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Podcast: Valtteri Bottas, My big break

If a young Valtteri Bottas and his dad hadn’t spotted the sign for a go-kart race in Finland, then the Alfa Romeo driver may never have got on track, let…

17th June 2022

Podcast: Kamui Kobayashi, My big break

Kamui Kobayashi showed so much potential as a go-karting teenager that Toyota locked him into a ten-year racing contract at the age of 14. In our new My big break…

10th June 2022

Podcast: Helio Castroneves, My big break

Podcast: Helio Castroneves, My big break

Helio Castroneves says that destiny guided his glittering IndyCar career that’s crowned by a record-equalling four Indy 500 wins. But the path to glory was far from straightforward. He speaks…

27th May 2022

Podcast: Guenther Steiner, My big break

If it hadn’t been for a long lunch with Niki Lauda, a willingness to swap grand prix racing for NASCAR, and a vision for a US F1 team, it’s unlikely…

Podcast: Pierre Gasly, My big break

“I want to be world champion,” says Pierre Gasly. “So now we need to get to work.” Newly confirmed in F1 with AlphaTauri for 2023, the 26-year-old grand prix winner…

24th June 2022

Podcast: Valtteri Bottas, My big break

If a young Valtteri Bottas and his dad hadn’t spotted the sign for a go-kart race in Finland, then the Alfa Romeo driver may never have got on track, let…

17th June 2022

Podcast: Kamui Kobayashi, My big break

Kamui Kobayashi showed so much potential as a go-karting teenager that Toyota locked him into a ten-year racing contract at the age of 14. In our new My big break…

10th June 2022

Podcast: Helio Castroneves, My big break

Helio Castroneves says that destiny guided his glittering IndyCar career that’s crowned by a record-equalling four Indy 500 wins. But the path to glory was far from straightforward. He speaks…

27th May 2022

Podcast: Guenther Steiner, My big break

If it hadn’t been for a long lunch with Niki Lauda, a willingness to swap grand prix racing for NASCAR, and a vision for a US F1 team, it’s unlikely…

3rd February 2022

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An F1-designed submarine? Why GP teams are getting involved in bikes, boats & electric racers

Formula 1 teams are no longer just Formula 1 teams, with increasing sidelines in hypercars, submarines and electric racing projects. It’s partly a creative reaction to the budget cap, writes Chris Medland

‘Ferrari can still win the F1 title — if Leclerc steps up’: Johnny Herbert

These are worrying times for Ferrari. Go back to winter testing and the team looked bulletproof. There were two early wins for Charles Leclerc in Bahrain and Australia, a 34-point…

‘What I remember most of the Uhlenhaut Coupé was its dreadful gearbox’: Andrew Frankel

Every year until Covid struck, myself and a few journalist mates would meet for a weekend of driving and drinking, very much in that order. How wonderful it was to…

August 2022 Issue

By Andrew Frankel

Motorsport Videos & Video News

‘My husband the true racer’: Gilles Villeneuve’s wife, Joann pays tribute, 40 years on

https://youtu.be/P-AHASG5Ddc Gilles Villeneuve’s wife, Joann, has paid tribute to him as a true racer who sought out the very edge of performance, in a video clip released to commemorate the…

5th May 2022

By Dominic Tobin

Video: Final blast for Stirling Moss’s Mille Miglia-winning Mercedes 300 SLR

Racing History

Video: Final blast for Stirling Moss’s Mille Miglia-winning Mercedes 300 SLR

The Mercedes 300 SLR ‘722’ steered to victory in the 1955 Mille Miglia by Stirling Moss was given one final blast through London to the home of its pilot

Schumacher documentary the latest in golden age for racing films: The Editor

There is a moment in the new Michael Schumacher documentary when David Coulthard relives the infamous collision at the 1998 Belgian Grand Prix. As you will remember, the lapped Scot…

November 2021 Issue

By Joe Dunn

Racing History

Le Mans victory that earned Graham Hill the ‘Triple Crown’

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Le Mans victory that earned Graham Hill the ‘Triple Crown’

The crowd figures for the 1972 Le Mans 24 Hours vary, but we can safely assume two things: firstly, that it was north of 150,000 strong; and second, that few…

Mark Blundell: The Motor Sport interview

It’s quite common for sports stars to bolt to a tax haven as soon as fame or fortune strike, but convention has seldom been the Mark Blundell way. “I did…

Tony Brooks: last of the ’50s greats

Tony Brooks, who died on May 3, aged 90, was one of the truly great F1 drivers. From his debut win in the 1955 non-championship Syracuse Grand Prix for Connaught…

July 2022 Issue

By Mark Hughes

The Motor Sport archive

Every word and picture published by us since 1924

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Are Aston Martin’s Le Mans Plans back on?

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Are Aston Martin’s Le Mans Plans back on?

It seems like a potential Aston Martin Le Mans programme comes around as regularly as the seasons these days but, almost exactly a year after the British brand shelved plans…

April 2022 Issue

Johnny Herbert: ‘It’s been quite a few races since Leclerc could show Verstappen that he races hard too’

First impressions in the wake of the Bahrain season-opener? The race had its moments, especially between Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen, the old established order was shaken up and the…

Formula 1 good month, bad month, March 2022

Good month Zak Attack McLaren boss Zak Brown pulled no punches in his latest parish newsletter, saying quite specifically what he thinks about the self-interest of other teams. It was…

March 2022 Issue

‘F1 in 1982 boasted a larger cast of leading characters than usual’

Forty years on, remember the tumultuous F1 season of 1982? It boasted a larger cast of leading characters than usual – almost anyone could win. Any team which did not…

May 2022 Issue

By Doug Nye

RAC digs JCB’s green hydrogen engine

It may once have been known for its garishly coloured, diesel-chugging diggers, but JCB has successfully turned over a new leaf, to the point where it has just ‘scooped’ one…

January 2022 Issue

Oliver Gavin: The Motor Sport Interview

Over more than 120 years of motor racing, many drivers have served long, rewarding careers. Few, though, have spent 19 consecutive seasons with the same front-running team. As Oliver Gavin…

May 2022 Issue

By Simon Arron

Why IndyCar’s best are at F1 standard

“I think we’ve got great talent in America,” said Michael Andretti recently to the IndyStar newspaper, “and I think it’s just a joke the way Europeans look at themselves all…

May 2022 Issue

By Mark Hughes

The propaganda war to replace petrol — in 1902: Doug Nye

Today, the thorny question of fossil-fuel replacement is justifiably at the forefront of our thoughts. By 1901 a number of competitions and trials had already been held with the object…

January 2022 Issue

By Doug Nye

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Podcast: Pierre Gasly, My big break

“I want to be world champion,” says Pierre Gasly. “So now we need to get to work.” Newly confirmed in F1 with AlphaTauri for 2023, the 26-year-old grand prix winner…

24th June 2022

Podcast: Valtteri Bottas, My big break

If a young Valtteri Bottas and his dad hadn’t spotted the sign for a go-kart race in Finland, then the Alfa Romeo driver may never have got on track, let…

17th June 2022

Podcast: Kamui Kobayashi, My big break

Kamui Kobayashi showed so much potential as a go-karting teenager that Toyota locked him into a ten-year racing contract at the age of 14. In our new My big break…

10th June 2022

Podcast: Helio Castroneves, My big break

Helio Castroneves says that destiny guided his glittering IndyCar career that’s crowned by a record-equalling four Indy 500 wins. But the path to glory was far from straightforward. He speaks…

27th May 2022

Podcast: Guenther Steiner, My big break

If it hadn’t been for a long lunch with Niki Lauda, a willingness to swap grand prix racing for NASCAR, and a vision for a US F1 team, it’s unlikely…

3rd February 2022

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