Roland Ratzenberger obituary: A gentle racer
Roland Ratzenberger typified the spirit that takes men to the highest echelon of motorsport. He was born in Salzburg in 1962 and began to establish his unusual name in the…
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Not many people have known Formula 1 from the inside better than John Hogan. For countless years he was ‘the man from Philip Morris’, the man responsible for Marlboro’s involvement…
Elio de Angelis, whose death from race-track injuries 25 years ago will be commemorated on May 15, is remembered with endearing fondness by almost everyone who knew him during his…
This year Henri Pescarolo did not take part in the Le Mans 24 Hours for the first time since 1969, when injuries sustained in a testing crash kept him away.…
A long time ago there was a racing driver, a fantastic driver, who did many impossible things. He took his first GP victory — at the end of his first…
In 1950 Giuseppe ‘Nino’ Farina became Formula 1’s first world champion, yet he remains among the least known. In his day sportsmen were rarely interviewed, and besides, he was an…
Denis Jenkinson had Catholic tastes in music, as in much else. If his particular devotion was to traditional jazz – Sidney Bechet was up there with Rosemeyer, Gilles Villeneuve, Senna…
When some people talk about their attitude to motor racing, they say they were ‘bitten by the bug’. Some talk of it as a religion, others say it’s like a…
At the end of one of the strangest races ever held at the Nürburgring, only one Mercedes-Benz, and one Auto-Union was left running in the German Grand Prix, out of…
Roland Ratzenberger typified the spirit that takes men to the highest echelon of motorsport. He was born in Salzburg in 1962 and began to establish his unusual name in the…
Not many people have known Formula 1 from the inside better than John Hogan. For countless years he was ‘the man from Philip Morris’, the man responsible for Marlboro’s involvement…
Elio de Angelis, whose death from race-track injuries 25 years ago will be commemorated on May 15, is remembered with endearing fondness by almost everyone who knew him during his…
This year Henri Pescarolo did not take part in the Le Mans 24 Hours for the first time since 1969, when injuries sustained in a testing crash kept him away.…
A long time ago there was a racing driver, a fantastic driver, who did many impossible things. He took his first GP victory — at the end of his first…
In 1950 Giuseppe ‘Nino’ Farina became Formula 1’s first world champion, yet he remains among the least known. In his day sportsmen were rarely interviewed, and besides, he was an…
Denis Jenkinson had Catholic tastes in music, as in much else. If his particular devotion was to traditional jazz – Sidney Bechet was up there with Rosemeyer, Gilles Villeneuve, Senna…
When some people talk about their attitude to motor racing, they say they were ‘bitten by the bug’. Some talk of it as a religion, others say it’s like a…
At the end of one of the strangest races ever held at the Nürburgring, only one Mercedes-Benz, and one Auto-Union was left running in the German Grand Prix, out of…
A season that opened with total Mercedes dominance is turning into a three-way fight for the fastest car in F1. Mark Hughes explains why
Standing in for Hadjar at Zandvoort, Lawson made a strong case for himself with a very solid weekend. Now Red Bull will need to make some difficult decisions, writes Mark Hughes
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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…
October 7, 1978 Montreal, Canada With the 1978 F1 title already in the bag for Lotus’s Mario Andretti, the final round of the season saw the American finish the race…
There are some drivers whose careers can be measured easily in statistics, their achievements neatly catalogued in tables of wins and championships. There are others whose contribution to motor sport…
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