Graham Hill vs Jim Clark: 1962 British Racing Gold
Alan Brinton was a good old-school journalist. He was 1950s Fleet Street personified. He addressed everyone as “old boy” or “my dear”, could actually touch-type but, cast adrift by the…
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In order to appropriately mythologise Jackie Stewart, he really should be dead, the better to fulfil the time-served, cruelly macho parapsychology of his chosen sport. Not suburban-dead, felled by atherosclerosis…
Date: 20 July 1985, 3.12pm Location: Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire Event: Final qualifying, British Grand Prix Point of interest: Then the fastest F1 lap of all time Not many Formula 1…
Late at night on July 14 1973, Andrea de Adamich lay in a hospital bed in Milan, his legs both broken. Life as a Grand Prix driver had come to…
On 17 July 1937, during practice for the German GP, Bernd Rosemeyer fought his wayward Auto Union round the Nürburgring in 9min 46.2sec, a time that staggered the pitlane. By…
You are Peter Collins. Young, handsome, living a glamorous life with a film star wife — and quick. You have heaps of respect for Fangio, but today, it would seem,…
Is Silverstone a better circuit now than when you won the British Grand Prix? DAMON HILL: What drivers like is not always what the sport requires, but look, there were…
The Hamilton phenomenon has rewritten the Formula 1 record books. But Lewis’s meteoric progress doesn’t diminish the achievements, 37 years ago, of a Brazilian tyro called Emerson Fittipaldi. Emerson was…
He may not have been the most famous driver in the sport’s history, but when the news came through that Michele Aboreto had been killed testing an Audi R8 at…
Alan Brinton was a good old-school journalist. He was 1950s Fleet Street personified. He addressed everyone as “old boy” or “my dear”, could actually touch-type but, cast adrift by the…
In order to appropriately mythologise Jackie Stewart, he really should be dead, the better to fulfil the time-served, cruelly macho parapsychology of his chosen sport. Not suburban-dead, felled by atherosclerosis…
Date: 20 July 1985, 3.12pm Location: Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire Event: Final qualifying, British Grand Prix Point of interest: Then the fastest F1 lap of all time Not many Formula 1…
Late at night on July 14 1973, Andrea de Adamich lay in a hospital bed in Milan, his legs both broken. Life as a Grand Prix driver had come to…
On 17 July 1937, during practice for the German GP, Bernd Rosemeyer fought his wayward Auto Union round the Nürburgring in 9min 46.2sec, a time that staggered the pitlane. By…
You are Peter Collins. Young, handsome, living a glamorous life with a film star wife — and quick. You have heaps of respect for Fangio, but today, it would seem,…
Is Silverstone a better circuit now than when you won the British Grand Prix? DAMON HILL: What drivers like is not always what the sport requires, but look, there were…
The Hamilton phenomenon has rewritten the Formula 1 record books. But Lewis’s meteoric progress doesn’t diminish the achievements, 37 years ago, of a Brazilian tyro called Emerson Fittipaldi. Emerson was…
He may not have been the most famous driver in the sport’s history, but when the news came through that Michele Aboreto had been killed testing an Audi R8 at…
Verstappen’s stunning Nürburgring 24 Hours assault exposed the gap between what Formula 1 is and what racing can be, Mark Hughes argues
F1’s new mechanism to help struggling engine manufacturers catch up with the leaders could be more powerful than first thought, writes Mark Hughes. Are Mercedes and Ferrari masking their true performance for long-term advantage?
Outperformed in Miami, George Russell fell further behind his teenage team-mate Kimi Antonelli in the F1 title race. It makes the upcoming Canadian Grand Prix vital for his championship hopes, says Mark Hughes, even though there’s a long season ahead
October 7, 2016 Suzuka, Japan By Round 17, Nico Rosberg led Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton by 23 points. Here’s Rosberg in practice dramatically demonstrating the concept of lateral load transfer.…
I raced in Formula 1 for five years at a dangerous time when you knew that at least one driver on average would probably be killed or maimed each year.…
Ferrari is bidding for a fourth consecutive Le Mans 24 Hours win this year. Or to put it another way, to continue an unbeaten run since it ended its 50-year exile from…
Verstappen’s Nürburgring masterclass was a reminder of everything Formula 1 gave up – and why it can never get it back
Motor Sport F1 Show with Mark Hughes
Audacious overtakes and relentless pace: why Max Verstappen was mesmerising at the Nürburgring. Plus what makes the Canadian Grand Prix unmissable
Canadian GP briefing
As the FIA’s first ADUO phase ends, Montreal’s data will shape the future of F1’s 2026 engine race
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