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The most-famous ice-racing championship, the Andros Trophy, has begun its final campaign after 35 editions. Known for attracting some of motor sport’s biggest names to try door-to-door ice racing aboard…
Bill France, NASCAR and Daytona: An American banking dynasty
Through most of 1958, ‘Big Bill’ France worked flat-out to build his long-planned dream of a race track called the Daytona International Speedway. France spent more than five years trying…
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‘Give Rins the right bike and he’s able to extract something special’
No one expected that, did they? And I’m not accepting any of your so-called predictions, unless you have the betting slip and cash payout to prove it. A Ducati crashing…
Inside this month’s issue
F1 2023
New cars, new races, new bosses, new drivers…gear up for the biggest season ever.
Also featuring:
Daytona 24 hours: Our verdict on much-hyped new era of sports car racing
Porsche power Being Jacky Ickx at the wheel of a 911 Dakar
Formula 1 flop?: Why denigrated Lotus 76 was actually a hidden gem
Isle of man TT: Pre-war biking heroes as you’ve never seen before
More motor sport news
Racing through the pain barrier: drivers who endured agony to reach the finish line
Finishing sixth in the Bahrain Grand Prix with broken wrists and a fractured toe, Lance Stroll is the latest racer to block out torturous pain rather than miss a race. Here are some of the most incredible stories
The scramble to catch Red Bull – can any F1 team close the gap?
The hot pursuit of keeping up with Red Bull is causing serious headaches for Mercedes and Ferrari, with Aston Martin remaining realistic
Unsettled Williams lacks ‘vision of excellence’ says new F1 boss Vowles
Williams was the second-most improved F1 team at the Bahrain GP, with Alex Albon scoring a point. But new team principal James Vowles says that it will take years to break into the midfield fight, as he overcomes the legacy left by seasons of struggle
Red on red: could a Bagnaia v Bastianini MotoGP title duel turn nasty?
There’s a good chance that factory Ducati team-mates Pecco Bagnaia and Enea Bastianini will fight each other for the 2023 MotoGP crown, so what are their strengths and weaknesses and will it get nasty?
Thrilling IndyCar provides perfect tonic to F1’s desert of entertainment
Marcus Ericsson won out at IndyCar’s Florida round in a chaotic race which ended in crashes for Romain Grosjean, Colton Herta and Scott McLaughlin
The Bahrain GP data that shows Aston Martin is the real F1 deal in 2023
Where did Aston Martin’s pace come from in the 2023 Bahrain Grand Prix? Project F1 examines the data to uncover the advantage it held over Ferrari and Mercedes — and why Red Bull was on another planet
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Best of the Motor Sport Archive
The inside track on the biggest races and greatest drivers since 1924
Lunch with…
View all(Virtual) Lunch with… Ivan Capelli
On paper, it had the potential to be one of the most romantic of all motor racing fairy tales: the schoolboy who was given an unexpected opportunity to sit at the…
Lunch with… Johnny Herbert & Damon Hill
Dumb and dumber. That’s how Sky Formula 1 presenter Simon Lazenby once chose to refer to our guests for lunch this month. The question is, which one is which? Let’s…
Lunch with… Jonathan Palmer
Was that really so long ago?” Jonathan Palmer shakes his head in disbelief at the rapidity of time’s passage. It was in 2006 that Motor Sport commenced its monthly ‘lunch’…
You were there
View allYou were there: 1985 pre-season F1 testing at Silverstone
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Second career down under for GP greats
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195 racing at Crystal Palace
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Great Read
View allBrian Henton on Alan Jones (& others): My Greatest Rival
This might sound big-headed but when it came to my rivals I always believed I was as good as, if not better, than all of them. You have to have…
Driving for the hapless Andrea Moda F1 team: ‘I was actually scared’
For a driver–team pairing that never made a race start, Perry McCarthy’s torrid Andrea Moda tale is like no other – he remembers it 30 years on
Sixty years of the Ferrari 250 GTO: behind the wheel of King Crimson
Sixty years ago, a car regarded by many as the greatest road racer of all time was launched. And this month – March 1962 – it made its competitive debut…
Podcasts
Hear the stories behind the careers of motor sport’s greats and catch up on our latest podcast series: Engineering the Greats, which includes Adrian Newey, Patrick Head and Gordon Murray amongst the guests
Podcast: Best F1 team 2022
Red Bull had the greatest success but was it the strongest F1 team of 2022? Allan McNish and Lawrence Barretto join Chris Medland for a podcast with some surprising verdicts
Podcast: Best F1 race 2022
Which of this year’s 22 grands prix stands out as the best? Jolyon Palmer and Jack Nicholls join Chris Medland to pick the race that combined drama, excitement and overtaking
Podcast: Best F1 driver 2022
Was anyone better than Max Verstappen this year? IndyCar driver Romain Grosjean and Motor Sport’s Damien Smith join Chris Medland as they weigh up the best driver of the 2022 Formula 1 season in our review podcast
Podcast: Best F1 overtake 2022
Williams reserve driver Jack Aitken and F1 commentator Alex Jacques join Chris Medland as they try to decide on the best overtake of the 2022 grand prix season in our review podcast
Podcast: 2023 F1 season preview with Mark Hughes & Johnny Herbert
Motor Sport’s expert panel explore the big questions ahead of the first grand prix of 2023 — stream our Formula 1 season preview podcast now
Podcast: Best F1 team 2022
Red Bull had the greatest success but was it the strongest F1 team of 2022? Allan McNish and Lawrence Barretto join Chris Medland for a podcast with some surprising verdicts
Podcast: Best F1 race 2022
Which of this year’s 22 grands prix stands out as the best? Jolyon Palmer and Jack Nicholls join Chris Medland to pick the race that combined drama, excitement and overtaking
Podcast: Best F1 driver 2022
Was anyone better than Max Verstappen this year? IndyCar driver Romain Grosjean and Motor Sport’s Damien Smith join Chris Medland as they weigh up the best driver of the 2022 Formula 1 season in our review podcast
Podcast: Best F1 overtake 2022
Williams reserve driver Jack Aitken and F1 commentator Alex Jacques join Chris Medland as they try to decide on the best overtake of the 2022 grand prix season in our review podcast