A lap of ExCeL with Le Mans royalty
As is de rigueur at many motor sport events, some guests are afforded chauffered laps of the track, taken round by a jobbing race driver. Usually it's Silverstone or COTA…
The silence, as they say, is deafening. Blinding artificial light bounces off gleaming bodywork as drivers sit motionless in their cars, while four Porsche pitcrew members stand stock still, directing…
Phil Hill, who in September 1961 became America’s first Formula 1 world drivers’ champion, began his climb to the top 11 years earlier with his maiden significant victory. That happened…
Champagne was poured over the nose according to Porsche tradition and the car the world was expecting to take the marque back to the Le Mans 24 Hours in 2000…
When he last spoke at length to Motor Sport, in September 2007, a central topic for Prodrive CEO David Richards was his firm’s planned arrival in Formula 1, with chassis…
I must have attended hundreds of press conferences across the years, but nothing compared to this one on Friday, September 4, 1987. The scene is the garden of St Georges…
“I had many great rivals over the years but the one who stands above the rest has to be Clay Regazzoni. He was my nemesis in both Formula 3 and…
Speculation had ended on Monday September 23, 1996 when it was revealed that Murray Walker would be ITV’s main Formula 1 commentator. The announcement was made by MACH1, a trading…
Daniel Cabart already has an impressive track record with Delage – in 2017 he was awarded the RAC Specialist Book of the Year for his volume on the marque’s 1926-…
This month marks 40 years since Team Enstone made its F1 debut, as Brian Henton laboured the ungainly Toleman TG181 to 23rd on the grid at the 1981 Italian GP.…
F1 has announced a new prize for the driver with the most overtakes at the end of a season, and a flurry of new in-race graphics to help fans follow competitors' progress
Good month F1's greatest email exchange The heat’s increasing between Horner and Wolff – and so is the entertainment factor. Everyone loves a feud, especially during one of F1’s great…
Illustration Craig Scarborough McLaren is rivalling Red Bull in how many new parts are being produced as each team continues to heavily develop their cars despite the looming challenge of…
Lando Norris is my choice for driver of the first half-season in Formula 1 this year. Why? Because there is a wonderful maturity that is starting to appear in him,…
At Silverstone, as soon as Lewis Hamilton had a) lost the lead to Charles Leclerc’s Ferrari as his momentum was checked by his collision with Max Verstappen and b) incurred…
Race report Entertainment all the way at the British and Hungarian GPs Word on the beat Lewis’s Covid problems and George Russell testing tyres with Mercedes Tactical analysis Mercedes played…
2021 British Grand Prix | 2021 Hungarian Grand Prix In the narrative of the championship, this is where it got a little ugly, at Silverstone where the long-predicted on-track clash…