Nico Rosberg retires: statement in full
Here is the statement issued by new world champion Nico Rosberg a few minutes ago, announcing his retirement from F1, with immediate effect. “Since 25 years in racing, it has…
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This week’s motor racing milestones from the Archive and Database, with Graham Hill Racing and DSJ remembered, plus Bellof takes his world title. Novermber 28 1990: Chico Godia, Spain’s most succesful Formula 1…
Germany has fallen off the Formula 1 calendar once again, despite the country providing the newest World Champion. The calendar is reduced to 20 Grands Prix, with question marks still…
Paul Fearnley marks F1’s second-ever father and son World Champions by looking back on 1982, the year of Keke Keijo Erik and Nico Erik. Father and son. And Formula 1 world…
The new issue of Motor Sport is now available, featuring ‘Lunch with’ Jean Alesi By a strange quirk of history Jean Alesi’s CV includes just a single Grand Prix victory, achieved…
Nothing is a safe from the steamrolling rate of development in Formula 1. Not even the steering wheel. Trace it from 1957 to today in three minutes with the excellent video…
The records that fell following the 2016 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 1. Nico Rosberg secured the World Championship after 206 Grands Prix, the longest wait in terms of race starts.…
So we came to where the championship mathematics had put them after 20 races. Nico Rosberg vs Lewis Hamilton, and the maths said the only way the latter could take…
Motor racing’s major milestones from this week on the Archive and Database, featuring Ferrari’s winner on debut and ABBA’s racing driver drummer. November 21 1943: Jacques Laffite is born. In…
Here is the statement issued by new world champion Nico Rosberg a few minutes ago, announcing his retirement from F1, with immediate effect. “Since 25 years in racing, it has…
This week’s motor racing milestones from the Archive and Database, with Graham Hill Racing and DSJ remembered, plus Bellof takes his world title. Novermber 28 1990: Chico Godia, Spain’s most succesful Formula 1…
Germany has fallen off the Formula 1 calendar once again, despite the country providing the newest World Champion. The calendar is reduced to 20 Grands Prix, with question marks still…
Paul Fearnley marks F1’s second-ever father and son World Champions by looking back on 1982, the year of Keke Keijo Erik and Nico Erik. Father and son. And Formula 1 world…
The new issue of Motor Sport is now available, featuring ‘Lunch with’ Jean Alesi By a strange quirk of history Jean Alesi’s CV includes just a single Grand Prix victory, achieved…
Nothing is a safe from the steamrolling rate of development in Formula 1. Not even the steering wheel. Trace it from 1957 to today in three minutes with the excellent video…
The records that fell following the 2016 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 1. Nico Rosberg secured the World Championship after 206 Grands Prix, the longest wait in terms of race starts.…
So we came to where the championship mathematics had put them after 20 races. Nico Rosberg vs Lewis Hamilton, and the maths said the only way the latter could take…
Motor racing’s major milestones from this week on the Archive and Database, featuring Ferrari’s winner on debut and ABBA’s racing driver drummer. November 21 1943: Jacques Laffite is born. In…
Hamilton decided not to use the simulator to prepare for the Canadian GP, but as Mark Hughes explains, Montreal may be exactly the wrong place to ditch it
Verstappen’s stunning Nürburgring 24 Hours assault exposed the gap between what Formula 1 is and what racing can be, Mark Hughes argues
F1’s new mechanism to help struggling engine manufacturers catch up with the leaders could be more powerful than first thought, writes Mark Hughes. Are Mercedes and Ferrari masking their true performance for long-term advantage?
October 7, 2016 Suzuka, Japan By Round 17, Nico Rosberg led Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton by 23 points. Here’s Rosberg in practice dramatically demonstrating the concept of lateral load transfer.…
I raced in Formula 1 for five years at a dangerous time when you knew that at least one driver on average would probably be killed or maimed each year.…
Ferrari is bidding for a fourth consecutive Le Mans 24 Hours win this year. Or to put it another way, to continue an unbeaten run since it ended its 50-year exile from…
Hamilton arrived in Montreal having skipped the simulator entirely in his preparation, but it wasn’t an oversight
Verstappen’s Nürburgring masterclass was a reminder of everything Formula 1 gave up – and why it can never get it back
Motor Sport F1 Show with Mark Hughes
Audacious overtakes and relentless pace: why Max Verstappen was mesmerising at the Nürburgring. Plus what makes the Canadian Grand Prix unmissable
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