A GP3 test with Carlin Motorsport and a simulation session at the Red Bull Racing Formula 1 team are just two of the amazing prizes on offer to young racing…
Wouldn’t it be just great if there was an Olympic Grand Prix? Imagine, a race around the Olympic park for the fastest, most sophisticated racing cars in the world, driven…
Slowly but surely, amid the continuing development of the internal combustion engine, we’re witnessing the arrival of new power sources in motor racing. Audi pioneered the successful use of diesel…
As the teams headed away from Budapest to begin the five-week break before the next race, at Spa, the standings in the Constructors’ Championship looked liked this: Red Bull 246,…
Here’s one way in which at least part of the world is changing. Twenty years ago Italy was one of Ferrari’s top three markets, vying for the top position with…
I like to think that Valentino Rossi is currently in the midst of a US road trip, driving some big ol’ gas guzzler the 2000-odd miles from California to Indiana,…
The Hungarian Grand Prix weekend was a good one for Lewis Hamilton. Despite the speed of the Lotus cars he managed to preserve his tyres well enough to bag the…
Any doubts about Jimmie Johnson’s ability to challenge for this year’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Championship were dispelled in Sunday’s Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis. Johnson dominated the race, leading 99 of…
In the world of Formula 1, constant updates are necessary for teams to keep up with their rivals. Since 2009 there has been a ban on most mid-season testing, meaning…
'Silly Season’ is approaching. Formula 1’s August break is usually the time of year when rumours start to fly; with no racing for close to a month, our minds begin…
Overtaking used to be an art form. Unrestricted by six-point harnesses, its rules were unwritten, its boundaries proscribed by buildings and/or trees plus a sense of self-preservation that was, admittedly,…
Roger Penske’s IndyCar team has been off its game in recent months. Will Power and Helio Castroneves swept the opening four races of the season for Penske but over the…
The German Grand Prix is very German, much as the British Grand Prix is very British. There are those who continue to bemoan the demise of the old Nürburgring, or…
Chip, chip, chip… That’s the sound of Ducati’s MotoGP crew slowly chipping away at their disadvantage to Honda and Yamaha. It would be too soon to talk of a Ducati…
It was an impromptu experiment but, though I say it myself, one that worked well. I’ve just spent the weekend swapping between a pair of sports cars with results I’d…
NASCAR arrived in my backyard last weekend for round 19 of the 36-race Sprint Cup championship. These days New Hampshire Motor Speedway is one of NASCAR’s most successful tracks, drawing…
