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As this week in Barcelona has shown, testing throws up some interesting sights – none more so than the six-wheel wonders of the 1980s Keke Rosberg’s championship-winning Williams of 1982 was…
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This week in motor sport from the Archive and Database, with Black Jack’s final win, a rally great turns 70 and F1 goes to Phoenix March 6 1931: Jimmy Stewart,…
“Dad wasn’t a great talker. But it always stuck that when I first started racing he looked at me and said ‘David, it’s all in here’.” At those words, his…
The words spark that hair-raising warm tingle when you know you’re in a moment you will never forget. Alessandro Zanardi – more commonly known as Alex – is speaking, and…
Lombardi, de Filippis and Wilson – F1’s leading ladies… but who’s next? Male drivers on the Motor Sport Database? 10,899. Female? Barely more than 100 (116, to be precise). Motor…
Always feisty and competitive, Maria Teresa de Filippis was the first woman to make a Grand Prix grid. And the determination the Maestro saw then is still evident today By…
Online editor Ed Foster, deputy editor Joe Dunn and art editor Damon Cogman chat through the April 2017 issue of Motor Sport, featuring the Formula 1 preview, John McGuinness, motor…
His star-speckled lid was a familiar sight for more than 30 years in the best Germany had to offer Over the years, how many great motor racing dynasties have there…
From ingenious tweaks to car swaps and deliberate accidents, racing has an inglorious history of rule-bending. Welcome to Motor Sport’s Hall of Shame Carbon fibre? At the Revival? That was…
As this week in Barcelona has shown, testing throws up some interesting sights – none more so than the six-wheel wonders of the 1980s Keke Rosberg’s championship-winning Williams of 1982 was…
This week in motor sport from the Archive and Database, with Black Jack’s final win, a rally great turns 70 and F1 goes to Phoenix March 6 1931: Jimmy Stewart,…
“Dad wasn’t a great talker. But it always stuck that when I first started racing he looked at me and said ‘David, it’s all in here’.” At those words, his…
The words spark that hair-raising warm tingle when you know you’re in a moment you will never forget. Alessandro Zanardi – more commonly known as Alex – is speaking, and…
Lombardi, de Filippis and Wilson – F1’s leading ladies… but who’s next? Male drivers on the Motor Sport Database? 10,899. Female? Barely more than 100 (116, to be precise). Motor…
Always feisty and competitive, Maria Teresa de Filippis was the first woman to make a Grand Prix grid. And the determination the Maestro saw then is still evident today By…
Online editor Ed Foster, deputy editor Joe Dunn and art editor Damon Cogman chat through the April 2017 issue of Motor Sport, featuring the Formula 1 preview, John McGuinness, motor…
His star-speckled lid was a familiar sight for more than 30 years in the best Germany had to offer Over the years, how many great motor racing dynasties have there…
From ingenious tweaks to car swaps and deliberate accidents, racing has an inglorious history of rule-bending. Welcome to Motor Sport’s Hall of Shame Carbon fibre? At the Revival? That was…
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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