Extract: F1 Retro 1980 part 3
The third in a five-part series of extracts from Motor Sport Grand Prix editor Mark Hughes. In this extract from F1 Retro 1980, former Williams engineering director Patrick Head opens up about…
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Williams’ rich history of Formula 1 success but recent fall from grace bears comparison to that of Nottingham Forest… Sergey Sirotkin’s emergence as frontrunner to partner Lance Stroll is little more than…
The Grand Prix Drivers’ Association now has 100 per cent membership among Formula 1 drivers Every Formula 1 driver on the grid has signed up to their union, the Grand…
The second in a five-part series of extracts from Motor Sport Grand Prix editor Mark Hughes. While Formula 1 was safer than ever before, it was still a lethal motor sport, and…
Design legend Gordon Murray joins Motor Sport editor Nick Trott, editor-at-large Gordon Cruickshank and features editor Simon Arron for the latest Royal Automobile Club Talk Show. From Brabham and Bernie…
The first in a five-part series of extracts from Motor Sport Grand Prix editor Mark Hughes, in which he turns the attention to 1980 and explains why it was such an…
A rundown of the week’s motor sport news, including controversy at the FIA, dates for Goodwood and Silverstone Classic, F1 rule tweaks Jean Todt gets third term at FIA Jean…
Robert Kubica could be on the verge of following a long line of drivers who have bred success even after suffering life-changing injuries Robert Kubica has just turned 33. That’s hardly a…
Honda has changed its Formula 1 management structure for the 2018 season Struggling F1 manufacturer Honda has eliminated the head of F1 role, which Yusuke Hasegawa occupied from March 2016.…
The third in a five-part series of extracts from Motor Sport Grand Prix editor Mark Hughes. In this extract from F1 Retro 1980, former Williams engineering director Patrick Head opens up about…
Williams’ rich history of Formula 1 success but recent fall from grace bears comparison to that of Nottingham Forest… Sergey Sirotkin’s emergence as frontrunner to partner Lance Stroll is little more than…
The Grand Prix Drivers’ Association now has 100 per cent membership among Formula 1 drivers Every Formula 1 driver on the grid has signed up to their union, the Grand…
The second in a five-part series of extracts from Motor Sport Grand Prix editor Mark Hughes. While Formula 1 was safer than ever before, it was still a lethal motor sport, and…
Design legend Gordon Murray joins Motor Sport editor Nick Trott, editor-at-large Gordon Cruickshank and features editor Simon Arron for the latest Royal Automobile Club Talk Show. From Brabham and Bernie…
The first in a five-part series of extracts from Motor Sport Grand Prix editor Mark Hughes, in which he turns the attention to 1980 and explains why it was such an…
A rundown of the week’s motor sport news, including controversy at the FIA, dates for Goodwood and Silverstone Classic, F1 rule tweaks Jean Todt gets third term at FIA Jean…
Robert Kubica could be on the verge of following a long line of drivers who have bred success even after suffering life-changing injuries Robert Kubica has just turned 33. That’s hardly a…
Honda has changed its Formula 1 management structure for the 2018 season Struggling F1 manufacturer Honda has eliminated the head of F1 role, which Yusuke Hasegawa occupied from March 2016.…
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The 2025 IndyCar championship was a snoozer, as Álex Palou clinched the title with several rounds remaining. The most compelling storyline in the closing weeks of the season was whether…
A New Zealand farm boy turned Cambridge law student turned grand prix driver – Matt Bishop tells the quietly remarkable story of a man history nearly forgot
Let us start with an audacious understatement: there are not many drivers whose Formula 1 preparation involved making coffins. Perhaps there is only one, for that is where Heinz-Harald Frentzen’s…
As the Greek tragedians demonstrated two millennia ago, every great protagonist demands an equally formidable antagonist. For Jackie Stewart, it was a bespectacled journalist with a long, wispy beard for…
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