Simon's snapshots #11
European Grand Prix, Valencia, June 25-27 2010 This column tends to thrive on the distant past, with occasional glimpses at its recent counterpart – and this week’s shots come from…
“We’re the best, right? Formula 1 is the best, and we don’t need anything in it that isn’t the best… “People going on about only 19 or 20 cars in…
As you read this, the wheels are probably still turning and the spanners still twirling at Valencia’s first off-season tests where the game is the same as it’s been for…
By Lee McKenzie Formula 1 is in a strange place just now. We are heading into the most exciting race weekend for several years after one of the most exciting…
Well at last someone has put some figures to a situation we’ve known has existed for years, namely that car manufacturers have been actively manipulating mandatory EU tests to determine…
By Oliver Gavin It’s been a massively long five weeks since I last stepped through my front door, and I’ve been to three continents in that time. My racing season…
It was the kind of invitation you don’t receive too often, a chance to wander unchallenged into a contemporary Formula 1 pit and inspect the merchandise. Some teams have security…
By Lee McKenzie Eighteen cars on the grid was a strange sight in Austin, although in some respects qualifying seemed better with a smaller field. The four cars eliminated in…
For the first time since it took a controlling interest in 1969, Fiat and Ferrari will effectively become different companies once more by this time next year. As part of…
In Red Bull's last video, we saw what the atmosphere's like at the team's Milton Keynes headquarters 24 hours after a race. Now, through mechanic Ole Schack and race team…
Marussia and Caterham are in administration, other teams are rumoured to be on the brink of financial meltdown and there are cries for Formula 1 to rethink its financial model.…
Here's a Motor Sport exclusive: the trailer for a new documentary about Le Mans from Fantelli Productions. More specifically, it's about Jota Sport, the small British team that won the…
When news broke that the Caterham Formula 1 team had been placed in administration, I couldn’t help but reflect on a few choice cuts from Mark Hughes’ Motor Sport magazine columns this year.…
Twenty-three years ago Luca Cadalora and Helmut Bradl were engaged in a bitter duel for the 250 world title, just as Álex Márquez and Jack Miller are in Moto3 today.…
As we sat in Jonathan Palmer's Brands Hatch office we overlooked a motorbike track day in action and were served bacon sandwiches, fresh coffee and orange juice – as podcasts…
How big a story would it be were it to become clear that Audi was going to bin both its WEC and DTM programmes and take part in Formula 1…
Ironically, Top Gear’s Stig is actually a very eloquent bloke. Ben Collins is no longer The Stig, though – that title now falls at the race-booted feet of another driver (rumour…