Button and Alonso at McLaren
McLaren’s decision to retain Jenson Button alongside its new signing Fernando Alonso for 2015 brings a driver pairing that almost happened six years earlier elsewhere. Back in 2008 Honda was…
Back in the 1960s and ‘70s America’s auto racing writers used to select an annual ‘Driver of the Year’ from an amazingly rich array of stars which the sport enjoyed…
Project Brabham, Le Mans, Formula Ford, Mike Thackwell, Formula 3000, F1, the ALMS, Jack Brabham... There wasn't much not discussed when the podcast team sat down with David Brabham. Fueled…
After Marc Márquez's 13th win of the year at Valencia last month I tweeted that el fenómeno had broken Mick Doohan's 12-wins-in-a-year record. Not long after, Casey Stoner came right back, with…
For a while I’ve been pondering Ferrari’s naming strategy because, frankly, it seems all over the place. The range starts with the California, which is an old, emotive and very…
There are obvious parallels between Ferrari’s 2014 season and that of 1991. In both cases the team boss left part-way through the year and was replaced by a man who…
The world of sports car racing must feel like the AC/DC of international motor sport. The hard rocking Scottish/Australian band have sold more albums in the US than Bruce Springsteen,…
“We must keep pushing, push even further now that we are the target, now that we are in the crosshairs of the competition, and we need to get as many…
Walter Wolf wouldn’t enjoy running a Formula 1 team in 2014. We know this because we asked him. Yes, Motor Sport has tracked down one of the most elusive and rarely interviewed…
Hamilton vs Rosberg, the Mercedes dominance, the brilliance of Daniel Ricciardo and the financial crisis that Formula 1 is facing – just some of the topics that the podcast team discuss…
Despite being the chairman of Prodrive, David Richards has never been too busy to chat. Within 24 hours of sending an email asking if he had any time to spare,…
Two weeks from now MotoGP's Grand Prix Commission sit downs in Madrid to decide the future of Grand Prix racing. The December 17 meeting will finally rubber stamp the biggest…
By Lee McKenzie I'm writing this from a packed F1 flight that has found its way to Frankfurt instead of London. It has taken nine hours to not get to…
Despite it being 12.15pm on a Thursday afternoon there’s a queue outside Carluccio’s restaurant in Bicester Village. I’m told to wait and handed a menu. A matter of moments later…
Tom Kristensen today announced his retirement after 18 seasons at the forefront of top level sports car racing. His record at Le Mans may never be equalled: from those 18…
What are the chances of two car manufacturers based in the same city launching cars with the same name, which are direct rivals, some 6000 miles away from said city,…
Kevin Harvick took his first NASCAR Sprint Cup championship in style by scoring his fifth win of the year in the season finale at the Homestead-Miami Speedway on Sunday. Harvick…