
Formula 1 good month, bad month: July 2021
Good month Team to FIA radio Broadcasting Toto Wolff complaining to F1 race director Michael Masi about the ‘Bolshoi on wheels’ (see ‘Mazespin’) was a piece of TV genius. Soon we…
McLaren had a significant upgrade fitted to its car in Barcelona, featuring a new floor and subtly different front wing. The outer end of the wing’s mainplane has been raised slightly,…
The past month has been one of contrast for Britain’s up and coming Formula 1 stars Lando Norris and George Russell. While one has shone for McLaren, the other endured…
Every team went into the Spanish Grand Prix pretty certain it was going to be a one-stop race. It wasn’t. The tyre degradation and wear was more aggressive than had…
The feature the TV cameras really miss about Portimão is its elevation change. There’s an 85metre difference between its highest and lowest points. Stand at the exit of Turn 7,…
The F1 calendar remains in a state of Covid-flux. After the cancelled Canadian GP’s intended stand-in of Istanbul was in turn cancelled after Turkey was put on the UK’s Covid…
Portimão GP | Spanish GP These two events were something of a cold shower for the hopes raised by the first two. Bahrain and Imola had suggested a closely-matched title…
Can Yuki Tsunoda become the first Japanese driver to score a grand prix victory? That’s certainly the view of his main backers, and if he continues on his planned progression…
After Japan finished 17th in the medal table at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics a senior member of the national team organisation complained about the lack of commitment from his athletes.…
Race report Mercedes fatigue? All the action from the Portimão and Spanish GPs Word on the beat Covid cancellations continue, while Montoya to return to the Indy 500 Tactical analysis…
As we touch upon in the race reports of the two grands prix which have taken place since the last issue, the pattern of the season after four races suggests…
On Tuesday March 17, 1987 I was among eight members of the British media flown to Italy by the FIA to witness the signing of the latest Concorde Agreement. It…
Rivalries start with your team-mates. In Formula Ford it was the whole gang of them. I’d come from bike racing and this was the first time I’d been up against…
Give me Goodwood on an Easter day… Some 55,000 people came to the Sussex track for this opening 1960 meet. Colin Weston was there too, capturing all the action Send us your…
August 4, 1968 Nürburgring, Germany Ferrari’s Jacky Ickx (9) and Chris Amon (8) share the front row with Brabham’s Jochen Rindt at a wet German GP, but the Ferrari favourites…
From Arrows' tip wing to Red Bull's bendy rear wings, Formula 1 has seen some weird and wondeful innovation from front to back
Mosley was instrumental in greater safety development in Formula 1 as FIA president