Last lap before Christmas
Not long till Christmas, so may I draw your attention to a couple of books for those of you wondering what to give a motor racing nut. The first is…
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The FIA has recently announced major cost-cutting plans for the Formula 1 World Championship. As it stands the Formula 1 grid is another team down for next season. First Super…
Just back from a few days in Wales. The trip was an eye-opener. There were two main topics of conversation in the service areas, and around the bars, during the…
It seems that attempts to save the Canadian Grand Prix have failed, at least in terms of 2009, and thus we have a World Championship calendar without a single race…
I have just surfaced after a bout of enforced inactivity. First, an operation on my right hand, with subsequent physiotherapy. Then came a rather nasty ‘lurgy’ which rendered me listless…
The fact that he was only 1.5 seconds off the fastest time in Barcelona on Monday, tends to suggest that the five-time World Rally Champion isn’t half bad in a…
New World Champion Lewis Hamilton returned to McLaren headquarters the conquering hero today and received a rapturous welcome home from the whole staff. Boss Ron Dennis gave permission for his…
Wow! Strewth! Phew, what a scorcher! Have you come down yet? It doesn’t get much better than Brazil 2008. Does it? Yes, we’ve seen some thrilling races over the decades,…
Previously on these pages, to re-phrase the opening titles of the best American soaps, we have examined why most are merely very good while a few are great. Following a…
Not long till Christmas, so may I draw your attention to a couple of books for those of you wondering what to give a motor racing nut. The first is…
The FIA has recently announced major cost-cutting plans for the Formula 1 World Championship. As it stands the Formula 1 grid is another team down for next season. First Super…
Just back from a few days in Wales. The trip was an eye-opener. There were two main topics of conversation in the service areas, and around the bars, during the…
It seems that attempts to save the Canadian Grand Prix have failed, at least in terms of 2009, and thus we have a World Championship calendar without a single race…
I have just surfaced after a bout of enforced inactivity. First, an operation on my right hand, with subsequent physiotherapy. Then came a rather nasty ‘lurgy’ which rendered me listless…
The fact that he was only 1.5 seconds off the fastest time in Barcelona on Monday, tends to suggest that the five-time World Rally Champion isn’t half bad in a…
New World Champion Lewis Hamilton returned to McLaren headquarters the conquering hero today and received a rapturous welcome home from the whole staff. Boss Ron Dennis gave permission for his…
Wow! Strewth! Phew, what a scorcher! Have you come down yet? It doesn’t get much better than Brazil 2008. Does it? Yes, we’ve seen some thrilling races over the decades,…
Previously on these pages, to re-phrase the opening titles of the best American soaps, we have examined why most are merely very good while a few are great. Following a…
China March 13–15 Like Round 1, the season’s second race was another Mercedes lockout, but the outcome at Shanghai differed from Albert Park: a 2-1 rather than a 1-2. Make…
He’s only 19, but Kimi Antonelli has shown F1 championship-winning pace and may never get a better title shot. The ingredients are there for another historic battle between one experienced team-mate and a thrusting newcomer, says Mark Hughes
Kimi Antonelli looked like he’d have blasted to victory in the 2026 Japanese Grand Prix, no matter what rules F1 was racing under, says Mark Hughes. However, the result was once again overshadowed by the shortcomings of the series’ new regulations
He wasn’t the fastest driver in Kenya – he failed to win a single stage – but traditionalists will tell you that speed is not the most important thing on…
March 21, 2026 Nürburgring, Germany A hero’s welcome for Max Verstappen in the Nürburgring pitlane after what appeared to have been victory in NLS2 as the four-time Formula 1 champion…
March 21, 2026 Sebring, Florida, USA Porsche Penske Motorsport trio Felipe Nasr, Julien Andlauer and Laurin Heinrich completed a double in the ‘36 Hours of Florida’ when they added Sebring…
July 5, 1970 Clermont-Ferrand, France Smiles here, but the reigning Formula 1 champion Jackie Stewart and Motor Sport’s continental correspondent Denis Jenkinson were embroiled in a bitter war of words…
There are a small number of racing drivers whose stories only truly reveal themselves, or even make sense, when you stop thinking about lap times and start thinking about geography:…
The 2026 Formula 1 rule changes are arguably the biggest in the history of grand prix racing, and certainly the most divisive. They undermine the fundamental tenets of the racing…
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