Fifty years ago, Lotus team-mates Graham Hill and Jochen Rindt survived two of the more spectacular shunts in Formula 1’s history. Both suffered a sudden collapse of a ‘skyscraper’ rear…
The Chinese Grand Prix wasn't the 1000th ever for F1; there were Indianapolis 500s with which it rarely had much in common Bill Vukovich's Formula 1 strike rate was striking: two…
Charles Leclerc is just the latest to have a debut F1 win cruelly dashed, but he showed that he'll be world champion before Max Verstappen Poor young Charles Leclerc is…
How Bottas followed other Finns and harnessed sisu to ensure success at the Australian Grand Prix Valtteri Bottas 2.0 won by more than 20sec in Melbourne. The wingman took flight having re-emerged…
You'll have heard about the Ferrari fuss with 'Mission Winnow'. Yet Formula 1's relationship with tobacco sponsorship was difficult from the very start... Winnow, verb: blow air through (grain) in order…
Teams used to regularly deliver their Formula 1 cars late, including Williams. Nowadays it's a different story... Alarm bells are ringing for Williams. Not that it’s slept much, I don’t…
At the Monte 40 years ago, the legendary Lancia Stratos pulled off a stunning comeback – in more than one sense Lancia’s Stratos was yesterday’s news, according to Big Brother Fiat. The…
Eddie Cheever launched his 1979 season from pole position in a vivid Italian single-seater. It wasn’t the scarlet Formula 1 Ferrari that he had long dreamed of and only recently…
Formula 1 podium finisher Stefan Johansson on Moneytron's eccentric owner, who died on December 14 “It’s easy to forget that he spent barely a year in Formula 1 because everybody…
Bill Vukovich would have turned 100 on December 13 – here's what made the 'Mad Russian' so great Images courtesy of Indianapolis Motor Speedway “He was madder than a wet…
Silverstone was soaked, Rosberg supreme – Paul Fearnley looks back on the 1978 International Trophy Keke is 70. Today. He was 29 – and clean-shaven – when he won the…
Three-time NASCAR Cup champion David Pearson died at the age of 83 on November 12. Paul Fearnley recounts Pearson's rivalry with Richard Petty Photos: ISC Images & Archives via Getty Images…