McLaren's secret F1 wind tunnel tests: how MP4/1 took shape alongside Sting Ray torpedo
During the summer of 1980, a car that would push Formula 1 into a new era was starting to take shape. The McLaren MP4 would famously laminate a new technology…
While Brad Pitt’s F1: The Movie failed to earn anything more than a best sound Academy Award back in March, 60 years ago the seminal film Grand Prix, directed by John Frankenheimer,…
“We are delighted to confirm that the filming, on the Circuit Automobile de Montagne d’Auvergne, for the film Grand Prix, will take place from July 28 to August 6, from 8am…
Matt Bishop’s perceptive piece on the 1976 German Grand Prix and James Hunt’s victory [A frightened James Hunt’s brilliant win: the F1 victory that’s easy to forget, online, August 4]…
It is possible that I am going to look foolish writing this the day after the Belgian Grand Prix – thanks to summer schedules and my deadline being brought forward…
According to Niki Lauda, after he had named the fee – in Austrian schillings – that he wanted to sign up for the 1977 Formula 1 season, Mr Ferrari telephoned…
Racing trophies are a rare collectible, purely because they can be among the most unpredictable of Formula 1 ephemera. Values vary wildly. Are they investment pieces? They’re possibly worth more…
As F1 arrives at Monza with championship leader Kimi Antonelli dreaming of a home win, Matt Bishop looks back at Ludovico Scarfiotti, the last Italian to triumph at the Italian Grand Prix — 60 years ago this week
Here is a lost circuit, and a story, that often comes up when dedicated fans get together for one of those ‘do you know’ sessions that more senior folk enjoy.…
5. Pacific GP not by the Pacific The Seto Inland Sea GP doesn’t really hold the same cachet as Pacific GP, but that would have been a more accurate name…
Two consecutive victories from pole for McLaren’s Lando Norris to bring him within 83 points of Kimi Antonelli’s championship lead with half the season still to go had Mercedes’ Toto…
Forget Oxfordshire’s Motorsport Valley. If you want real racing heartland take a look at Norfolk. Obviously there is Snetterton race track with its once distinctive ’scary tree’ and, of course,…
F1's 2027 grid was supposed to be shaken up by new rules - instead, almost nobody is moving
Motor Sport F1 Show with Mark Hughes
What's the overlooked factor behind McLaren's Zandvoort dominance? And can it survive the trip to Monza?
Netherlands August 21-23 Lando Norris made it two grand prix wins on the trot with victory for McLaren in a dramatic and ever-twisting-and-turning Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort. The race…
F1's benchmark engine continues to be no match to its rivals on track, and the FIA's latest verdict has confirmed there's no relief coming soon
The Dutch Grand Prix was an exciting way to kick off the second half of the season after the summer break. Following on from Lando Norris’s dominant victory in Budapest…