This week in motor sport – March 13
A busy week in motor sport from the Archive and Database, featuring a host of Race of Champions and more. March 13 1947: Lyn St James, class winner at the 24…
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Meeke got away with it in Mexico, which is more than can be said for some. Motor sport’s late gaffes… It used to be in gravel rallying that to finish…
Taken from the February issue of Motor Sport, available as a back issue from the shop Nico Rosberg won’t be the only significant absentee from Mercedes technical briefings in 2017.…
Bruce McLaren will hit the big screen this year in a new feature-length documentary about his life, ‘McLaren’, directed by Roger Donaldson. His wife Patricia, and Emerson Fittipaldi, Alastair Caldwell, Chris…
Personalities could return to the paddock, if the PRDA takes off The Professional Racing Drivers Association (PRDA) is a new body founded by 1996 World Champion Damon Hill, its impetus…
What can we read into the Barcelona testing times? The stand-out stories from two weeks of pre-season testing at Barcelona appear to be a) Ferrari and b) McLaren-Honda, the former a…
John Surtees, the only man to win world championships on two wheels and four, has passed away aged 83, his family has confirmed. Motor Sport extends its condolences to the…
He knew what it took to win world titles like no one before or since – but if there was an easy route, this great man wouldn’t often choose it……
Paul Stewart will join the podcast team on Monday for the next instalment of the Motor Sport podcast in association with Mercedes-Benz. Co-founder of Stewart Grand Prix with his father…
A busy week in motor sport from the Archive and Database, featuring a host of Race of Champions and more. March 13 1947: Lyn St James, class winner at the 24…
Meeke got away with it in Mexico, which is more than can be said for some. Motor sport’s late gaffes… It used to be in gravel rallying that to finish…
Taken from the February issue of Motor Sport, available as a back issue from the shop Nico Rosberg won’t be the only significant absentee from Mercedes technical briefings in 2017.…
Bruce McLaren will hit the big screen this year in a new feature-length documentary about his life, ‘McLaren’, directed by Roger Donaldson. His wife Patricia, and Emerson Fittipaldi, Alastair Caldwell, Chris…
Personalities could return to the paddock, if the PRDA takes off The Professional Racing Drivers Association (PRDA) is a new body founded by 1996 World Champion Damon Hill, its impetus…
What can we read into the Barcelona testing times? The stand-out stories from two weeks of pre-season testing at Barcelona appear to be a) Ferrari and b) McLaren-Honda, the former a…
John Surtees, the only man to win world championships on two wheels and four, has passed away aged 83, his family has confirmed. Motor Sport extends its condolences to the…
He knew what it took to win world titles like no one before or since – but if there was an easy route, this great man wouldn’t often choose it……
Paul Stewart will join the podcast team on Monday for the next instalment of the Motor Sport podcast in association with Mercedes-Benz. Co-founder of Stewart Grand Prix with his father…
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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