This week in motor sport – September 12
This week in motor sport, featuring a hat-trick win for Hill in his birthday week, and Mansell retires twice in one day. Jackie Stewart leads Jim Clark at Monza in 1965…
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In time the unexpected would become the expected, but this was only Ayrton Senna’s 17th Championship Grand Prix – and the first for which he’d taken pole. Sunday dawned dry,…
Alex Brooker, presenter of Channel 4’s The Last Leg, paid tribute to the incredible Alex Zanardi after the Italian won his fifth Paralympic silver medal, 15 years to the day since…
Damien Smith looks ahead to the latest issue of Motor Sport, featuring his interview with Paralympic hero Alex Zanardi. The Italian this week added a third gold to the two won…
How’s the season going so far? For my first season I would say we are doing good so far. We’ve already had a few podiums, even though we have had…
Fernando Alonso may have been the first driver to win a grand prix in Marina Bay but was far from the first driver to win in Singapore. Paul Fearnley looks back at the history of the Asian GP and the crowning of its first champions
It’s an oft-repeated cliché that this was the apotheosis among many fine moments in Jackie Stewart’s Grand Prix career, but the full circumstances bear repetition. In April 1968 the Scot fractured…
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). Reverse grids might be anathema to F1 purists, but when they’re caused by natural phenomena –…
This week in motor sport from the Archive and Database, featuring no fewer than 19 Italian Grands Prix and much more. September 5 1954: Juan Manuel Fangio takes a lucky win…
This week in motor sport, featuring a hat-trick win for Hill in his birthday week, and Mansell retires twice in one day. Jackie Stewart leads Jim Clark at Monza in 1965…
In time the unexpected would become the expected, but this was only Ayrton Senna’s 17th Championship Grand Prix – and the first for which he’d taken pole. Sunday dawned dry,…
Alex Brooker, presenter of Channel 4’s The Last Leg, paid tribute to the incredible Alex Zanardi after the Italian won his fifth Paralympic silver medal, 15 years to the day since…
Damien Smith looks ahead to the latest issue of Motor Sport, featuring his interview with Paralympic hero Alex Zanardi. The Italian this week added a third gold to the two won…
How’s the season going so far? For my first season I would say we are doing good so far. We’ve already had a few podiums, even though we have had…
Fernando Alonso may have been the first driver to win a grand prix in Marina Bay but was far from the first driver to win in Singapore. Paul Fearnley looks back at the history of the Asian GP and the crowning of its first champions
It’s an oft-repeated cliché that this was the apotheosis among many fine moments in Jackie Stewart’s Grand Prix career, but the full circumstances bear repetition. In April 1968 the Scot fractured…
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). Reverse grids might be anathema to F1 purists, but when they’re caused by natural phenomena –…
This week in motor sport from the Archive and Database, featuring no fewer than 19 Italian Grands Prix and much more. September 5 1954: Juan Manuel Fangio takes a lucky win…
Mercedes’ F1 rivals are united in protesting its new power unit, as the series aims to stamp out “smart rule interpretation”. But it won’t be easy to resolve, explains Mark Hughes
Motor Sport F1 Show with Mark Hughes
Why AI is set to become a major factor in F1. Plus: Adrian Newey’s extraordinary Aston Martin; Christian Horner’s potential comeback; and what the drivers really make of their new cars
F1’s new ’50/50′ power units bring the fiendish problem of how to deploy and harvest electrical energy. It’s the ideal scenario for AI, writes Mark Hughes. F1 is on the brink of a significant evolution
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
The first pre-season test of the 2026 Formula 1 season is complete – here is every lap turned at Bahrain, broken down by driver, team and engine supplier
Antonelli and Russell finish on top as the first Bahrain test ends
Mercedes made up for Thursday’s problems with a lot of laps in the final morning
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