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First Martin Whitmarsh. Now Stefano Domenicali. No more Mister Nice Guys. Perhaps McLaren and Ferrari really do need to be on a collision course in order to perform. Ron Dennis…
The great Brazilian spent six seasons with the Woking team, winning 35 Grands Prix and three world titles. Twenty years on from Senna’s passing, McLaren boss Ron Dennis reflects on…
The upholding of Daniel Ricciardo’s disqualification from second place in the Australian Grand Prix at the FIA Court of Appeal was not wholly surprising. On other matters of technical nicety…
Mercedes-Benz insists that it will continue to allow Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg to fight and that team orders is a “terrible thing” for Formula 1. But did anyone else…
A series in which Motor Sport’s features editor raids the loft to salvage grainy fragments from his racing past British Grand Prix, Silverstone, July 16 1977 This was Silverstone at…
There is always that bit in a reality TV show where the team, the solid unit of people who have been friends and rivals and embarked on ‘the same journey’…
So, with a good old-fashioned gloves-off scrap of a race, Formula 1 gave a timely rebuff to the notion that the fuel flow era is a ‘taxi-drivers’ contest. Even before…
All this noise about noise. Three races into the new Formula 1, many continue to complain that the new ultra-complex ‘power units’ are too quiet, and in Malaysia Sebastian Vettel…
There’s a hot rumour doing the rounds at the moment that Bernie Ecclestone is trying to put together a consortium to buy a significant chunk of F1 – and that…
Thoroughness is an adjective associated (affiliated?) with Mercedes-Benz. Twice its Silver Arrows have redefined the sport’s gold standard in terms of attention to detail and strategic thinking, structures, models and…
Where did that go? On May 1 the motor racing world will pause to mark the 20th anniversary of Ayrton Senna’s death. It’s hard to believe the shock and despair…
The Malaysian Grand Prix always seems to throw up some controversy, whether it be team orders or generally disgruntled drivers. By race two, the novelty of the new season has…
Of all the things making me smile in 2014-spec F1, what’s spreading my grin furthest across my face, is the resurgence of Williams the year after the worst in its…
Excellence compounds itself in Formula 1 2014. It’s why aero grip equals good tyre temperature, which gives efficient harvesting, giving more electrical stored power, giving greater fuel savings, giving access…
Daniel Ricciardo’s disqualification from second place in Melbourne was still the talk of the paddock as the F1 teams re-converged in the equatorial heat of Kuala Lumpur. The whole argument…
Has there been a day since December 29, 2013 when you haven’t thought about Michael Schumacher? This Monday was my first such. Time is said to be a healer. Let’s…
Plenty of ex-Formula 1 drivers have expressed interest in racing in Formula E in recent months, including Jarno Trulli. The car hadn't run at full battery power before this test…