Power conquers his nightmares
He made as heavy work of the job as anyone in motor racing’s long history but Will Power was able to eke out his first IndyCar championship in the wee…
There aren’t many facts likely to make me feel older this week than that on Wednesday Derek Warwick will celebrate his 60th birthday. This seems impossible but I’ve checked and it’s true.…
By Lee McKenzie Good guy/bad guy. Or was Spa just two drivers trying to create their destiny? Lewis Hamilton came into Formula 1 carrying so much promise yet only has…
IndyCar’s championship will be decided at next Saturday night’s season-closing 500-mile race at the high-banked California Speedway and no fewer than five drivers have a mathematical chance of winning the…
The Greenpower Education Trust has been around since 1999, helping to inspire young engineers, and part of its annual programme is a race at Goodwood for electric cars. This video…
The news this week that Max Verstappen – currently 16 years old – will be a full-time F1 driver for Toro Rosso next year, replacing Jean-Éric Vergne, came as a…
Back in the heady days of Marlboro Team Roberts domination, King Kenny Roberts had a favourite saying, which he would shout at full volume during the team’s frequent and legendarily…
By Perry McCarthy A new race car’s first day on track is a nervous one for all. It’s akin to being in a hospital delivery room as your wife gives…
This month Land Rover announced that its new Range Rover Sport was the fastest SUV yet to lap the infamous Nordschleife northern loop of the Nürburgring race track. Quite what…
As everyone knows, Tony Stewart’s life was plunged into a very difficult, deeply tragic phase at the little Canandaigua dirt track in upstate New York a week and a half ago.…
When I interviewed Mark Webber at the beginning of this year, and talked through his Formula 1 career as he prepared for a new life with Porsche, he came up with…
Racing is mostly about self-interest. It can be no other way. And even though the cliché that says nice guys don’t win is incorrect, the nice guys who do succeed…
Earlier this year BMW posted a corporate video on YouTube. In all regards bar one, it is entirely unremarkable. A man gets into an M235i on a test track and…
In America last week NASCAR Nation was all atwitter with excitement over Dale Earnhardt Jr scoring his third win of the year and establishing himself as a serious championship contender. At 39…
Pat Symonds – Williams' chief technical officer – stopped by for a podcast last week to talk about all things Formula 1, including the Grove squad's return to the podium. Along…
When he spun on a wet track in qualifying at Mid-Ohio last Saturday, bringing out a red flag, Scott Dixon’s luckless season seemed to slip even deeper into the murk.…
By David Brabham Photos: PSP Images Looking back over the last weekend at the Silverstone Classic, I have very mixed emotions. On the one hand it was a great event,…