F1's other guys: the crushing reality for team-mates of the greats
Jeez, who’d be the other guy? Neither basking in reflected glory nor withering in the shade is a good look/outlook for an ambitious Formula 1 driver. Imagine spending another long,…
For a driver who achieved so much so early, Ivan Capelli’s post-F1 career has been relatively quiet. From 1994 for three seasons he raced a Nissan Primera in Germany’s STW…
Pierre Gasly will stay with AlphaTauri for the 2021 Formula 1 season with the team confirming the Frenchman for next year. Speculation had grown that he might return to Red…
Michael Schumacher is a complex subject. But perhaps quite a simple man. The F1 colossus who broke all the records that are only now being challenged by Lewis Hamilton was…
From the December 2020 issue, this graphic marks the moment that Lewis Hamilton equalled Michael Schumacher's record of 91 Formula 1 wins; a statistic that he has already surpassed.…
The 1967 season was a halcyon time for the young Nigel Roebuck, who recalls tracksides echoing to Sgt Pepper as Clark, Gurney and Hulme roared by. Hippies hoped for…
There is an accepted ladder of progression for drivers aspiring to Formula 1. In the 1970s it ran thus: formulae Ford, 3 and 2. Unfortunately, there are rather more snakes. Even…
Motor-racing history hangs in the air in the bucolic surroundings of the Imola circuit, where the streets honour names such as Tazio Nuvolari, Alberto Ascari and Luigi Musso. Under the…
1982: Pironi betrays Villeneuve Most of the FOCA teams boycotted the 1982 San Marino GP, leaving just 14 cars on the grid, although that was of little concern to…
Gerhard Berger has talked candidly about his reasons for leaving Ferrari at the end of the torrid 1989 season. The Austrian says he is one of the few drivers to…
In between the Russian and Eifel grands prix, Honda announced it would be pulling out of F1 at the end of next year, ostensibly leaving the Red Bull group looking…
I guess it’s a by-product of age mixed with experience that makes greybeards such as myself tend to dismiss the modern superlatives presently showered around like confetti in praise of…
Honda’s announcement that it will quit F1 at the end of next season was obviously a pretty serious blow to the category, leaving just two automotive companies involved (in addition…
There are two sides to every story, and while we rightly laud the performances of Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc when they excel, it’s now almost by default that they…