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Oscar E Seyd, the first editor of this great magazine, was at pains to stress in his editorial of July 1924 that his journal was “something entirely new. It regards…

Slowly, but apparently quite surely, car manufacturers are re-appraising their approach to electric cars, nowhere more than at the top end of the market. At a journalist lunch a few…

On this magazine’s centenary may I muse upon one half of the editorial duo who built its reputation postwar; ‘W.B.’ – the renowned William ‘Bill’ Boddy – and his sometime…

"On May 1st motor-racing history was made, for Stirling Moss won the 1000-mile Mille Miglia, the first time in twenty-two years that this has been achieved by a British driver,…

The title fight now really is hotting up – and the 2024 Monaco GP was just the apéritif. Admit it, you were entertained

One of F1's most beautiful tracks showed us what we'll be missing when it loses its calendar slot – as is likely

For a second time this season, the AI was defeated! The 2024 Miami GP was a refreshing glass of the orange Floridian good stuff for once

The Goodwood Members’ Meeting always arrives as a blessed relief. After the gloom of winter and an enforced absence of domestic racing the drive to the Sussex track is as…

The king of positive vibes has seen his crown slipping recently – a grey day in China only deepened the Silver Arrows' Slough of Despond

In the face of soul-destroying boredom, only one driver can bring the entertainment needed to rescue a sport which resembles a broken AI tribute to itself

The Formula 1 driver market was completely flat as last season rolled along. With an unprecedented scenario of every team retaining their driver line-up for the new season we all…

Zak Brown once got himself a tattoo after losing a bet with Daniel Ricciardo when the Australian won at Monza in 2021. He has reportedly made a similar bet with…

Waking up at 4am on a Sunday is rarely worth it, especially when Max Verstappen looks poised to take another lights out to chequered flag victory — as he did…

Should there be a new prize for a team finishing sixth in the championship – just like the Jim Clark Trophy in the good old turbo times?

Sebastian Vettel is set to test a Porsche 963 Hypercar, having already been linked with a Le Mans drive. But would his return really add that much to the world of racing?

Political disasters, intra-team infighting, driver market reshuffles, DRS trains, horrific regimes – F1 just needed an actual good race for the win in Saudi and it was all set

Yet another, err, 'race' which didn't exactly deliver – thank goodness it's all happening off-track then