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At the 1990 French GP, Ivan Capelli was within three laps of one of the biggest upsets in the sport's long history but, as is so often the case in…
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This is it, probably his last chance. Michael Schumacher has been staring at the rear wing of the McLaren for the first 37 laps of the Japanese Grand Prix. His…
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Even at the height of summer, Snetterton can be a bleak and chilly place, so imagine how it must have been for members of Team Lotus on December 17, 1982…
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For Jack Brabham, the 1966 French Grand Prix will forever be the race in which he became the first man ever to win a World Championship round – a grande…
The enormous crowd, estimated at between 55,000 and 60,000 people, which watched the racing at Goodwood on Easter Monday got excellent value for their ticket-money. Not only did 101 aeroplanes…
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Colin Chapman’s privileged access to the Ford-Cosworth DFV ended at the close of the Formula 1 race season in 1967. What followed we now regard as the DFV era, but…
By Lee McKenzie The British Grand Prix tends to be an emotional one. For me it is great fun, but tiring, with seven live programmes in three days. It's also…
With Lewis Hamilton’s victory the Silverstone crowd got what it came – and expected – to see. Kimi Rӓikkӧnen’s first lap accident made them wait for an extra hour or…
An Italian Grand Prix at Mugello wouldn’t be such a bad thing: gorgeous scenery, delicious food and drink, great track. But it wouldn’t be Monza. Mr E has been jerking…
Jean Todt wants a legacy of significance when his time is up as the president of motor racing’s governing body. You’d be right to expect that from such a man,…
On June 24 Ed Foster hosted an evening of discussion at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Joining him were Williams chief technical officer Pat Symonds, Mercedes-Benz managing director Andy Cowell,…
Austria was the second successive Grand Prix in which the team that locked-out the front row lucked-out in terms of victory. In Canada, Mercedes-Benz proved how hard it’s pushing the…
Motor sport technology has gone through several boom periods over the years, but perhaps none bigger than the one happening in the modern era. The by-product of this is that…
There's been talk of a London Grand Prix for some time now, and while Formula E will be coming to the city in June 2015, the chances of a full-blown…
By Lee McKenzie For the first time in 11 years the hills were alive with the sound of F1. The race in Austria might not have thrown up a classic…
Fifty years ago this week in the French Grand Prix on June 28, 1964 at the Rouen-les-Essarts road circuit Dan Gurney scored the first F1 World Championship win for Jack…
