The fight to be fastest
The sympathetically reconstructed Spa-Francorchamps circuit is quick – Mark Webber’s fastest race lap of 2011 was set at 142.6mph – but it’s not as quick as its ‘daddy’ used to…
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Red Bull released a tantalising preview of this video a few weeks ago, showing David Coulthard speeding through the Lincoln Tunnel which connects New York and New Jersey. Here we…
Time flies, eh? It doesn’t seem a year ago since I was grabbing the freshly minted results sheet from the last race of the 2011 Goodwood Revival, then dashing home…
Formula 1 contracts have changed a lot over the years. Stirling Moss’s agreement with Rob Walker famously amounted to a handshake. These days, though, deals are drawn up by legal…
Adrian Newey isn’t a genius – but only because overuse of the word reduces the wiggle room required should you ever wish to debate the merits of Leo da Vinci,…
This Formula 1 season has been as unpredictable as 1982’s, albeit without the tragedy and critical injury. Thankfully. But how do they compare – to and with? Both witnessed their…
Deputy editor Gordon Cruickshank has been working at Motor Sport for 30 years and in honour of the occasion we sat him down to ask about the ‘good’ old days…
Wouldn’t it be just great if there was an Olympic Grand Prix? Imagine, a race around the Olympic park for the fastest, most sophisticated racing cars in the world, driven…
As the teams headed away from Budapest to begin the five-week break before the next race, at Spa, the standings in the Constructors’ Championship looked liked this: Red Bull 246,…
The sympathetically reconstructed Spa-Francorchamps circuit is quick – Mark Webber’s fastest race lap of 2011 was set at 142.6mph – but it’s not as quick as its ‘daddy’ used to…
Red Bull released a tantalising preview of this video a few weeks ago, showing David Coulthard speeding through the Lincoln Tunnel which connects New York and New Jersey. Here we…
Time flies, eh? It doesn’t seem a year ago since I was grabbing the freshly minted results sheet from the last race of the 2011 Goodwood Revival, then dashing home…
Formula 1 contracts have changed a lot over the years. Stirling Moss’s agreement with Rob Walker famously amounted to a handshake. These days, though, deals are drawn up by legal…
Adrian Newey isn’t a genius – but only because overuse of the word reduces the wiggle room required should you ever wish to debate the merits of Leo da Vinci,…
This Formula 1 season has been as unpredictable as 1982’s, albeit without the tragedy and critical injury. Thankfully. But how do they compare – to and with? Both witnessed their…
Deputy editor Gordon Cruickshank has been working at Motor Sport for 30 years and in honour of the occasion we sat him down to ask about the ‘good’ old days…
Wouldn’t it be just great if there was an Olympic Grand Prix? Imagine, a race around the Olympic park for the fastest, most sophisticated racing cars in the world, driven…
As the teams headed away from Budapest to begin the five-week break before the next race, at Spa, the standings in the Constructors’ Championship looked liked this: Red Bull 246,…
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…
Motor Sport F1 Show with Mark Hughes
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