This week in motor sport – January 30
Daytona 24 Hours through the years, and a Ligier 1-2 in Brazil; this week in motor sport from the Archive and Database January 30 1901: Rudolf Caracciola is born. In profile…
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The first podcast in association with Mercedes-Benz will be recorded next week, with 1979 Formula 1 world champion Jody Scheckter joining the team. Scheckter was the very first guest on…
The official launches are a few weeks away yet, but Mercedes has fired up its 2017 powerplant to reveal the first sounds of the new season. First impressions, it’s an…
McLaren might be about to make a popular decision In a nod to its past, or at least an iconic few years, McLaren looks set to be reverting to its…
Mark Hughes outlines the state of play for Manor Racing in F1 The Manor team’s final demise is not quite confirmed yet as there is still the possibility that someone could…
Manor Racing’s administrators have failed to find a buyer, the team ceasing trading as of January 27. A buyer may still be found, but it would be an uphill task to…
Fast, and one of Porsche’s best – Jo Siffert in the words of his peers Joseph Siffert Born: 7th July 1936, Fribourg, Fribourg Canton Died: 24th October 1971 (Aged 35), Brands Hatch,…
A good week for Grand Prix-racing South Americans, plus Prost wins one of his best; this week in motor sport from the Archive and Database. January 23 1977: Carlos Reutemann ‘wins…
The latest instalment of Track Torque, featuring John Watson going back to school Our first foray into the Motor Sport sound archive for 2017 takes us to a most unusual…
Daytona 24 Hours through the years, and a Ligier 1-2 in Brazil; this week in motor sport from the Archive and Database January 30 1901: Rudolf Caracciola is born. In profile…
The first podcast in association with Mercedes-Benz will be recorded next week, with 1979 Formula 1 world champion Jody Scheckter joining the team. Scheckter was the very first guest on…
The official launches are a few weeks away yet, but Mercedes has fired up its 2017 powerplant to reveal the first sounds of the new season. First impressions, it’s an…
McLaren might be about to make a popular decision In a nod to its past, or at least an iconic few years, McLaren looks set to be reverting to its…
Mark Hughes outlines the state of play for Manor Racing in F1 The Manor team’s final demise is not quite confirmed yet as there is still the possibility that someone could…
Manor Racing’s administrators have failed to find a buyer, the team ceasing trading as of January 27. A buyer may still be found, but it would be an uphill task to…
Fast, and one of Porsche’s best – Jo Siffert in the words of his peers Joseph Siffert Born: 7th July 1936, Fribourg, Fribourg Canton Died: 24th October 1971 (Aged 35), Brands Hatch,…
A good week for Grand Prix-racing South Americans, plus Prost wins one of his best; this week in motor sport from the Archive and Database. January 23 1977: Carlos Reutemann ‘wins…
The latest instalment of Track Torque, featuring John Watson going back to school Our first foray into the Motor Sport sound archive for 2017 takes us to a most unusual…
Mark Hughes weighs up an exceptional 2025 rookie class, dissecting four contrasting debut seasons to reveal who truly stood out the most
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
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
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
Veteran broadcaster and F1 driver Martin Brundle has picked out the contender he’s been most impressed with this year
Alain Prost has given his view on Renault exiting F1 as an engine manufacturer
Mohammed Ben Sulayem’s has now been re-elected as FIA president, after a controversial first term. But how did he become the first non-European president in the FIA’s history?
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