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Lunch with John Surtees
He knew what it took to win world titles like no one before or since – but if there was an easy route, this great man wouldn’t often choose it……
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Submit your questions for Paul Stewart – closed
Paul Stewart will join the podcast team on Monday for the next instalment of the Motor Sport podcast in association with Mercedes-Benz. Co-founder of Stewart Grand Prix with his father…
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Four wheels good, six wheels better
As this week in Barcelona has shown, testing throws up some interesting sights – none more so than the six-wheel wonders of the 1980s Keke Rosberg’s championship-winning Williams of 1982 was…
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This week in motor sport – March 6
This week in motor sport from the Archive and Database, with Black Jack’s final win, a rally great turns 70 and F1 goes to Phoenix March 6 1931: Jimmy Stewart,…
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Jack Brabham: Racer, engineer, legend… and Dad
“Dad wasn’t a great talker. But it always stuck that when I first started racing he looked at me and said ‘David, it’s all in here’.” At those words, his…
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Alex Zanardi: ‘I think the accident was the greatest opportunity of my life’
The words spark that hair-raising warm tingle when you know you’re in a moment you will never forget. Alessandro Zanardi – more commonly known as Alex – is speaking, and…
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The fastest females
Lombardi, de Filippis and Wilson – F1’s leading ladies… but who’s next? Male drivers on the Motor Sport Database? 10,899. Female? Barely more than 100 (116, to be precise). Motor…
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“Fangio told me I drove too fast”
Always feisty and competitive, Maria Teresa de Filippis was the first woman to make a Grand Prix grid. And the determination the Maestro saw then is still evident today By…
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The Motor Sport issue preview podcast – April 2017
Online editor Ed Foster, deputy editor Joe Dunn and art editor Damon Cogman chat through the April 2017 issue of Motor Sport, featuring the Formula 1 preview, John McGuinness, motor…
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Lunch with John Surtees
He knew what it took to win world titles like no one before or since – but if there was an easy route, this great man wouldn’t often choose it……
Opinion
F1
Submit your questions for Paul Stewart – closed
Paul Stewart will join the podcast team on Monday for the next instalment of the Motor Sport podcast in association with Mercedes-Benz. Co-founder of Stewart Grand Prix with his father…
Opinion
F1
Four wheels good, six wheels better
As this week in Barcelona has shown, testing throws up some interesting sights – none more so than the six-wheel wonders of the 1980s Keke Rosberg’s championship-winning Williams of 1982 was…
Opinion
F1
This week in motor sport – March 6
This week in motor sport from the Archive and Database, with Black Jack’s final win, a rally great turns 70 and F1 goes to Phoenix March 6 1931: Jimmy Stewart,…
Great Read
Archive
Jack Brabham: Racer, engineer, legend… and Dad
“Dad wasn’t a great talker. But it always stuck that when I first started racing he looked at me and said ‘David, it’s all in here’.” At those words, his…
Great Read
Archive
Alex Zanardi: ‘I think the accident was the greatest opportunity of my life’
The words spark that hair-raising warm tingle when you know you’re in a moment you will never forget. Alessandro Zanardi – more commonly known as Alex – is speaking, and…
Opinion
F1
The fastest females
Lombardi, de Filippis and Wilson – F1’s leading ladies… but who’s next? Male drivers on the Motor Sport Database? 10,899. Female? Barely more than 100 (116, to be precise). Motor…
Opinion
F1
“Fangio told me I drove too fast”
Always feisty and competitive, Maria Teresa de Filippis was the first woman to make a Grand Prix grid. And the determination the Maestro saw then is still evident today By…
Opinion
F1
The Motor Sport issue preview podcast – April 2017
Online editor Ed Foster, deputy editor Joe Dunn and art editor Damon Cogman chat through the April 2017 issue of Motor Sport, featuring the Formula 1 preview, John McGuinness, motor…
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MPH: Assessing F1’s rookie class of 2025 – the Mark Hughes verdict
Mark Hughes weighs up an exceptional 2025 rookie class, dissecting four contrasting debut seasons to reveal who truly stood out the most
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Mark Hughes: Andrea Stella finally banished the ghost of 2010 Abu Dhabi disaster
Mark Hughes revisits the race that gave McLaren team principal Andrea Stella a sleepless night ahead of this year’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix: how victory in 2025 was forged from a Ferrari failure 15 years earlier
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Mark Hughes: Piastri pass on Norris was part of McLaren’s bold strategy to foil Verstappen
Mark Hughes explains how McLaren’s pre-planned lap-one swap and split-tyre strategy blunted Verstappen’s threat and laid the groundwork for Norris’s title-winning drive
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Jamie Chadwick shines at the Silverstone 4 Hours
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…
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McLaren drivers swapped tips ahead of Chinese GP. Norris also quietly planned attack
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
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One race to prove himself at Alpine? Heat is on Jack Doohan as Ocon signs off
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
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Explained: The new mode names for active aero and energy boost for F1 2026
The FIA defined clear new terminology for 2026 F1 as radical aero and power changes reshape the series
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Return of the Portuguese GP. Is it a placeholder for another F1 street track?
Formula 1’s two-year return to Portimao may be less a long-term endorsement than a holding pattern, as the championship keeps calendar space open for future street races
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Matt Bishop: He was Williams’ first winning driver but so few know his name
Two Australian F1 drivers who came to Europe at the same time: one became world champion, the other faded from memory. But both Alan Jones and Brian McGuire have their place in racing history
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