

John Gentry: The changing man
March, Shadow, Fittipaldi, Tyrrell, ATS, Toleman, Renault, Alfa Romeo, Brabham, Benetton; then there was a leftfield switch to Suzuki and Yamaha in motorcycling, before a return to four wheels to…
On May 13, 1950 Giuseppe Farina took the chequered flag at Silverstone, and thus by definition won a world championship race at his first attempt, for this was the first…
After the disappointing 1962 season, Commendatore Ferrari himself ordered the cars to be cut up and the pieces to be used in the concrete of the factory forecourt. And so…
The Ferrari 156 ‘Sharknose’ interrupted the British Formula 1 revolution led by Lotus and Cooper-BRM in the first year of the 1.5-litre engine regulations in 1961 and gave Maranello a…
For all its vitality and razzamatazz, Monaco can seem a solitary and hostile place. Particularly at around 8.30am on the first day of practice in 1983. As prequalifying got under…
It has to be Mika Häkkinen, an opponent for seven years, with good times and bad. Good times when developing the McLaren, bad times when we ran at the front.…
Jackie Stewart described Jan Magnussen as “the greatest driving talent to emerge since Ayrton Senna”. The young Dane dominated the 1994 British F3 championship, winning 14 of 18 races for…
George Russell has apologised for colliding with Valtteri Bottas during the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix and for the emotional comments he made afterwards.The Williams driver posted on social media that…
So the season gets underway and we see a resurgent Red Bull-Honda giving the previously all-conquering Mercedes a very hard time. Then we hear from both Merc’s Toto Wolff and…
Race report All the action from a stunning start to the World Championship Profile: Yuki Tsunoda Why we’ll be hearing more from AlphaTauri’s young sensation Tactical analysis How Hamilton managed…
The addition of a Miami Grand Prix to the Formula 1 calendar from 2022 represents an important milestone – and a significant degree of face saving – for commercial rights…
Good month F1's classic tracks The swoop of Aqua Minarale, the dive into Rivazza, the thrill of Piratella: Imola is the closest that bitumen gets to poetry. Surely the drama of…
What a great time to become Motor Sport’s new columnist, as we head into a Formula 1 season that looks set to be just what we’ve all been waiting for.…
From the moment the regulation floor trim of 2021 was announced there were competing theories about how it would affect the low-rake and high-rake cars respectively. The fact that the…
AlphaTauri’s Yuki Tsunoda was the sensation of the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix, but the old-school Imola circuit made him look like the rookie he is. In Bahrain he took two…
Mercedes overcame a faster Red Bull on race day in Bahrain through a bold early stopping strategy which vaulted Lewis Hamilton ahead of early leader and pole-sitter Max Verstappen.Making the…
New Williams boss Jost Capito, above, has wasted no time in recruiting his former VW Motorsport technical director François-Xavier Demaison to the same position at Williams F1. Together they won…