The final obstacle of Liberty's takeover has been passed, but questions remain The FIA World Motor Sport Council today gave its approval for the purchase by Liberty Media of the majority shareholding in…
In Ferrari's 70th year, Andrew Frankel turns nostalgic Seventy years ago a well-known team manager decided to build his own cars. Actually, he’d made up his mind many years earlier,…
An easy fit, and why Wehrlein missed out So finally one of Formula 1’s worst-kept secrets was confirmed: Valtteri Bottas is Nico Rosberg’s replacement at Mercedes alongside Lewis Hamilton. Given…
Formula 1's 2017 grid has been finalised, with Valtteri Bottas replacing Nico Rosberg at champions Mercedes, Felipe Massa returning from the briefest of retirements to partner rookie Lance Stroll and Pascal Wehrlein replacing Felipe…
So how come Tazio Nuvolari was so fast? Two Motor Sport photographs in particular provide clues. The first features in the August 1932 edition’s French Grand Prix report (right). It…
This week in motor sport, as Formula 1 and sports cars head to Argentina. January 9 1960: Pascal Fabre is born. In profile 1972: Ronnie Peterson and Tim Schenken win the Buenos Aires…
Mercedes AMG's Toto Wolff is 45 today. A handy GT racer in the early 2000s, he set a new lap record on the Nürburgring in 2009, his next lap was slightly…
Renault and Frédéric Vasseur have parted ways, a split that has been a long time coming Frédéric Vasseur’s sudden resignation as team principal of the Renault F1 team is just…
As predicted in Motor Sport this month, Mercedes-AMG’s tech chief Paddy Lowe has left the championship-winning team and is set for Williams. For the full story, go here. The story, written by…
Gordon Kirby turns back half a century, when Americans hit a high in racing Fifty years ago American drivers, cars and teams reached their zenith. In fact, it’s staggering to…
Manor and Silverstone hit the news – and it's a mess Liberty Media knows it needs to clear up Two pieces of news on the same day point in the…
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The figure in the shadows looked familiar, but it was only as opening doors cast light upon him that the truth was confirmed. I was about to step into a…
This week in motor sport sees Formula 1 in New Zealand for the Tasman series and a birthday for a triple world champion. January 2 1957: Beppe Gabbiani is born. In…
The best bits of the Motor Sport podcast in association with Mercedes-Benz from 2016, with Simon Taylor, Lord March, Cosworth's Mike Costin, Jochen Mass, Derek Warwick and Alan Gow. To listen…
John Barnard, Hall of Fame nominee He weaves magic from carbon fibre, whether revolutionising Ferrari in the ’80s or creating fabulous furniture today. Yet John Barnard refused to join the…
The trick suspensions of Mercedes and Red Bull that Ferrari wants banned Charlie Whiting recently copied to the Formula 1 teams his reply to Ferrari’s query about the hydraulic activation…
