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Word on the beat, December 2020
Former Ferrari boss Stefano Domenicali has been announced as the new president and CEO of F1, effective next year after his tenure as the head of Lamborghini ends. F1’s incumbent…


Slimming down F1: Could two-day grands prix be the way forward?
Because the medical helicopter couldn’t fly due to the Nürburgring fog, the two practice sessions for the Eifel Grand Prix couldn’t happen. The only running before qualifying was therefore in…
(Virtual) Lunch with... Ivan Capelli
On paper, it had the potential to be one of the most romantic of all motor racing fairy tales: the schoolboy who was given an unexpected opportunity to sit at the…
F1's other guys: the crushing reality for team-mates of the greats
Jeez, who’d be the other guy? Neither basking in reflected glory nor withering in the shade is a good look/outlook for an ambitious Formula 1 driver. Imagine spending another long,…

Ivan Capelli: Racing beyond F1
For a driver who achieved so much so early, Ivan Capelli’s post-F1 career has been relatively quiet. From 1994 for three seasons he raced a Nissan Primera in Germany’s STW…
AlphaTauri confirm Pierre Gasly for 2021 F1 season
Pierre Gasly will stay with AlphaTauri for the 2021 Formula 1 season with the team confirming the Frenchman for next year. Speculation had grown that he might return to Red…
Knowing Michael Schumacher: cracking the Enigma Code
Michael Schumacher is a complex subject. But perhaps quite a simple man. The F1 colossus who broke all the records that are only now being challenged by Lewis Hamilton was…


Lewis Hamilton vs Michael Schumacher — Who comes out on top?
From the December 2020 issue, this graphic marks the moment that Lewis Hamilton equalled Michael Schumacher's record of 91 Formula 1 wins; a statistic that he has already surpassed.…


Formula 1's summer of love: the 1967 season
The 1967 season was a halcyon time for the young Nigel Roebuck, who recalls tracksides echoing to Sgt Pepper as Clark, Gurney and Hulme roared by. Hippies hoped for…


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…

Treachery and betrayal at Imola: the most controversial San Marino GPs
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: Ferrari pleaded with me to stay
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…


Honda announces F1 exit, as Mercedes wins Russian & Eifel GPs
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…

The old tracks are the best: 2020 F1 season has exposed bland circuits
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…

Mark Hughes: Electric F1 cars without downforce? It's one option
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…

