Caught between eras, Formula 1’s struggle to downsize has only been intensified by coronavirus. No team better encapsulates this struggle than Ferrari. As F1’s poster boy, Ferrari symbolises the excess…

4 August, 1969 German Grand Prix Jacky Ickx stole the show at the Nürburgring in 1969, sealing pole in his Brabham-Ford. Then, after dropping to eighth following an average start,…

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It was Michael Schumacher at his peak for the first few years of the new millennium, rattling off World Championship titles as if it was child’s play. All previous markers…

The new world champion sat down in Brazil and talked a little about his journey to that Fangio-surpassing title number six. Given that both Ferrari and Red Bull took much…

Letters In the superb feature on Great Rivalries [Jan ’20], No 3 – Brabham vs The Paddock brought back memories of what was in effect a Chapman vs Ecclestone rivalry…

Imagine a car manufacturer making a traditional fast coupé: big V8 up-front, huge power and vast weight. And then it announces it’s going to be discontinued, replaced by a similarly…

There was a moment, a pause, and then the realisation – yes, that had just happened. Lancia team principal Cesare Fiorio explained the result of the 1987 Monte Carlo Rally…