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“Without a moment’s hesitation Jean-Pierre executed a perfect handbrake turn. In a great big Mercedes V8 saloon. In the wet. On a street of modest width. With cars parked either…
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On hearing of Sir Jack Brabham’s recent death – at the age of 88 – Australian enthusiast Alec Hawkins sat down at a computer keyboard and submitted the following to…
Adrian Newey, Christian Horner, Martin Brundle and David Coulthard were among the stars on hand to help launch the inaugural London Classic Car Show on Thursday night at the ExCel…
Among the pictures on my office walls are two of Tazio Nuvolari. I look across the room and there he is, rounding the Station Hairpin (now Loews) on his way…
Jean-Pierre Beltoise, winner of the 1972 Monaco Grand Prix for BRM, has died aged 77. Our thoughts are with his family and friends. Beltoise was an accomplished racer on two…
The Zen of standing trackside in solitude during an F1 practice session opens a window to the reality below the surface froth of a grand prix weekend. It’s out here…
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Ferrari was the clear pre-season favourite. Team leader John Surtees wasn’t so sure, however: he was less than thrilled with the new 3-litre V12, hardly enamoured of team manager Eugenio…
They’d said it would be over by Christmas. Yet by 1915 the vast Vickers ‘shed’, built in response to the spiralling mechanised demands of an already entrenched conflict, loomed over…
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Brett Lunger has always been understated, self-analytical, supremely fit and serious. That was his manner back in the 1970s when I handled his public relations in Europe and now, as…
“Without a moment’s hesitation Jean-Pierre executed a perfect handbrake turn. In a great big Mercedes V8 saloon. In the wet. On a street of modest width. With cars parked either…
Great Read
On hearing of Sir Jack Brabham’s recent death – at the age of 88 – Australian enthusiast Alec Hawkins sat down at a computer keyboard and submitted the following to…
Adrian Newey, Christian Horner, Martin Brundle and David Coulthard were among the stars on hand to help launch the inaugural London Classic Car Show on Thursday night at the ExCel…
Among the pictures on my office walls are two of Tazio Nuvolari. I look across the room and there he is, rounding the Station Hairpin (now Loews) on his way…
Jean-Pierre Beltoise, winner of the 1972 Monaco Grand Prix for BRM, has died aged 77. Our thoughts are with his family and friends. Beltoise was an accomplished racer on two…
The Zen of standing trackside in solitude during an F1 practice session opens a window to the reality below the surface froth of a grand prix weekend. It’s out here…
Great Read
Ferrari was the clear pre-season favourite. Team leader John Surtees wasn’t so sure, however: he was less than thrilled with the new 3-litre V12, hardly enamoured of team manager Eugenio…
They’d said it would be over by Christmas. Yet by 1915 the vast Vickers ‘shed’, built in response to the spiralling mechanised demands of an already entrenched conflict, loomed over…
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…
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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