Motor Sport’s weekly debrief
Stars of F1 future shine in test, Kvyat nears a race ban and remembering one of Porsche’s maddest designs Formula 1 Young talent shines at Hungaroring mid-season test Ferrari’s Sebastian…
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El Maestro’s last and greatest win At the Nürburgring, the margins of human error render perfection an impossible feat. The Eifel mountain circuit has too many parameters, so many variables and on…
Patrick Head: Former technical director, Williams Neil Oatley: Design & development director, McLaren Peter Stevens: Respected automotive & industrial designer Tony Southgate: Creator of the Le Mans-winning Jaguar XJR-9 Engine…
Adolf Hitler was first to take advantage of the opportunity offered by modern international sport to ambitious leaders looking for ways of demonstrating the irresistible power of the forces at…
When Gilles met Hunt – and created a legend In September 1976, against the cream of North American and European talent, a quick Québécois in Formula Atlantic impressed the man heading to…
Pat Symonds is not retiring and we almost certainly haven’t seen the last of him in Formula 1. But his engineering directorship of Williams – which came to an end in December…
Karun Chandhok reports after a scorching Hungarian Grand Prix, could intra-team battles have repercussions down the line? The Hungarian Grand Prix was boiling, boiling hot. The weekend started off with thunderstorms on Wednesday…
Mark Hughes reports on the Hungarian Grand Prix A tense day on the Ferrari and Mercedes pit walls as Sebastian Vettel formed a race-leading but pace-compromised bottleneck, with team-mate Kimi Räikkönen…
Bombshell withdrawals rock the sport, Ogier tries F1 and Alpine announces a new race series Formula 1 FIA confirms halo protection system for 2018 Following the latest Formula One Strategy Group meeting, the…
Stars of F1 future shine in test, Kvyat nears a race ban and remembering one of Porsche’s maddest designs Formula 1 Young talent shines at Hungaroring mid-season test Ferrari’s Sebastian…
El Maestro’s last and greatest win At the Nürburgring, the margins of human error render perfection an impossible feat. The Eifel mountain circuit has too many parameters, so many variables and on…
Patrick Head: Former technical director, Williams Neil Oatley: Design & development director, McLaren Peter Stevens: Respected automotive & industrial designer Tony Southgate: Creator of the Le Mans-winning Jaguar XJR-9 Engine…
Adolf Hitler was first to take advantage of the opportunity offered by modern international sport to ambitious leaders looking for ways of demonstrating the irresistible power of the forces at…
When Gilles met Hunt – and created a legend In September 1976, against the cream of North American and European talent, a quick Québécois in Formula Atlantic impressed the man heading to…
Pat Symonds is not retiring and we almost certainly haven’t seen the last of him in Formula 1. But his engineering directorship of Williams – which came to an end in December…
Karun Chandhok reports after a scorching Hungarian Grand Prix, could intra-team battles have repercussions down the line? The Hungarian Grand Prix was boiling, boiling hot. The weekend started off with thunderstorms on Wednesday…
Mark Hughes reports on the Hungarian Grand Prix A tense day on the Ferrari and Mercedes pit walls as Sebastian Vettel formed a race-leading but pace-compromised bottleneck, with team-mate Kimi Räikkönen…
Bombshell withdrawals rock the sport, Ogier tries F1 and Alpine announces a new race series Formula 1 FIA confirms halo protection system for 2018 Following the latest Formula One Strategy Group meeting, the…
Kimi Antonelli Astonishing progression from his patchy and underprepared rookie season. Yes, he’s in the best car but he’s doing things with it that stand comparison with the finest. In…
To call Gwen Lagrue a ’scout’ is reductive. Identifying talent is just part of the equation; he supplements that by developing it, playing a central role in nurturing a plethora…
Belgium July 17-19 Perspective is everything. Had you told Kimi Antonelli a few months ago that he would be concerned about a win drought lasting three grands prix, he’d likely…
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…
There was a time when circuit corner names were utilitarian labels, nothing more. Even for the greatest curves, inspiration was drawn from local landmarks or topography: think of Eau Rouge…
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…
As the Middle East conflict threatens F1’s season finale, several candidates are being considered as possible replacement options
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…
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