There was, I’ll admit, a slight sense of disorientation. About 35 minutes before a Grand Prix starts, custom dictates that I leave the media centre, make my way across the…
Next weekend in the heart of the Los Angeles basin I’ll have the pleasure of covering the 39th Long Beach Grand Prix. I’ve been to every one of them since…
When the Shanghai circuit was built in 2003 it could easily have been argued that it wasn’t anywhere near the Chinese city. In fact, the track is the same distance…
In only his third qualifying session for Mercedes Lewis Hamilton has taken pole position for the Chinese Grand Prix. A great lap by Kimi Räikkönen meant that he will line…
A little over five laps? Is that really as long as Pirelli’s soft tyre is going to last this weekend? According to Pirelli it is. When Rosberg was asked how…
In the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains near the ancient city of Granada in Andalucia lies a challenging motor racing circuit called Guadix. Owned by former motor trader and…
You’d have absolutely no idea there was a Formula 1 race on in Shanghai this weekend unless you were standing in the pit lane watching the cars be pushed to…
Races had always been against the clock. Practice was a more leisurely pursuit: a chance to (re)acquaint and rehearse and, hopefully, to fine-tune and, at worst, rebuild. Until the Monaco…
The Red Bull controversy in Sepang has unsurprisingly dominated Formula 1 conversation in recent days, and the rights and wrongs of it will doubtless figure in my next Motor Sport…
‘Pay drivers’ have been a hot topic among motor sport fans for decades, perhaps now more than ever. But the notion that money equals an easy route to Formula 1…
There were definitely more plus points than negatives about being a student, from what I remember. The biggest downside, of course, was a severe lack of cash and correspondingly, the…
Our new website columnist Lee McKenzie came into the office yesterday to record her first Motor Sport podcast. First up was the aftermath of the Malaysian Grand Prix, but we…
You knew where you were with Luigi Fagioli: in his bad books – unless, that is, you were helping to ensure he was winning. Because of his generally grumpy demeanour,…
Whenever I’m watching a Grand Prix I’m trying to come up with a 'story of the race' for every driver. It begins at the start and ends wherever they do…
Sunday’s headline drama triggered all manner of outrage (or, in some instances, indifference), but Sebastian Vettel’s disobedience masked a milder strain of anarchy that appeared to pass almost unnoticed. There…
It wasn’t the tinny refrain of a mobile phone alarm that fractured slumber, but a boisterous thunderclap. The day’s first serious storm erupted before sunrise and ensured the Sepang International…
