Ron Dennis and McLaren: the end of an era
So Ron Dennis’ three-year coda at the helm of McLaren’s F1 team has been forcefully brought to an end. The McLaren board voted to oust him as CEO of the…
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Ron Dennis and McLaren have officially parted ways – the 69-year-old has stepped down from his position as chairman and chief executive of McLaren Technology Group under growing pressure. He remains…
Records fell at Interlagos, some obvious, some more obscure 1. Lewis Hamilton claimed his 52nd Grand Prix win, which takes him clear of Alain Prost in second in the all-time wins list. He’s now 39…
Lewis Hamilton calmly dominates in the Interlagos rain, Max Verstappen stars and Nico Rosberg edges closer to the title Ooh, this was raw, gladiatorial stuff, an old-school high-risk track and hard…
Watch Juan Manuel Fangio from all manner of angles four-wheel drifting his way around Monaco in a D50. It’s in Spanish, but you don’t need to understand what he is…
This week in motor sport from the Archive and Database, as Michael Schumacher wins his maiden world title and the turbo era comes to a close. November 7 1956: Jonathan…
Tommy Byrne is arguably the greatest lost talent of motor racing. He briefly got to Formula 1 with Theodore in 1982, but after a falling out with the team, his top-line…
Mike Costin will be joining the Motor Sport team for the next podcast in association with Mercedes-Benz. He with Keith Duckworth founded Cosworth, and they together produced the groundbreaking DFV. Comment submission is…
At the start of this year the FIA finally announced a set of regulations for F1 in 2017. The idea was to make the cars faster by some three seconds…
So Ron Dennis’ three-year coda at the helm of McLaren’s F1 team has been forcefully brought to an end. The McLaren board voted to oust him as CEO of the…
Ron Dennis and McLaren have officially parted ways – the 69-year-old has stepped down from his position as chairman and chief executive of McLaren Technology Group under growing pressure. He remains…
Records fell at Interlagos, some obvious, some more obscure 1. Lewis Hamilton claimed his 52nd Grand Prix win, which takes him clear of Alain Prost in second in the all-time wins list. He’s now 39…
Lewis Hamilton calmly dominates in the Interlagos rain, Max Verstappen stars and Nico Rosberg edges closer to the title Ooh, this was raw, gladiatorial stuff, an old-school high-risk track and hard…
Watch Juan Manuel Fangio from all manner of angles four-wheel drifting his way around Monaco in a D50. It’s in Spanish, but you don’t need to understand what he is…
This week in motor sport from the Archive and Database, as Michael Schumacher wins his maiden world title and the turbo era comes to a close. November 7 1956: Jonathan…
Tommy Byrne is arguably the greatest lost talent of motor racing. He briefly got to Formula 1 with Theodore in 1982, but after a falling out with the team, his top-line…
Mike Costin will be joining the Motor Sport team for the next podcast in association with Mercedes-Benz. He with Keith Duckworth founded Cosworth, and they together produced the groundbreaking DFV. Comment submission is…
At the start of this year the FIA finally announced a set of regulations for F1 in 2017. The idea was to make the cars faster by some three seconds…
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
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
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
Veteran broadcaster and F1 driver Martin Brundle has picked out the contender he’s been most impressed with this year
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