The least surprising news to emanate from the sport of motor racing in recent weeks is the fact that there are a number of Grand Prix teams going into a…
It’s a tough one but, after much agonising, my moment of the year has to be the Blancpain Endurance Series at magnificent Spa-Francorchamps. A thrilling encounter gave Audi their first…
Where do we start when discussing memories of Jackie Stewart? Which era? There are so many pictures in the mind of JYS doing his thing. For me, Monaco stands out,…
The McLaren-Mercedes Formula 1 team may not have won either Drivers' or Constructors' World Championships this year, and no doubt that hurts. But they have won more Grands Prix than…
I’ve been chatting to Gordon Shedden, he who rules over touring car racing right now as King of the British Touring Car Championship. It was the customary hectic season, full…
Valentino Rossi has told BBC Sport that MotoGP racing is boring and that he finds it hard to stay awake. I bet the BBC loved hearing that – they broadcast the…
Why have we become so obsessed with World Champions? Every year, the speculation starts earlier. At this rate we will soon be predicting who the World Champion will be next…
When you get older, everybody else seems so young, especially policemen and bank managers. And racing drivers. Talking to Tiff Needell on our podcast the other day, I was interested…
When you arrive at the Goodwood Revival this week you maybe intrigued, depending on your age, by a banner on the footbridge that leads from the car parks to the…
In the hours after the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa there was a lot of huffing and puffing down the pub. This is good healthy debate and only to be…
Wouldn’t it be just great if there was an Olympic Grand Prix? Imagine, a race around the Olympic park for the fastest, most sophisticated racing cars in the world, driven…
The German Grand Prix is very German, much as the British Grand Prix is very British. There are those who continue to bemoan the demise of the old Nürburgring, or…