Parting shot: Maseratis at the 1953 Swiss Grand Prix
August 23, 1953 Bremgarten, Switzerland The Maseratis of Juan Manuel Fangio, Felice Bonetto, Hermann Lang and Onofre Marimón make a splendid sight before the 1953 Swiss Grand Prix – the…
At the start of this year Stefano Domenicali joined the Formula 1 organisation as its new CEO, and is only its third ever top man after Bernie Ecclestone and Chase…
Carlos Reutemann – quick, moody, handsome. He was one of the greats of the ’70s and ’80s but somehow never quite found his perfect fit within F1, other than for…
I may have been in a minority, but I enjoyed the Detroit Grand Prix from the very first race in 1982. The streets were bumpy and angular but there was…
Driver penalties were back on the agenda after the Austrian Grand Prix when Lando Norris was penalised for apparently forcing Sergio Pérez off at Turn 4, then Pérez incurred two…
Red Bull first tried a diffuser with shark teeth serrations along a gurney flap during Monaco practice. In that version, the serrations were at the outboard ends of the top…
Strategy becomes a whole lot simpler when you have a faster car than your opponent. Red Bull demonstrated as much in the two Austria races, but in the preceding Paul…
Race report Red Bull rampant at the French, Styrian and Austrian GPs Word on the beat Speculation builds on who will be Lewis Hamilton’s team-mate Tactical analysis How an undercut…
Julian Bailey was always the dark horse of British motor sport’s 1980s ‘Rat Pack’. A tough, dour working class lad born and bred in a council house in Woolwich, he…
Right now I’m remembering a very important year. It was 60 years ago, the summer of ’61, still a schoolboy, in my teens, sap rising – remember? Even then I…
Good month Boring Paul Ricard Those vertigo-inducing stripes might be a bit unnerving, but Paul Ricard delivered. Criticism rained down on Le Castellet, but as soon as racing got underway,…
We soon approach 50 years since Jo ‘Seppi’ Siffert won his final grand prix in Austria, just a few months before the Swiss suffered a tragic death at Brands Hatch.…
New technical directives were issued on consecutive weekends at both the French and Styrian grands prix regarding, respectively, tyre pressures and pit stop equipment. The former was in response to…
Carlos Reutemann, who finished runner-up in the 1981 Formula 1 World Championship, has died at the age of 79. The Argentinian, once hailed as the new Fangio, stood on the…
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This triple header created an historic first: Max Verstappen became the first man in F1 championship history to win grands prix on three consecutive weekends. In doing so, he left…
70 years after Ferrari's famous first victory, Charles Leclerc nearly took the Scuderia back to the top step – he explained how the race showed the team's recent progress