There were clues in its corner names: The Snakes, Devil’s Bend and The Murder Mile. Singapore’s Thomson Road circuit was not for the faint of heart. Using sections of the…
Jackie Stewart called it the bravest sporting comeback. Monza’s tifosi was appreciative, too. Some observers, however, were dismayed or disgusted by it: Dead Man Driving. Even his team seemed embarrassed.…
Peter Collins was a handsome young man from Kidderminster with a knack for driving fast cars quickly – and with the world at his feet in 1956. The second teenage…
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). Fussing over goggles steaming up in the rain and fretting about fouled spark plugs, Jim Clark…
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). Not the first motor race with a GP suffix – that was Pau in February 1901…
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). Jacky Ickx, arguably the greatest wet-weather driver, had seen enough. Twelve years on from finishing second…
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). It had been 12 months since Rudi Caracciola wagged a finger, the established ace considering his…
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). Winning as slowly as possible was not Gilles Villeneuve’s usual modus operandi. He had no option…
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). It almost didn’t happen. Angered by its disqualification from the lead of the supporting 12-hour sports…
The best driver never to win a world championship Grand Prix won plenty elsewhere. The late Chris Amon’s victory CV included: the outright win that set McLaren’s lucrative ‘Can-Am’ ball…
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). Ayrton Senna could ‘do business’ with Nigel Mansell. Racing against Alain Prost was akin to nailing…
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). Scuderia Ferrari’s Alfa Romeos mopped up while the Germans prepared for action: 1-2s at Monaco and…