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Fernando Alonso may have been the first driver to win a grand prix in Marina Bay but was far from the first driver to win in Singapore. Paul Fearnley looks back at the history of the Asian GP and the crowning of its first champions
It’s an oft-repeated cliché that this was the apotheosis among many fine moments in Jackie Stewart’s Grand Prix career, but the full circumstances bear repetition. In April 1968 the Scot fractured…
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). Reverse grids might be anathema to F1 purists, but when they’re caused by natural phenomena –…
This week in motor sport from the Archive and Database, featuring no fewer than 19 Italian Grands Prix and much more. September 5 1954: Juan Manuel Fangio takes a lucky win…
The tension had deeper roots than a mere motor race when teams and drivers gathered at Lyon in July 1914. Little more than a month afterwards, the world would be…
It’s easy to be cynical – men in suits exchanging assets, with the new chairman Chase Carey talking about the sport’s three ‘income buckets’ and its prospects for expansion. But…
This week's fourth(!) and final podcast stars Jochen Mass. He's a man who raced with success in just about everything, from Formula 1, sports cars to tin-tops. We'll be recording the…
Lime Rock’s 34th Historic Festival took place over the last five days on Labor Day weekend, the traditional end of America’s summer vacation season. The event opens with an afternoon…
1. Nico Rosberg scored his first Italian Grand Prix victory, his 21st win overall and 50th podium finish – the same number as Jenson Button. 2. Rosberg has led 96 of the…
New Hall of Fame member Derek Bell will be helping the podcast team and Gary Watkins decide who should be on the list to join him in 2017. The five-time…
Formula 1 racer-turned-pundit Karun Chandhok will join the podcast team and Mark Hughes to decide who should be on the Hall of Fame 2017 shortlist from the world of F1. They'll…
“Area under the curve, Nico,” was the congratulatory remark to Nico Rosberg from his race engineer on the Monza victory lap. And in that comment is: a) the encapsulation of…
You’ll notice that Bruce McLaren’s name doesn’t feature in the top three… even though he finished less than two tenths behind Jackie Stewart’s winning Matra. At pre-chicane Monza, such margins…
Jenson Button at Monza post-qualifying: “In the summer break I had a pretty awesome time with friends and family - living on my schedule, which is something I haven’t done…
Fifty years after it blew up in practice, Jim Clark’s BRM H16-engined Lotus 43 returned to Oulton Park to be demonstrated during the Gold Cup race weekend. Photo – Simon Arron…
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). What would Jacques Laffite have thought? The Frenchman arrived in his pyjamas before the 1984 Dallas…
