Phil Hill’s 1961 World Championship victory that ended British winning run
Right now I’m remembering a very important year. It was 60 years ago, the summer of ’61, still a schoolboy, in my teens, sap rising – remember? Even then I…
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Good month Boring Paul Ricard Those vertigo-inducing stripes might be a bit unnerving, but Paul Ricard delivered. Criticism rained down on Le Castellet, but as soon as racing got underway,…
We soon approach 50 years since Jo ‘Seppi’ Siffert won his final grand prix in Austria, just a few months before the Swiss suffered a tragic death at Brands Hatch.…
New technical directives were issued on consecutive weekends at both the French and Styrian grands prix regarding, respectively, tyre pressures and pit stop equipment. The former was in response to…
Carlos Reutemann, who finished runner-up in the 1981 Formula 1 World Championship, has died at the age of 79. The Argentinian, once hailed as the new Fangio, stood on the…
Following Lewis Hamilton’s new Mercedes contract to 2023, speculation has ramped up about the identity of his team-mate next year. Toto Wolff has confirmed that it is a straight choice between…
This triple header created an historic first: Max Verstappen became the first man in F1 championship history to win grands prix on three consecutive weekends. In doing so, he left…
70 years after Ferrari’s famous first victory, Charles Leclerc nearly took the Scuderia back to the top step – he explained how the race showed the team’s recent progress
Crunching crashes, embarrassing spins, testy emails – it’s all there in the British GP’s ‘Goin’ up, goin’ down’
Right now I’m remembering a very important year. It was 60 years ago, the summer of ’61, still a schoolboy, in my teens, sap rising – remember? Even then I…
Good month Boring Paul Ricard Those vertigo-inducing stripes might be a bit unnerving, but Paul Ricard delivered. Criticism rained down on Le Castellet, but as soon as racing got underway,…
We soon approach 50 years since Jo ‘Seppi’ Siffert won his final grand prix in Austria, just a few months before the Swiss suffered a tragic death at Brands Hatch.…
New technical directives were issued on consecutive weekends at both the French and Styrian grands prix regarding, respectively, tyre pressures and pit stop equipment. The former was in response to…
Carlos Reutemann, who finished runner-up in the 1981 Formula 1 World Championship, has died at the age of 79. The Argentinian, once hailed as the new Fangio, stood on the…
Following Lewis Hamilton’s new Mercedes contract to 2023, speculation has ramped up about the identity of his team-mate next year. Toto Wolff has confirmed that it is a straight choice between…
This triple header created an historic first: Max Verstappen became the first man in F1 championship history to win grands prix on three consecutive weekends. In doing so, he left…
70 years after Ferrari’s famous first victory, Charles Leclerc nearly took the Scuderia back to the top step – he explained how the race showed the team’s recent progress
Crunching crashes, embarrassing spins, testy emails – it’s all there in the British GP’s ‘Goin’ up, goin’ down’
McLaren’s disqualification from the Las Vegas Grand Prix led to speculation about a conspiracy to bring Max Verstappen back into the title fight. But there’s a more realistic explanation
F1’s 2025 championship leader said he had to go to real set-up extremes to make his car competitive in the final Las Vegas Grand Prix stint last year – could that be key to Lando Norris’s success in the race this season?
McLaren team principal Andrea Stella believes the current F1 generation is the most competitive in history and called on reporters to scrutinise the claim. Mark Hughes didn’t need any more encouragement
IDEC Sport Silverstone 4 Hours 14/9/25 A home win for Jamie Chadwick capped a happy return for contemporary Le Mans Prototype racing to the UK, as the European Le Mans…
Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris worked together ahead of the 2025 Chinese GP, finding the pace that delivered a 1-2 finish, while Norris also prepared to attack his team-mate during the race. Brake issues denied him, says Mark Hughes but the F1 title duel is coming
Esteban Ocon’s Alpine stint ended at the 2024 Qatar GP, giving Jack Doohan a make-or-break F1 chance in Abu Dhabi. Elsewhere FIA boss Mohammed Ben Sulayem dismissed driver concerns and mechanics just wanted a kip: Chris Medland‘s paddock diary
In this month’s magazine, Guenther Steiner remembers the waves Haas made on its F1 entry
Peter Wright was with Lotus for some of the greatest F1 highs, but also witnessed its demise – he told the story to Motor Sport in this month’s magazine
Lost alongside Graham Hill on a foggy November night 50 years ago, Tony Brise was already seen as “something special” in F1. All that’s left is the hint of what might have been
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