Looking back on when Formula 1 racers took time out for Indy
Ascari missed the Swiss GP for a tilt at Indy in 1952
The post-F1 career of Guiseppe Farina included an Indy 500 appearance in 1956
Juan Manuel Fangio in 1958
Fangio practiced but never raced
In 1961, Jack Brabham contested both the Indy 500 and Monaco GP
Jim Clark in the pits in 1963, when he finished as runner-up
Victory came in his most incredible season, 1965
Stewart’s near miss of 1966 – leading until retiring in the closing stages…
…leaving Graham Hill to take the spoils
Dan Gurney made nine Indy 500 appearances
Jochen Rindt failed to qualify twice
500 pole-winner Peter Revson missed the Monaco GP for Indy in 1972
Cadillac is in a race against time to get its new F1 car ready for 2026 – sim driver Pietro Fittipaldi explains how it's running in the virtual world first
Rare letters sent by Ayrton Senna to a friend in Brazil are expected to fetch between £200,000 and £300,000 when they are auctioned
Alain Prost's racing technique was so silky that rivals thought he was cruising as he set pole laps. At a Motor Sport celebration event celebrating, the four-time champion revealed the origin of his deceptively fast approach
Mark Hughes revisits the race that gave McLaren team principal Andrea Stella a sleepless night ahead of this year's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix: how victory in 2025 was forged from a Ferrari failure 15 years earlier
