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This week in motor sport from the Archive and Database, as Michael Schumacher wins his maiden world title and the turbo era comes to a close. November 7 1956: Jonathan…
Tommy Byrne is arguably the greatest lost talent of motor racing. He briefly got to Formula 1 with Theodore in 1982, but after a falling out with the team, his top-line…
Mike Costin will be joining the Motor Sport team for the next podcast in association with Mercedes-Benz. He with Keith Duckworth founded Cosworth, and they together produced the groundbreaking DFV. Comment submission is…
At the start of this year the FIA finally announced a set of regulations for F1 in 2017. The idea was to make the cars faster by some three seconds…
With the 2016 Brazilian Grand Prix upon this weekend we look back at its formative years. It was first held in 1972, as a non-championship race, when Carlos Reutemann emerged victorious. …
The week’s motor racing milestones from the Database and Archive, featuring some dangerously wet Grands Prix and birthdays for two British gents. October 31 1941: Derek Bell is born. In profile…
Ahead of the Dewar Trophy and Simms Medal presentations the podcast team sat down with Williams’ chief technical officer Pat Symonds to discuss the winners of the two awards as…
The greatest driver never to win a Grand Prix? The unluckiest driver in the history of Formula 1? They are easy phrases with which to label Christopher Arthur Amon, who…
Watch Juan Manuel Fangio from all manner of angles four-wheel drifting his way around Monaco in a D50. It’s in Spanish, but you don’t need to understand what he is…
This week in motor sport from the Archive and Database, as Michael Schumacher wins his maiden world title and the turbo era comes to a close. November 7 1956: Jonathan…
Tommy Byrne is arguably the greatest lost talent of motor racing. He briefly got to Formula 1 with Theodore in 1982, but after a falling out with the team, his top-line…
Mike Costin will be joining the Motor Sport team for the next podcast in association with Mercedes-Benz. He with Keith Duckworth founded Cosworth, and they together produced the groundbreaking DFV. Comment submission is…
At the start of this year the FIA finally announced a set of regulations for F1 in 2017. The idea was to make the cars faster by some three seconds…
With the 2016 Brazilian Grand Prix upon this weekend we look back at its formative years. It was first held in 1972, as a non-championship race, when Carlos Reutemann emerged victorious. …
The week’s motor racing milestones from the Database and Archive, featuring some dangerously wet Grands Prix and birthdays for two British gents. October 31 1941: Derek Bell is born. In profile…
Ahead of the Dewar Trophy and Simms Medal presentations the podcast team sat down with Williams’ chief technical officer Pat Symonds to discuss the winners of the two awards as…
The greatest driver never to win a Grand Prix? The unluckiest driver in the history of Formula 1? They are easy phrases with which to label Christopher Arthur Amon, who…
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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