The art of the overtake
Overtaking used to be an art form. Unrestricted by six-point harnesses, its rules were unwritten, its boundaries proscribed by buildings and/or trees plus a sense of self-preservation that was, admittedly,…
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Jackie Stewart and Denis Jenkinson’s war of words was a theme of F1 throughout the 1970s – played out through the pages of Motor Sport…
Understandably the various enthusiast forums around the world have been whipped into something approaching a frenzy by the news that the Nürburgring has effectively gone bust. Modern media communications and…
From 1935-39 and 1954-55, Mercedes-Benz dominated Grand Prix racing, but since their return as a constructor in 2010, it hasn’t looked quite so effortless. However, in China this year Nico…
The German Grand Prix is very German, much as the British Grand Prix is very British. There are those who continue to bemoan the demise of the old Nürburgring, or…
Talk of Lewis Hamilton’s forming of a superteam alongside Sebastian Vettel has been cut dead in its chats by Red Bull’s re-signing of a rejuvenated Mark Webber. There has been…
On July 3 Cranfield University held the inaugural History of Motorsport Technology Conference – and it was deemed a great success. Organised by Cranfield’s Motorsport Engineering and Management programme director…
As the sun shone on Sunday afternoon, the crowd of 125,000 enjoyed a fantastic British Grand Prix on one of the best racing circuits in the world. But over the…
Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton and Johnny Herbert talk about what it means to race in the British Grand Prix. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qj43RX03nsU&list=UUi7-hXZvOt5zFr2saBC6bug&index=0&feature=plcp[/youtube]
Overtaking used to be an art form. Unrestricted by six-point harnesses, its rules were unwritten, its boundaries proscribed by buildings and/or trees plus a sense of self-preservation that was, admittedly,…
Jackie Stewart and Denis Jenkinson’s war of words was a theme of F1 throughout the 1970s – played out through the pages of Motor Sport…
Understandably the various enthusiast forums around the world have been whipped into something approaching a frenzy by the news that the Nürburgring has effectively gone bust. Modern media communications and…
From 1935-39 and 1954-55, Mercedes-Benz dominated Grand Prix racing, but since their return as a constructor in 2010, it hasn’t looked quite so effortless. However, in China this year Nico…
The German Grand Prix is very German, much as the British Grand Prix is very British. There are those who continue to bemoan the demise of the old Nürburgring, or…
Talk of Lewis Hamilton’s forming of a superteam alongside Sebastian Vettel has been cut dead in its chats by Red Bull’s re-signing of a rejuvenated Mark Webber. There has been…
On July 3 Cranfield University held the inaugural History of Motorsport Technology Conference – and it was deemed a great success. Organised by Cranfield’s Motorsport Engineering and Management programme director…
As the sun shone on Sunday afternoon, the crowd of 125,000 enjoyed a fantastic British Grand Prix on one of the best racing circuits in the world. But over the…
Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton and Johnny Herbert talk about what it means to race in the British Grand Prix. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qj43RX03nsU&list=UUi7-hXZvOt5zFr2saBC6bug&index=0&feature=plcp[/youtube]
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