Single-Seaters
Post your questions for Felipe Massa
Felipe Massa is our next guest in the Driving for Ferrari podcast series, and he'll be joining us later this week. Now's your chance to ask the 11-time race winner about his…
Race car buying guide: Ralt RT3
Ayrton Senna, Martin Brundle, Tommy Byrne, Stefan Johansson, Gerhard Berger, Emanuele Pirro, Gabriele Tarquini, Ronnie Peterson… the list goes on. The link between them all? They all used a Ralt…
You were there: 1971 US Grand Prix at Watkins Glen
A drive in the woods: In autumn 1971, Fred Gerkens and some of his friends headed to Watkins Glen for the US Grand Prix and their first taste of F1.…
Parting shot: 1958 German Grand Prix
August 3, 1958 Nürburgring, Germany A noisy pitlane during practice at the German GP, with Wolfgang von Trips in a V6 Dino 246 covering his ears behind team-mate Peter…
The £80m question ahead of the 2020 Bahrain Grand Prix - what to watch for
The final triple-header of the 2020 Formula 1 season gets underway in Sakhir on the normal International Circuit layout this weekend for the Bahrain Grand Prix. Following the dramatic Turkish…
Racing through Europe
Lead image: Targa Florio May 1966 The Targa in a nutshell, as the Alpine A110 of Jean-Pierre Hanrioud and Jean-François Piot slams through one of the many villages scattered around…
Arturo Merzario: The little man in the cowboy hat
He won the Targa Florio twice, raced for Scuderia Ferrari, had his own grand prix team, created a car that bore his name and saved Niki Lauda’s life among many…
Romain Grosjean: 'My F1 career is coming to an end and I can't do anything about it'
Does Romain Grosjean, coming to the end of his F1 career, still feel he could go up against anyone? “Yes, for sure,” he instantly fires back. “Put me in a…
Home sweet home: 12 F1 wins that delighted the crowd
Jim Clark Silverstone 1965 For the first half of the British Grand Prix it had looked fairly straightforward, Jim Clark pulling away in his Lotus 33 with only Graham Hill able…
F1 home win legends — a day in heaven
The emotive appeal of victory in a home grand prix spreads beyond the winner himself. When preparing preview material, any self-respecting sports editor will scan the entry list and look…
'Quick Vic', more than a jack of all trades
One of motor racing's all-time legendary figures, Vic Elford performed at the top level behind the wheel of pretty much everything
Word on the beat, January 2021
The F1 Commission recently formally proposed a driver salary cap from 2023 of $30m (£25.3m) between each team’s two drivers. A refinement of the proposal was discussed whereby a team…
Here comes the reign again: final races that secured Hamilton's 7th F1 title
This trio of pandemic offspring Formula 1 races was where Lewis Hamilton, having equalled Michael Schumacher’s win record at the preceding Eifel race, could first step into his own unique…
F1 needs a grip on tyre temperature
The Portimão and Turkish grands prix were each notable for the striking lack of grip from the newly resurfaced tracks. In the case of Istanbul Park, the resurfacing was completed only…
Retirement: it’s a dirty word for racing drivers
Why are we always so keen to skip to the end? Once racing drivers hit a certain age, typically around their mid-to-late-30s, it’s so often tempting to start asking them…
Doug Nye: Italy's attempt to keep racing in the ghastly circumstances of 1940
Future enthusiasts will surely recall 2020 as having been a truncated racing season, yet one still jam-packed considering the Covid pandemic, lockdown, world economies tanking, and all the recent –…