Formula E: an old concept
While Goodwood’s Revival Meeting was for the 17th time reminding us of everything glorious that made our sport great, a vision for the future was being sparked into life on…
Banned: “Try taking slightly less entry speed into turn six and getting on the power earlier.” “We need to watch those left-rear temperatures.” “Conserve your brakes please.” “Clutch bite point…
When Rob Widdows started his 'Tales with Mechanics' series on this website, one of the first names to be put forward was that of Bob Dance. Dance worked for Team…
You don’t realise how fast you’re going until you get on the grass. That motor racing truism was (almost) rammed home to the increasingly impressive Daniil Kvyat when his brake…
The departure of Luca Cordero di Montezemolo from Ferrari has been rumoured for weeks. Today those rumours became fact. In a statement Ferrari’s parent company Fiat announced that the man…
By Lee McKenzie Carpe diem. Seize the day. After a difficult start to his race, that's exactly what Lewis Hamilton did during the Italian Grand Prix. For the first time…
A series in which Motor Sport’s features editor raids the loft to salvage grainy fragments from his racing past Singapore Grand Prix, Marina Bay, September 25-27 2009 Hitherto this series has…
In the fever of controversy the conspiracy theories fester. Forget them, forget the overheated nonsense. For an explanation of why Nico Rosberg lost the lead to Lewis Hamilton by locking…
“The era of radical innovations has passed. From now on we will proceed by detail improvements.” That was Colin Chapman’s view of Formula 1 at the end of 1973. Blimey.…
This week we meet a mechanic who became a sculptor. Having packed away his much-travelled toolbox he has carved a highly successful new career, creating some spectacular works of art…
You never have to look far if you really want to gain a true sense of perspective. Take the October issue of Motor Sport, for example. Since Sunday I, like…
Main image: Keith Greene in the Len Terry-designed Gilby-BRM 1962 Len Terry worked quickly. A blessing given that he was by his own admission difficult to work with, apt to…
There aren’t many facts likely to make me feel older this week than that on Wednesday Derek Warwick will celebrate his 60th birthday. This seems impossible but I’ve checked and it’s true.…
By Lee McKenzie Good guy/bad guy. Or was Spa just two drivers trying to create their destiny? Lewis Hamilton came into Formula 1 carrying so much promise yet only has…
He did it again. Daniel Ricciardo, the shark who scents blood, took advantage of Mercedes dramas for the third time this season with yet another wonderful victory drive, attacking yet…
The Greenpower Education Trust has been around since 1999, helping to inspire young engineers, and part of its annual programme is a race at Goodwood for electric cars. This video…
Ettore Arco Isidoro Bugatti was an aesthete from an artistic family. His paternal grandfather was an architect; his father designed avant-garde Art Nouveau furniture, jewellery and musical instruments; and his younger brother,…