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If you were drawing up a list of the best-looking Formula One cars, Williams’ FW11B would be passed over in an instant. Williams cars, despite their huge success over the…
On the face of it, Bob Anderson’s third place in the 1964 Austrian GP was not very special. He finished three laps behind winner Lorenzo Bandini, and only a handful of…
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As strong as oak, Tom Wheatcroft is. A few weeks before our interview — held in his museum’s cafe over (as usual) fried eggs on toast — he’d driven smack…
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“Geentair! Alors, un nouveau record du tour pour Reeshi Geentair!” May 14 1961, Monaco, by common consent the greatest drive of Stirling Moss’s life. In Rob Walker’s old Lotus 18,…
Damon Hill gives it to you straight. “I’m getting sick of hearing what I have to say about things. But since this is Jacques…” Immediately you get the picture. Both…
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It is early afternoon on Saturday November 1, 1980. A call is placed to the Brabham headquarters in Chessington, Surrey. The conversation goes something like this: “’Allo?” “Ah, hello. Could…
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Some-time, back in the early sixties, shortly after Piers Courage decided that motor racing was going to be his life, his father took him to one side and asked why…
It’s hard to think of a recent equivalent to the Matra racing regime. In one glorious decade, from 1965 to 1974, Matra fielded victorious Grand Prix cars and Le Mans…
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Just as it finally seemed within his reach, a broken titanium component crushed Peter Revson’s F1 dream Peter Jeffrey Revlon Revson had it all. Good looks, breeding, an attractive personality…
If you were drawing up a list of the best-looking Formula One cars, Williams’ FW11B would be passed over in an instant. Williams cars, despite their huge success over the…
On the face of it, Bob Anderson’s third place in the 1964 Austrian GP was not very special. He finished three laps behind winner Lorenzo Bandini, and only a handful of…
Great Read
As strong as oak, Tom Wheatcroft is. A few weeks before our interview — held in his museum’s cafe over (as usual) fried eggs on toast — he’d driven smack…
Great Read
“Geentair! Alors, un nouveau record du tour pour Reeshi Geentair!” May 14 1961, Monaco, by common consent the greatest drive of Stirling Moss’s life. In Rob Walker’s old Lotus 18,…
Damon Hill gives it to you straight. “I’m getting sick of hearing what I have to say about things. But since this is Jacques…” Immediately you get the picture. Both…
Great Read
It is early afternoon on Saturday November 1, 1980. A call is placed to the Brabham headquarters in Chessington, Surrey. The conversation goes something like this: “’Allo?” “Ah, hello. Could…
Great Read
Some-time, back in the early sixties, shortly after Piers Courage decided that motor racing was going to be his life, his father took him to one side and asked why…
It’s hard to think of a recent equivalent to the Matra racing regime. In one glorious decade, from 1965 to 1974, Matra fielded victorious Grand Prix cars and Le Mans…
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…
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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
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