Kevin Magnussen was deeply impressive in his first extensive test as a pukka McLaren driver, and not just because his best lap was significantly faster than anyone else managed. That…
The 2014 Formula 1 cars aren’t quick enough, according to one impatient driver. Not only is their downforce insufficient, but also Pirelli’s latest batch of rubber is too hard. Good.…
It is, I know, a little early in the season to be making predictions. I know too that the lap times recorded in Jerez were at best meaningless and, at…
Has the Red Bull era been ended by the new formula? That was the intriguing possibility to emerge from the first bout of testing of the new generation F1 turbo…
Motor Sport is celebrating its 90th anniversary this year and our July issue will be a special collectors' edition. A large part of the magazine will look back at the…
Motor Sport is celebrating its 90th anniversary this year and our July issue will be a special collectors' edition. A large part of the magazine will look back at the…
Those of you who are members of the Goodwood Road Racing Club will be aware that we are getting close to what looks like being a very spectacular new event…
There have been numerous instances of Formula 1 chopping off its nose to spite its face. This week, however, was a first: appending a nose to the same effect. Although…
“D’you know what?” Mark Webber tells Nigel Roebuck this month. “I think Seb will do everything early in life: he’s got his championship titles and his results early, he’s going…
Why does Formula 1 insist on going to far-flung places where there’s absolutely no interest in the sport? It’s a question almost every motor sport fan will have been asked…
Max Mosley’s actions several years ago continue to reverberate around Formula 1, as was well-illustrated last week with two of the biggest F1 news stories of recent years: Bernie Ecclestone…
Following the inevitable somnolence of Christmas – the only time of the year when racing websites fall relatively silent – we have been through a tumultuous few weeks in motor…
First published in the 2010 British Grand Prix programme The world is ripe with ambitious youngsters, but the road to the top can be brutal in any sphere of life.…
For the second year in a row the Zoom photographic charity auction will be selling pictures taken by members of the F1 community. All proceeds will go to Great Ormond…
You may, like me, be looking at a stack of Christmas books and wondering which one to read first. Many of my friends and relations have a default position when…
In the past 24 hours, Bernie Ecclestone has gone from appearing as a potential saviour for Germany’s motor racing jewel, the Nürburgring, to being officially prosecuted by the country’s law…
