 cars in…
As you read this, the wheels are probably still turning and the spanners still twirling at Valencia’s first off-season tests where the game is the same as it’s been for…
By Lee McKenzie Formula 1 is in a strange place just now. We are heading into the most exciting race weekend for several years after one of the most exciting…
Well at last someone has put some figures to a situation we’ve known has existed for years, namely that car manufacturers have been actively manipulating mandatory EU tests to determine…
By Oliver Gavin It’s been a massively long five weeks since I last stepped through my front door, and I’ve been to three continents in that time. My racing season…
It was the kind of invitation you don’t receive too often, a chance to wander unchallenged into a contemporary Formula 1 pit and inspect the merchandise. Some teams have security…
By Lee McKenzie Eighteen cars on the grid was a strange sight in Austin, although in some respects qualifying seemed better with a smaller field. The four cars eliminated in…
For the first time since it took a controlling interest in 1969, Fiat and Ferrari will effectively become different companies once more by this time next year. As part of…
In Red Bull's last video, we saw what the atmosphere's like at the team's Milton Keynes headquarters 24 hours after a race. Now, through mechanic Ole Schack and race team…
