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Ferrari's Formula 1 jet ignition
Further to the earlier piece about the technology innovations in the combustion chambers of the hybrid turbo F1 engines, it’s now apparent that the technology being used is Turbulent Jet…
English Formula 1 drivers part 2
The second of a two part special highlighting some of England's Formula 1 drivers you may not have heard of... To read part one click here. Click here to buy…
71 – 1970 Italian GP
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). To buy the lead image click here. From the editor Damien Smith The Grand Prix motor…
English Formula 1 drivers part 1
The first of a two part special highlighting some of England's Formula 1 drivers you may not have heard of... Click here to buy the lead image. George Abecassis Years…
Senna's maiden win, Stewart remembering Rindt
Ayrton Senna, as it seems each week, features prominently in the round-up of this week's major milestones from the Archive. It was at a wet Estoril, 31 years ago, that Senna…
72 – 1910 American GP
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). From the editor Damien Smith The Grand Prix motor races we can never forget… Welcome to…
The unwanted statistic
There is someone who might now consider the longest – the uncharitable will say most interminable – Formula 1 World Championship to be rather too short. Nico Rosberg is in…
73 – 1958 German GP
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). From the editor Damien Smith Welcome to this special one-off magazine, dedicated to our love of…
Twenty Chinese Grand Prix facts
1) Nico Rosberg's win was made easier by Kimi Räikkönen and Daniil Kyvat causing damage to various drivers at the first corner, but the Mercedes driver would still have won…
2016 Chinese Grand Prix
Kimi Räikkönen and Daniil Kyvat together made Nico Rosberg’s day easier than it would otherwise have been – but make no mistake, Nico would almost certainly have joined the elite…
Tyrrell's secret shed project that made F1 history
He didn’t want to, but he had no choice. Matra, or rather its new parent company, Chrysler, was demanding that he use its sonorous (but gutless) V12; Ken Tyrrell, though,…
F1’s power secret
The buzz around the Formula 1 paddock about the heavily upgraded Renault engine set to debut in Canada is that it will feature the same trick combustion technology that is…
74 – 1982 South African GP
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). Click here to buy the lead image. From the editor Damien Smith The Grand Prix motor…
Senna double, Gurney at 85
This week in motor sport: Formula 1 heads to Snetterton and Goodwood, Ayrton Senna and Nigel Mansell do battle at Jerez, and Dan Gurney, Riccardo Patrese and Paddy Hopkirk celebrate…
The greatest Formula 1 drivers of all time
A Dr Andrew Bell of Sheffield Methods Institute, in conjunction with the University of Sheffield has just published the paper Formula For Success: Multilevel modelling of F1 driver and constructor…
Politics and disrepute – the 1980 British GP
Click here to buy the lead image. Everything changes but nothing changes. That’s always been the way with Grand Prix racing and it probably always will be. Granted, the rules…