Although, 10 or so years ago, Bernie Ecclestone said he would, “Never, ever, ever, put on more than 16 World Championship Grands Prix in a season”, that has been ignored…

Finns ain’t what they used to be. At least there is one who ain’t what he used to be. Down the pub on Sunday night, bereft of a race to…

After the excitements of the British and German Grands Prix, the Hungarian GP got off to a comparatively sedate start. Indeed a very quiet start when you look back to…

Talking to Emerson Fittipaldi is never less than interesting. Alistair Caldwell, Emerson Fittipaldi and Teddy Mayer. We didn’t see much of him immediately after he retired, Emerson preferring to spend…

When the teams began testing without traction control, at the end of last year, most drivers were enthusiastic about the change, Lewis Hamilton and others commenting that being in sole…

To some degree, it was a risky strategy, but in the end it worked out to perfection, and Lewis Hamilton won the German Grand Prix, thus becoming the first driver…

Isn’t life strange? This week, in the sporting headlines, we have Schumacher the cyclist and Rooney the runner. How long before Hamilton the hurdler? Stefan Schumacher pulverised the opposition in…

I am an armchair expert, of the kind as described by Ron Dennis in the afterglow of the 2008 British Grand Prix. I did not watch the race from my…

As Lewis Hamilton went out for his final qualifying run at Silverstone, the message over the radio was firm: ‘Don’t over-drive!’ On his previous run he had done just that,…