The Brazilian GP has always had a special place in the hearts of F1 insiders, thanks to the unique atmosphere of Interlagos. The place is steeped in history, and World…
Sport had rarely witnessed such hyperbolic overdrive. Lewis Hamilton needed to finish only fifth to clinch his maiden world title. There are no racing certs in F1, but in a…
Emerson Fittipaldi was born in São Paulo. So, too, were Rubens Barrichello and Felipe Massa. Ayrton Senna was born in São Paulo. Yet Interlagos is named after José Carlos Pace.…
You may remember that David Coulthard did some donuts on the helipad of the Burj Al Arab building in Dubai. Well, this is the video from Red Bull that tells…
Taken from the April 1998 issue of Motor Sport Some weekends you can come back from a Grand Prix with a notebook relatively clean. There will be a lap chart…
This was the weekend when underlying stresses between F1 teams and the drivers came to a very public head. McLaren were under the spotlight with the announcement that Kevin Magnussen…
The US GP was not the greatest race we’ve seen in 2013, and after eight consecutive wins the novelty of another Sebastian Vettel victory has worn off somewhat. But there…
Sebastian Vettel has been assaulting the record book since his very first F1 start back in 2007, and in Austin he hit another target by logging his eighth consecutive victory.…
“I think,” smiled Fernando Alonso, “they could put a GP2 engine in it – and still be on pole…” No prizes for guessing which car he was talking about, of…
The weather for the first day of practice at Circuit of the Americas was considerably warmer than the couple gone before – but that brought a new problem. Where there…
For two days the skies have been cloudless, the sun blinding, in central Texas, but the temperatures have been a surprise. In November you don’t expect to find frost on…
Whisper it: the United States Grand Prix might at last have found a new spiritual home. The Circuit of the Americas’ difficult birth was eased by the enthusiastic response of…
I always adored Watkins Glen. The circuit itself was one of the best on the World Championship trail, and to go to upstate New York in the autumn – excuse…
McLaren’s factory has its ornamental lake, a couple of swans and endless identikit corridors borrowed from one of Pinewood’s James Bond sets, but such are not presently the design details…
Mission Complete in the 2.40 at Chepstow: there could be no better name for AP McCoy’s 4000th winner. Destiny called. Except that the seven-year-old gelding was withdrawn because the going…
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Why are we drawn to this sport? Through my 20-odd years as a Grand Prix journalist, I have been repeatedly surprised by the drivers’ lack of childhood enthusiasm for motor…
