F1

Ferrari's F1 Finest 2nd, Ferrari 156 << Ferrari 312T: Central figure >> Ferrari 500: Light fantastic The 'sharknose' Ferrari 156, the grand prix car that reigned supreme in 1961, was…

Thank goodness for Jean Alesi and Pirelli. Thanks to that combination, the US GP in Phoenix had a modicum of interest for half its length, even if it was an…

Right from the start, in his own mind he’s a giant. A good giant. And he does things that back up that belief. Regularly. And each time, he turns around…

In the relentless theatre of Formula 1, the members of the complex cast – drivers, team chiefs, designers, organisers, circuit owners, officials – may be liked, admired, respected, even feared.…

Motor racing is essentially a science; it's supposed to be about nuts and bolts, numbers on lap charts and on stopwatches. But sometimes other, less tangible factors seem to play…

One of the many pleasures in going to New York used to be dinner with René Dreyfus, who personified the word 'gentleman' like few folk I have known. It would…

We all remember our first grand prix. You can watch it for years on the television but until you actually go and watch a gridful of Formula 1 cars come past, feel…

How do you put together a new Formula One car in Bognor Regis, with an assembly team switched from making refrigerators, and expect anything but trouble? Well, the Lec CRP1…

If it knows anything at all of him, the general public is more cognisant of events around him than it is of the personality of Flavio Briatore. Last year he…

I am sometimes asked about past Williams drivers and Carlos Reutemann in particular, who is always referred to as enigmatic because he was sparing with his true thoughts and often…

In 1988 Ben Johnson was first across the line in the 100 metres final at the Seoul Olympic Games. Those words are chosen carefully, for the Canadian sprinter did not…

Mercedes-Benz went to Monza for the 1938 Italian Grand Prix fully expecting to win. And with good reason, for their 3-litre supercharged W154 had won all six of the previous…

The demands of the season being what they are, I spend less time in my house in Normandy than I would like; but whenever! do get over there, a few…

Will Riccardo Patrese's record of 256 GP starts ever be beaten? Today it's hard to imagine anyone surviving 17 years at the top level of the sport without burning out…

Heard the one about Laffite at Dallas in 1984? In protest at the early hour of first practice, he turned up in his pyjamas. At Montreal one year, he arrived…

Like many schoolboys in post-War Britain, I had an insatiable appetite for stories about a character called Wilson. He'd swim the Channel before breakfast, score a pre-lunch century against the…

The initiation of the Williams FW14B goes back to the winter of 1984 when we were approached by AP Racing, with whom we worked closely on brakes and clutches. They…