Rossi's secret
He’s old and he’s fat I’m joking, of course, but not entirely Valentino Rossi’s 113th Grand Prix victory was historic and much more. It was the success that brought him…
Further to the earlier piece about the technology innovations in the combustion chambers of the hybrid turbo F1 engines, it’s now apparent that the technology being used is Turbulent Jet…
Valentino Rossi explains why he still loves racing The drive from Malaga airport to Jerez takes you past miles of fading apartment blocks built before the financial crisis. They stand…
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). To buy the lead image click here. From the editor Damien Smith The Grand Prix motor…
The first race of a new season always brings excitement to anyone involved in the British Superbike Championship and I was no exception heading into Silverstone two weeks ago. Leaving…
Ayrton Senna, as it seems each week, features prominently in the round-up of this week's major milestones from the Archive. It was at a wet Estoril, 31 years ago, that Senna…
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). From the editor Damien Smith The Grand Prix motor races we can never forget… Welcome to…
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). From the editor Damien Smith Welcome to this special one-off magazine, dedicated to our love of…
Here’s a special MotoGP request ahead of this weekend’s Jerez GP I’m often a bit mean about Dorna, because they’re the people in charge of MotoGP, so they’re in the…
The World Endurance Championship versus Formula 1 debate has been done; they have separate and distinct appeals. It's much easier, instead of drawing comparisons, to simply look at what the…
Why Rossi’s failure on the Ducati could be Lorenzo’s biggest reason for going there Anyone who tells you they know why Jorge Lorenzo quit the manufacturer that’s won five of…
In previous decades, Silverstone in the spring used to mean it was International Trophy time, the non-championship Formula 1 race that invariably offered Grand Prix glitterati a cold (and often…
1) Nico Rosberg's win was made easier by Kimi Räikkönen and Daniil Kyvat causing damage to various drivers at the first corner, but the Mercedes driver would still have won…
The buzz around the Formula 1 paddock about the heavily upgraded Renault engine set to debut in Canada is that it will feature the same trick combustion technology that is…
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). Click here to buy the lead image. From the editor Damien Smith The Grand Prix motor…
This week in motor sport: Formula 1 heads to Snetterton and Goodwood, Ayrton Senna and Nigel Mansell do battle at Jerez, and Dan Gurney, Riccardo Patrese and Paddy Hopkirk celebrate…
A Dr Andrew Bell of Sheffield Methods Institute, in conjunction with the University of Sheffield has just published the paper Formula For Success: Multilevel modelling of F1 driver and constructor…