Touch the Sky
Alex Zanardi's achievements before his devastating Lausitzring accident in 2001 made him a hero within motor sport. His achievements afterwards allowed him to transcend racing's narrow scope and become a…
The Spa Six Hours. Sounds glamorous doesn’t it? Sounds like it should be stock full of low slung slices of exotica staffed by snake-hipped professional drivers who’ve just passed their…
NASCAR is into the thick of its ‘Chase for the Cup’ over the final 10 rounds of the marathon 36-race Sprint Cup championship. Seven rounds remain with the season finale…
“To me,” said Derek Bell during last week’s Motor Sport podcast, “Fernando Alonso is the most talented driver out there. He always puts in an amazing performance – he drives the car to…
Piero Ferrari has always been something of an enigma to the world beyond the gates of Maranello. The illegitimate son of Enzo is ‘the man in the shadows of a…
By Lee McKenzie The Singapore Grand Prix week is one of extremes, this year’s in particular. Extreme heat, extreme rain, dehydration, happiness on one side of the Mercedes garage, despair on the…
Over the decades Penske Racing has enjoyed many successful seasons. Team Penske’s record includes 15 Indy 500 wins, 13 Indycar championships and 173 race wins, plus another 13 American racing…
Red Bull has been famous for doing things its own way since coming into Formula 1 in 2005 and its latest video shows the seemingly unique culture of its factory…
Well, it appears that whoever coined the term ‘you can’t teach an old dog new tricks’ didn’t know what they were talking about. On Sunday in Italy a middle-aged man…
How would you define a ‘great’ racing car? Race wins and championship titles are an obvious place to start – and admittedly, when we began the process of rounding up…
Banned: “Try taking slightly less entry speed into turn six and getting on the power earlier.” “We need to watch those left-rear temperatures.” “Conserve your brakes please.” “Clutch bite point…
Main image: Indianapolis Motor Speedway In 1970 Al Unser equalled AJ Foyt’s record-setting 1964 season by winning 10 USAC Championship races. Like Foyt six years earlier, Big Al won five…
The departure of Luca Cordero di Montezemolo from Ferrari has been rumoured for weeks. Today those rumours became fact. In a statement Ferrari’s parent company Fiat announced that the man…
After last (Monday) night, when we get to drive it, the new Jaguar XE had better be good. In more than 25 years attending car unveilings, I’ve never seen anything quite like…
By Lee McKenzie Carpe diem. Seize the day. After a difficult start to his race, that's exactly what Lewis Hamilton did during the Italian Grand Prix. For the first time…
By any standard 1964 was a remarkable year for AJ Foyt. Arguably, it was his greatest season. The legendary Texan got his season rolling in style half a century ago…
Main image: Tim Keeton Impact Images Silverstone was a weird weekend for Scott Redding. A year after his inch-perfect Moto2 win, and armed once more with that British GP feeling…