Geoff Lees: The nearly man
There is an accepted ladder of progression for drivers aspiring to Formula 1. In the 1970s it ran thus: formulae Ford, 3 and 2. Unfortunately, there are rather more snakes. Even…
Motor-racing history hangs in the air in the bucolic surroundings of the Imola circuit, where the streets honour names such as Tazio Nuvolari, Alberto Ascari and Luigi Musso. Under the…
1982: Pironi betrays Villeneuve Most of the FOCA teams boycotted the 1982 San Marino GP, leaving just 14 cars on the grid, although that was of little concern to…
Gerhard Berger has talked candidly about his reasons for leaving Ferrari at the end of the torrid 1989 season. The Austrian says he is one of the few drivers to…
In between the Russian and Eifel grands prix, Honda announced it would be pulling out of F1 at the end of next year, ostensibly leaving the Red Bull group looking…
I guess it’s a by-product of age mixed with experience that makes greybeards such as myself tend to dismiss the modern superlatives presently showered around like confetti in praise of…
Honda’s announcement that it will quit F1 at the end of next season was obviously a pretty serious blow to the category, leaving just two automotive companies involved (in addition…
There are two sides to every story, and while we rightly laud the performances of Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc when they excel, it’s now almost by default that they…
Ferrari's 1997 F1 challenger wasn't the fastest car on the grid. It wasn't even the second-fastest car and yet Michael Schumacher arrived at the final race of the season leading…
The occasion of Lewis Hamilton’s record-breaking 92nd grand prix victory was a virtuoso performance in a Mercedes with an advantage that was exaggerated by Red Bull’s wrong tyre choice. Ironically,…
Lewis Hamilton put on one of his most dominant performances of the season to clinch his 92nd victory in Formula 1, becoming the series' most successful driver of all time.…
Formula 1’s visit to the Algarve International Circuit for a race might prove to be a one-off, but thanks to Lewis Hamilton the venue will have a place in the…
For all the F1 history that Ayrton Senna created, there’s some irony in the fact that many see his first win as his greatest. Never mind the Donington ‘93 masterclass,…