On this day in motor sport – July 6-12
This week in motor sport, from the database July 6 // July 7 // July 8 // July 9 // July 10 // July 11 // July 12 July 6 1958 Ferrari’s Mike Hawthorn dominated the 1958 French Grand Prix at Reims.…
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A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). “Those last 10 laps were exhausting,” wrote Tony Brooks in Motor Sport. “I was listening anxiously…
Amon, Hawthorn, Lauda, Rodríguez… Leclerc? Ferrari has championed youth, but not for decades Louis Chiron was approaching 56 years of age when Lancia invited him to drive one of its…
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). The summer of 1976 was a scorcher in Britain, the hottest for 350 years. Maybe it…
McLaren and Éric Boullier have parted ways Éric Boullier has resigned from McLaren as racing director with immediate effect, saying “now is the right time for me to step down.”…
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix If the young Englishman were to be helped by his inestimable number one Juan Fangio, he would…
It arrived finally on 20 July 1957, at Aintree. Stirling Moss, having commandeered a Vanwall from injured team-mate Tony Brooks, crossed the line 26 seconds ahead of Luigi Musso’s Ferrari…
A beautiful day, a sea of 20,000 people dressed in orange, a 10-hour drive from Holland but they don’t care. They came all this way last year just to see…
If Fernando Alonso leaves F1 in 2019, could he be replaced by Kimi Räikkönen? Grand Prix editor Mark Hughes looks at the possibility It was mentioned almost as a throwaway…
This week in motor sport, from the database July 6 // July 7 // July 8 // July 9 // July 10 // July 11 // July 12 July 6 1958 Ferrari’s Mike Hawthorn dominated the 1958 French Grand Prix at Reims.…
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). “Those last 10 laps were exhausting,” wrote Tony Brooks in Motor Sport. “I was listening anxiously…
Amon, Hawthorn, Lauda, Rodríguez… Leclerc? Ferrari has championed youth, but not for decades Louis Chiron was approaching 56 years of age when Lancia invited him to drive one of its…
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). The summer of 1976 was a scorcher in Britain, the hottest for 350 years. Maybe it…
McLaren and Éric Boullier have parted ways Éric Boullier has resigned from McLaren as racing director with immediate effect, saying “now is the right time for me to step down.”…
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix If the young Englishman were to be helped by his inestimable number one Juan Fangio, he would…
It arrived finally on 20 July 1957, at Aintree. Stirling Moss, having commandeered a Vanwall from injured team-mate Tony Brooks, crossed the line 26 seconds ahead of Luigi Musso’s Ferrari…
A beautiful day, a sea of 20,000 people dressed in orange, a 10-hour drive from Holland but they don’t care. They came all this way last year just to see…
If Fernando Alonso leaves F1 in 2019, could he be replaced by Kimi Räikkönen? Grand Prix editor Mark Hughes looks at the possibility It was mentioned almost as a throwaway…
Under 2026’s energy-starved rules, Monza’s tow is way too valuable, and that, Mark Hughes writes, is set to make controversial qualifying shenanigans for the 2026 Italian Grand Prix almost inevitable
A season that opened with total Mercedes dominance is turning into a three-way fight for the fastest car in F1. Mark Hughes explains why
Standing in for Hadjar at Zandvoort, Lawson made a strong case for himself with a very solid weekend. Now Red Bull will need to make some difficult decisions, 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…
The Monaco Grand Prix saga has come to an end after months of reviews and appeals, with Pierre Gasly’s podium erased and the original classification restored
Two years after crashing out of his Mercedes Formula 1 debut at Monza, Antonelli returns as championship leader, and says he has a lot less to prove
Motor Sport F1 Show with Mark Hughes
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