This new year sees a big anniversary for mainstream racing car design in general – and for Lotus in particular. At this time of the year in 1962, Colin Chapman…
Their nicknames were El Chueco and Ciccio: Juan Manuel Fangio was indeed bandy and Alberto Ascari was… well, both were chubby in truth. Looks deceive. Though interrupted badly by injury…
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Fifty years ago when a BRM P160 burst out of a giant cigarette packet at Paul Ricard to signify Marlboro’s first F1 sponsorship deal, smoking was synonymous with glamour –…
F1 Retro November 2015 Being told to “F*** off” isn’t the usual introduction to your future boss, but this was exactly what Graham Hill (born this month in 1929) said…
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135 years of innovation: making of the internal combustion engine, Part 6 Just as the Coventry Climax racing effort was fading in the mid-1960s, a new contender was waiting in…
Born from military technology and turned into a Formula 1 simulator, AXSIM has turned it into a sim for your own home
Originally only slated for 2022 involvement, it appears Red Bull will keep using Honda-branded engines until 2026
Innovations from a minority completely shook up the F1 order during the last major rule changes – might more lateral thinking cause a similar situation in 2009?
The Singapore Grand Prix will remain on the Formula 1 calendar for at least another seven years, after organisers signed a contract extension to host the race until 2028. New…
The backflip capped it all, didn’t it? At 47, Sébastien Loeb had just eclipsed Björn Waldegard’s record set at the 1990 Safari Rally to become the World Rally Championship’s oldest…
McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown is on a mission to return the Formula 1 team to title-winning form, while at the same time seeking success in IndyCar, Extreme E and…
Ferrari has changed its plans to use a 2021 car for its private test following a lack of clarity over F1's sporting regulations
FIA communications are famously impenetrable; legal language that’s cold and tricky to unpick. Hazel Southwell says it's about time F1 modernised with the rest of the sporting world
The Red Arrows are exempt from F1’s new ban on military aircraft displays at grands prix, Silverstone has confirmed
Whether it be a lack of funding, behind-the-scenes political manoeuvring or an eventual run of poor results, not all drivers can make it to F1
There will be no Jean Todt/Ferrari reunion in 2022 despite high-level talks about a new role for the Frenchman
