Guy Ligier, 1930-2015
Ex-Formula 1 team principal Guy Ligier died on Sunday at the age of 85. An accomplished sportsman and racing driver in his own right, Ligier bought the assets of the…
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Mercedes finishing 1-2, Lewis Hamilton from Nico Rosberg, was just a routine story. Romain Grosjean running fourth in an impounded Lotus, pressuring the one-stopping Ferrari of Sebastian Vettel for the…
Honda’s motor sport chief Yasuhisa Arai went into F1’s summer break shooting from the hip and sounding very gung-ho about the progress he expects from the ‘Phase 3’ version of…
Emerson Fittipaldi & Nigel Mansell They were champions with something to prove when they first stepped into an Indycar. Emerson Fittipaldi – born on the 12th of the 12th, 1946…
With 550 entries across 15 grids, this weekend’s Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion at Laguna Seca (14-16 August) is one of the biggest historic racing festivals in the world. In a…
“You always have to look at Formula 1 from two sides. The purist, like me, looks at it from a technical point of view, and from a racing perspective because…
Many of you have told me how much you enjoy dipping into the extraordinary treasure trove that is the Motor Sport archive, how stories from past decades bring back so…
He’s one of the best-ever US racers, but add to that his years as a team owner and innovative car builder and it’s clear that Dan Gurney has made a greater contribution to motor sport than any other American, writes Gordon Kirby
By Giorgio Piola and Mark Hughes Here is the current proposal for the 2017 F1 car from the F1 technical group. The brief was to create cars five seconds per…
Ex-Formula 1 team principal Guy Ligier died on Sunday at the age of 85. An accomplished sportsman and racing driver in his own right, Ligier bought the assets of the…
Mercedes finishing 1-2, Lewis Hamilton from Nico Rosberg, was just a routine story. Romain Grosjean running fourth in an impounded Lotus, pressuring the one-stopping Ferrari of Sebastian Vettel for the…
Honda’s motor sport chief Yasuhisa Arai went into F1’s summer break shooting from the hip and sounding very gung-ho about the progress he expects from the ‘Phase 3’ version of…
Emerson Fittipaldi & Nigel Mansell They were champions with something to prove when they first stepped into an Indycar. Emerson Fittipaldi – born on the 12th of the 12th, 1946…
With 550 entries across 15 grids, this weekend’s Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion at Laguna Seca (14-16 August) is one of the biggest historic racing festivals in the world. In a…
“You always have to look at Formula 1 from two sides. The purist, like me, looks at it from a technical point of view, and from a racing perspective because…
Many of you have told me how much you enjoy dipping into the extraordinary treasure trove that is the Motor Sport archive, how stories from past decades bring back so…
He’s one of the best-ever US racers, but add to that his years as a team owner and innovative car builder and it’s clear that Dan Gurney has made a greater contribution to motor sport than any other American, writes Gordon Kirby
By Giorgio Piola and Mark Hughes Here is the current proposal for the 2017 F1 car from the F1 technical group. The brief was to create cars five seconds per…
Lando Norris responded bluntly to George Russell’s complaints of struggling to adapt to this year’s Mercedes F1 car. It exposed more than just their different driving styles, says Mark Hughes; it shows where their heads are at
Hungary revealed how wind and worn tarmac are rewriting the rules of 2026 F1 performance, and why some of the grid’s best drivers are struggling to keep up. Mark Hughes explains
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…
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…
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…
Six months into Formula 1’s biggest regulation reset in a generation, the new rules have delivered genuine wins and real problems in almost equal measure
Niki Lauda’s blazing Ferrari cast a pall over the 1976 German Grand Prix, so it’s easy to overlook what happened in the F1 race. Matt Bishop recognises James Hunt’s masterful and brave victory at the Nürburgring
Long before Drive to Survive, an ex-Beatle and lifelong racing obsessive told Barry Sheene how F1 would find its biggest audience
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