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Where their sons are concerned, mums have much to answer for. Certainly none other than Enzo Ferrari was deeply influenced, indeed in many ways shaped, by his formidable mother, Adalgisa…
1962 Porsche 804 December 1960: a gloomy silence descends on a test cell in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen. A still relatively small – approximately 1250 staff – but realistically effective car company renowned…
A most interesting item in the November 2026 issue about drag racing at Santa Pod [Playing with fire]. Exactly a year ago we achieved one of the longer times down…
Denis Jenkinson wasn’t impressed with the diminutive Dijon-Prenois circuit, which had just staged its first world championship grand prix – and offered up sub-one-minute lap times. “The mini-Grand Prix of…
I don’t know if Daimler-Benz still do this, but the mighty German motor company used to circulate Grand Prix race news of its factory team’s activities to the workers in…
Matt Bishop reflects on the triumph that made Juan Manuel Fangio world champion in 1951, the terrible accident that nearly ended his career, and the extraordinary resilience that carried him back to the top of Formula 1
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For two decades, Formula 1 came to know and love Kimi Räikkönen as the famously uncommunicative “Iceman”. The Finn’s reluctance to indulge in the usual PR rituals or the “leave…
Singapore Oct 9-11 Grand prix wins have been like buses for Max Verstappen in 2026. He waited seven months for his first, then took two on the trot. Add to…
Desiré Wilson is the only woman ever to have won a Formula 1 race, and for all I know she may always carry that mantle. OK, her famous victory in…
Where their sons are concerned, mums have much to answer for. Certainly none other than Enzo Ferrari was deeply influenced, indeed in many ways shaped, by his formidable mother, Adalgisa…
1962 Porsche 804 December 1960: a gloomy silence descends on a test cell in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen. A still relatively small – approximately 1250 staff – but realistically effective car company renowned…
A most interesting item in the November 2026 issue about drag racing at Santa Pod [Playing with fire]. Exactly a year ago we achieved one of the longer times down…
Denis Jenkinson wasn’t impressed with the diminutive Dijon-Prenois circuit, which had just staged its first world championship grand prix – and offered up sub-one-minute lap times. “The mini-Grand Prix of…
I don’t know if Daimler-Benz still do this, but the mighty German motor company used to circulate Grand Prix race news of its factory team’s activities to the workers in…
Matt Bishop reflects on the triumph that made Juan Manuel Fangio world champion in 1951, the terrible accident that nearly ended his career, and the extraordinary resilience that carried him back to the top of Formula 1
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For two decades, Formula 1 came to know and love Kimi Räikkönen as the famously uncommunicative “Iceman”. The Finn’s reluctance to indulge in the usual PR rituals or the “leave…
Singapore Oct 9-11 Grand prix wins have been like buses for Max Verstappen in 2026. He waited seven months for his first, then took two on the trot. Add to…
Ferrari had the pace for a Mexico 1-2 – until Hamilton and Leclerc’s first-lap clash opened the door for Verstappen to snatch victory. Mark Hughes dissects the race
Mexico City’s thin air and tricky tyre temperatures could turn the usual competitive order on its head. Mark Hughes explains why
Mark Hughes asks whether F1’s insistence that the Qatar and Abu Dhabi Grands Prix will go ahead can survive the realities of the Middle East conflict
August 5, 1973 Nürburgring, West Germany A busy scene in the Lotus garage at the 1973 German Grand Prix, Round 11 of 15 of the F1 World Championship. Drivers Emerson…
When it comes to sports car racing, it’s not just the American tracks that are markedly different from most of their international counterparts. The overall philosophy used by the FIA…
5. 2003: Solberg vs Loeb vs Sainz Subaru’s Norwegian star Petter Solberg, above – ‘Hollywood’ – lay a point adrift of Citroën pair Carlos Sainz and Sébastien Loeb going into…
He was rated as the best driver in the world – in the age of Gilles Villeneuve, Carlos Reutemann and Nelson Piquet – and yet Alan Jones, who has just turned 80, remains grossly underappreciated, says Matt Bishop
Ferrari’s Mexican GP disappointment exposed growing tensions between Hamilton and Leclerc, leaving Fred Vasseur facing an increasingly difficult battle to keep his drivers in line
Kimi Antonelli is Formula 1’s youngest ever world champion; the 20-year-old obliterating Sebastian Vettel’s record that stood for 16 years. Who else makes the top ten of F1’s baby-faced title-holders?
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