What might have been: Penske, Watson, and F1's great lost opportunity
Fifty years on, Matt Bishop revisits the summer of 1976 when Roger Penske and John Watson briefly threatened to upend Formula 1's established order - before Penske walked away
This week in motor sport sees Formula 1 in New Zealand for the Tasman series and a birthday for a triple world champion.

1957: Beppe Gabbiani is born. In profile
1954: Christian Lautenschlager (top), double French Grand Prix winner, dies aged 76. In profile
1969: Michael Schumacher in born. In profile
1938: Keith Greene is born. In profile
2014: Engine builder and handy racer Brian Hart dies aged 77. In profile
2015: Jean-Pierre Beltoise dies aged 77. In profile
1968: Chris Amon wins the New Zealand Grand Prix at Pukekohe. Report
1980: Raymond Mays dies at the age of 80. In profile
1939: One-time Grand Prix starter Brausch Niemann is born. In profile
1946: Mike Wilds, who is still found racing in the UK, is born. In profile
1964: Reg Parnell dies following an appendix operation. In profile
1985: Lewis Hamilton is born. In profile
2002: Sometime race Geoffrey Crossley dies following a stroke, aged 80. In profile
1958: John Duff, Le Mans winner, dies in a horse riding accident aged 62. In profile
1966: Graham Hill wins the New Zealand Grand Prix. Report
1981: Le Mans winning journalist Sammy Davis dies the day before his 94th birthday. In profile
Fifty years on, Matt Bishop revisits the summer of 1976 when Roger Penske and John Watson briefly threatened to upend Formula 1's established order - before Penske walked away
Charles Leclerc's 2026 British Grand Prix win was deserved, but a broken wheel shield, a broken message from race control, and a defective ruleset left fans robbed of the race many of them actually turned up for at Silverstone
Lewis Hamilton can't catch a break when it comes to late-race safety cars, but his Ferrari team-mate re-found his form in spectacular fashion to win the 2026 British Grand Prix. Mark Hughes on Charles Leclerc's overnight transformation
In the space of seven days, Otmar Szafnauer quit one F1 team, was fired from another before his first day, and was hired by a third