On the grid it was confirmed that F1 has renewed its deal with Pirelli until the end of 2019. It was ironic therefore that what played out was a race…
‘Don’t expect anything more from Honda this year,’ was the message going out post-Japan following Fernando Alonso’s incendiary radio remarks about his “GP2 engine”. There has finally come the public…
I was only a baby when Graham Hill died on a foggy November night in 1975. So why does it feel as if I can recall the plane crash on…
In Singapore – where a 41st Grand Prix victory would have put him on par with his great hero Ayrton Senna – Lewis Hamilton blithely claimed to be unaware of…
This seemed to be the weekend where Lewis Hamilton allowed himself a little thought about the fact that he was on his way to his third world championship. You might…
1) Lewis Hamilton has now equalled Ayrton Senna’s record of 41 Grand Prix victories. Hamilton, though, has started one more race than Senna did – 162 vs 161. 2) Hamilton’s overtake…
Forty-one grand prix victories, the same as Ayrton Senna. Lewis Hamilton had to bundle his pole-sitting team-mate Nico Rosberg aside in the opening few seconds to do it, but his…
Red Bull boss Dietrich Mateschitz has once again made it plain that he’s serious about pulling both his teams out of F1 at the end of this season if he…
There are some who consider the trip from Europe to Suzuka an inconvenience – a long-haul flight followed by a significant train ride should you land in Osaka or, more…
This season, like last, has been one of dominance, but this weekend the Singapore Grand Prix felt like a throwback to Sebastian Vettel's seemingly unrelenting years at the top –…
Sebastian Vettel was in very familiar territory, sitting there on pole position under the Singapore floodlights, everything under control, a set of fresh option tyres saved from yesterday, a stronger…
The response to the launch of our new Motor Sport sound archive has been encouraging, many of you telling us that not only have you enjoyed the interview with Lord…
“By no means have I ever suggested that I'm better than Ayrton,” Lewis Hamilton admitted to Nigel Roebuck in 2008. “For me he's the king, and always will be. If…
How many Formula 1 drivers have admitted to having a coach? Not many. In fact, you could probably count them on two hands. The fact of the matter is, though,…
It's hard to believe that we’ve completed the European leg of the F1 season already. Only seven races now make up that section of the calendar, so until May next…
The echoes of the Spa Pirelli tyre controversy resonated at Monza. For a while post-race it looked as if it might even lead to the disqualification of dominant race winner…
