This week in motor sport – February 6
This week in motor sport from the Archive and Database, with a home winner in the first Brazilian Grand Prix, plus a birthday for the only world champion on both…
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It’s taken us a while to pin two-time Le Mans winner Alex Wurz down – he’s a busy man with work in both the World Endurance Championship and Formula 1…
Step back to Zandvoort, 1967, when Jim Clark gave the Lotus 49 a victorious debut, after team-mate Graham Hill had claimed pole at record speed. The Ford film is packed…
In 1967, Ford commisioned model maker Henri Baigent to build eight models of Jim Clark’s Zandvoort-winning Lotus 49, one for each driver, designer, team member and one for Colin Chapman. The…
Highlights from the 2016 Royal Automobile Club Talk Show, featuring Ross Brawn and Nick Fry lifting the lid on the success of Brawn GP, TT hero John McGuinness, Alistair Caldwell on…
The March issue of Motor Sport focuses on the ground-breaking, Hitler-beating Alfa Romeo P3. Among the 17 pages dedicated to the Tipo P3, Andrew Frankel drives the historic ‘monoposto’ at Blyton…
Double Le Mans winner and former Benetton, Williams and McLaren Formula 1 driver Alexander Wurz will be guest on the Motor Sport podcast in association with Mercedes-Benz tomorrow (Wednesday February 8). …
Daytona 24 Hours through the years, and a Ligier 1-2 in Brazil; this week in motor sport from the Archive and Database January 30 1901: Rudolf Caracciola is born. In profile…
The first podcast in association with Mercedes-Benz will be recorded next week, with 1979 Formula 1 world champion Jody Scheckter joining the team. Scheckter was the very first guest on…
This week in motor sport from the Archive and Database, with a home winner in the first Brazilian Grand Prix, plus a birthday for the only world champion on both…
It’s taken us a while to pin two-time Le Mans winner Alex Wurz down – he’s a busy man with work in both the World Endurance Championship and Formula 1…
Step back to Zandvoort, 1967, when Jim Clark gave the Lotus 49 a victorious debut, after team-mate Graham Hill had claimed pole at record speed. The Ford film is packed…
In 1967, Ford commisioned model maker Henri Baigent to build eight models of Jim Clark’s Zandvoort-winning Lotus 49, one for each driver, designer, team member and one for Colin Chapman. The…
Highlights from the 2016 Royal Automobile Club Talk Show, featuring Ross Brawn and Nick Fry lifting the lid on the success of Brawn GP, TT hero John McGuinness, Alistair Caldwell on…
The March issue of Motor Sport focuses on the ground-breaking, Hitler-beating Alfa Romeo P3. Among the 17 pages dedicated to the Tipo P3, Andrew Frankel drives the historic ‘monoposto’ at Blyton…
Double Le Mans winner and former Benetton, Williams and McLaren Formula 1 driver Alexander Wurz will be guest on the Motor Sport podcast in association with Mercedes-Benz tomorrow (Wednesday February 8). …
Daytona 24 Hours through the years, and a Ligier 1-2 in Brazil; this week in motor sport from the Archive and Database January 30 1901: Rudolf Caracciola is born. In profile…
The first podcast in association with Mercedes-Benz will be recorded next week, with 1979 Formula 1 world champion Jody Scheckter joining the team. Scheckter was the very first guest on…
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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