McLaren’s secret F1 wind tunnel tests: how MP4/1 took shape alongside Sting Ray torpedo
During the summer of 1980, a car that would push Formula 1 into a new era was starting to take shape. The McLaren MP4 would famously laminate a new technology…
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While Brad Pitt’s F1: The Movie failed to earn anything more than a best sound Academy Award back in March, 60 years ago the seminal film Grand Prix, directed by John Frankenheimer,…
“We are delighted to confirm that the filming, on the Circuit Automobile de Montagne d’Auvergne, for the film Grand Prix, will take place from July 28 to August 6, from 8am…
Matt Bishop’s perceptive piece on the 1976 German Grand Prix and James Hunt’s victory [A frightened James Hunt’s brilliant win: the F1 victory that’s easy to forget, online, August 4]…
It is possible that I am going to look foolish writing this the day after the Belgian Grand Prix – thanks to summer schedules and my deadline being brought forward…
According to Niki Lauda, after he had named the fee – in Austrian schillings – that he wanted to sign up for the 1977 Formula 1 season, Mr Ferrari telephoned…
Racing trophies are a rare collectible, purely because they can be among the most unpredictable of Formula 1 ephemera. Values vary wildly. Are they investment pieces? They’re possibly worth more…
As F1 arrives at Monza with championship leader Kimi Antonelli dreaming of a home win, Matt Bishop looks back at Ludovico Scarfiotti, the last Italian to triumph at the Italian Grand Prix — 60 years ago this week
Here is a lost circuit, and a story, that often comes up when dedicated fans get together for one of those ‘do you know’ sessions that more senior folk enjoy.…
During the summer of 1980, a car that would push Formula 1 into a new era was starting to take shape. The McLaren MP4 would famously laminate a new technology…
While Brad Pitt’s F1: The Movie failed to earn anything more than a best sound Academy Award back in March, 60 years ago the seminal film Grand Prix, directed by John Frankenheimer,…
“We are delighted to confirm that the filming, on the Circuit Automobile de Montagne d’Auvergne, for the film Grand Prix, will take place from July 28 to August 6, from 8am…
Matt Bishop’s perceptive piece on the 1976 German Grand Prix and James Hunt’s victory [A frightened James Hunt’s brilliant win: the F1 victory that’s easy to forget, online, August 4]…
It is possible that I am going to look foolish writing this the day after the Belgian Grand Prix – thanks to summer schedules and my deadline being brought forward…
According to Niki Lauda, after he had named the fee – in Austrian schillings – that he wanted to sign up for the 1977 Formula 1 season, Mr Ferrari telephoned…
Racing trophies are a rare collectible, purely because they can be among the most unpredictable of Formula 1 ephemera. Values vary wildly. Are they investment pieces? They’re possibly worth more…
As F1 arrives at Monza with championship leader Kimi Antonelli dreaming of a home win, Matt Bishop looks back at Ludovico Scarfiotti, the last Italian to triumph at the Italian Grand Prix — 60 years ago this week
Here is a lost circuit, and a story, that often comes up when dedicated fans get together for one of those ‘do you know’ sessions that more senior folk enjoy.…
Lando Norris’s soaring confidence and an improved McLaren mean we’re witnessing a Formula 1 driver at his outer limits, Mark Hughes argues
Fast enough to build an unassailable lead, Lando Norris was too quick to catch the VSC pit window. And so his flawless F1 Madring weekend ended cruelly, as even the winner acknowledged, Mark Hughes says
With a brand new surface and a tyre-punishing banked Turn 12, Madrid’s inaugural Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix weekend could reshuffle the Mercedes-McLaren-Ferrari pecking order once again, writes Mark Hughes
Two consecutive victories from pole for McLaren’s Lando Norris to bring him within 83 points of Kimi Antonelli’s championship lead with half the season still to go had Mercedes’ Toto…
The Dutch Grand Prix was an exciting way to kick off the second half of the season after the summer break. Following on from Lando Norris’s dominant victory in Budapest…
Monaco Lewis Hamilton Many had written off Lewis Hamilton in F1 – too long in the tooth at 41, a poor fit with Ferrari, the rise of rivals, and so…
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