This week in motor sport – January 2
This week in motor sport sees Formula 1 in New Zealand for the Tasman series and a birthday for a triple world champion. January 2 1957: Beppe Gabbiani is born. In…
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The best bits of the Motor Sport podcast in association with Mercedes-Benz from 2016, with Simon Taylor, Lord March, Cosworth’s Mike Costin, Jochen Mass, Derek Warwick and Alan Gow. To listen…
John Barnard, Hall of Fame nominee He weaves magic from carbon fibre, whether revolutionising Ferrari in the ’80s or creating fabulous furniture today. Yet John Barnard refused to join the…
The trick suspensions of Mercedes and Red Bull that Ferrari wants banned Charlie Whiting recently copied to the Formula 1 teams his reply to Ferrari’s query about the hydraulic activation…
A hometown hero, South Africa’s biggest ever sporting crowd and a star-studded grid to match. Andrew Frankel looks back on the 1967 Formula 1 season starter, held at Kyalami
This week in motor sport on the Archive and Database, featuring a win for Jim Clark in South Africa and a shared birthday for two sports car greats December 26…
Formula 1’s winner on Grand Prix debut, Giancarlo Baghetti, was born 82 years ago this Christmas Day. His win in the Ferrari 156 was spectacular not only for the fact that…
This week in motor sport from the Archive and Database December 19 1882: Indy hero Ralph de Palma is born. In profile 1905: Debonair Italian ‘Jonny’ Lurani is born. In profile 1923: Onofre Marimón,…
If, as big boss Sergio Marchionne has suggested, Alfa Romeo returns to Formula 1 to act as Ferrari’s feeder team, the wheel will have turned full circle. For it was…
This week in motor sport sees Formula 1 in New Zealand for the Tasman series and a birthday for a triple world champion. January 2 1957: Beppe Gabbiani is born. In…
The best bits of the Motor Sport podcast in association with Mercedes-Benz from 2016, with Simon Taylor, Lord March, Cosworth’s Mike Costin, Jochen Mass, Derek Warwick and Alan Gow. To listen…
John Barnard, Hall of Fame nominee He weaves magic from carbon fibre, whether revolutionising Ferrari in the ’80s or creating fabulous furniture today. Yet John Barnard refused to join the…
The trick suspensions of Mercedes and Red Bull that Ferrari wants banned Charlie Whiting recently copied to the Formula 1 teams his reply to Ferrari’s query about the hydraulic activation…
A hometown hero, South Africa’s biggest ever sporting crowd and a star-studded grid to match. Andrew Frankel looks back on the 1967 Formula 1 season starter, held at Kyalami
This week in motor sport on the Archive and Database, featuring a win for Jim Clark in South Africa and a shared birthday for two sports car greats December 26…
Formula 1’s winner on Grand Prix debut, Giancarlo Baghetti, was born 82 years ago this Christmas Day. His win in the Ferrari 156 was spectacular not only for the fact that…
This week in motor sport from the Archive and Database December 19 1882: Indy hero Ralph de Palma is born. In profile 1905: Debonair Italian ‘Jonny’ Lurani is born. In profile 1923: Onofre Marimón,…
If, as big boss Sergio Marchionne has suggested, Alfa Romeo returns to Formula 1 to act as Ferrari’s feeder team, the wheel will have turned full circle. For it 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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