The curious case of an F1 car that never raced
The Alfa Romeo-powered Minardi M185 was launched in 1984, but it never actually took to the track... Fire-eaters. Jugglers. Acrobats. The Spice Girls… Formula 1 launches have over the years…
The Alfa Romeo-powered Minardi M185 was launched in 1984, but it never actually took to the track... Fire-eaters. Jugglers. Acrobats. The Spice Girls… Formula 1 launches have over the years…
Read and listen to an extract from the exclusive Alan Henry Tapes, in which Ayrton Senna talks to Alan Henry and Denis Jenkinson about overtaking on one of the most…
The first instalment in Simon Arron's 'on the road' series, tracking Motor Sport’s features editor as he pursues his lifelong passion All photographs: Simon Arron In essence this is a…
Michael Schumacher turns 50 years old today – features editor Simon Arron reflects on a dominant, divisive, driver Seven world titles, 91 Formula 1 victories, 155 podium finishes, 142 Grands Prix led……
Motor Sport’s features editor Simon Arron didn’t travel quite as widely as usual in 2018, but that still translated as attendance at about 50 events (and probably almost as many…
Comparisons aside, Hamilton's fifth title proves yet again he's among the best of all time Lewis Hamilton. Five times champion. Parity with Juan Manuel Fangio. Next stop Michael Schumacher. Blah,…
Simon Arron reviews Kimi Räikkönen's new authorised biography. Available from the Motor Sport shop Conceptually this is perhaps the least likely book ever to have been scripted – and therein lies its…
Simon Arron on a Japanese Grand Prix landmark that tends to be overlooked As sporting theatres go, it has few peers. From Osaka to the west or Nagoya to the…
Never mind the complications, consider the benefits… Silverstone, 1977. McLaren’s two works M26s are separated on the grid by an older M23, run by a satellite factory operation for a…
McLaren is a Formula 1 team with a history of fielding household names, but without Alonso in 2019, its decline could become more apparent than ever It was almost seamless.…
By Simon Arron It was a decade of contrast, conflict, controversy and change. Punk rock ceded to New Romanticism, John Lennon was assassinated in New York, America and others boycotted…
There are more than enough recent examples that would have dissuaded Daniel Ricciardo from jumping to a rival F1 team Racing driver switches to slower team. Voluntarily. It isn’t common…