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There’s no such thing as a free lunch. Really? Like many correspondents I have, over the decades, enjoyed a fair few free lunches. Only last month I dined at Williams…
Now that the May issue of Motor Sport is out, celebrating the Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s 100th anniversary, I thought I’d take the chance to write about some of the Indy…
These podcasts are coming pretty thick and fast at the moment, but we didn't want to hang on to this one for too long, especially since Allan was on such…
We may be one of the oldest motor racing magazines in the world, but we do like trying new things. Our latest idea was to record a very brief round-up…
On Thursday April 7 the Motorsport Industry Association (MIA) is hosting an evening with designer and engineer Gianpaolo Dallara at the Williams F1 Conference Centre. It promises to be an…
After crashing during Saturday’s practice session, Dario Franchitti bounced back to drive a perfect race at St Petersburg on Sunday. The double IndyCar champion took the lead from pole winner…
Usually on a Thursday lunchtime in the Motor Sport office conversation revolves around the upcoming Grand Prix. Nowadays there seems to be a heavy slant towards Mercedes GP’s form after…
When Dario Franchitti first went to the Indianapolis 500, he tried to approach it like any other motor race. But as he admits during his lunch interview with Simon Taylor…
The Dario Franchitti podcast may have only just gone live, but we’ve already lined up our next one! We wanted to record a preview to the Formula 1 season after…
After a rare week off, NASCAR was back to business last weekend with round four of the 36-race Sprint Cup championship on the half-mile Bristol bullring in the mountains of…
The French ORECA team pulled off a famous victory in the Sebring 12 Hours on Saturday as the major factory teams of Peugeot and Audi faltered in the opening round…
A new era of sports car racing kicks off in Florida on Saturday. The Sebring 12 Hours marks the return of what should be classified as a World Championship of…
Well here we are, the March podcast! Dario Franchitti has not only won the IndyCar series three times and the Indianapolis 500 twice, but he is also a great podcast…
In a remarkable turnaround, Bridgestone/Firestone announced last Friday that the company’s Firestone brand will continue as the exclusive tyre supplier to the IZOD IndyCar Series until 2013. The announcement was…
The 2011 Motor Sport Hall of Fame was considered another huge success. Sir Jack Brabham, Sir Frank Williams, Jody Scheckter and Dario Franchitti were all inducted on the night and…
Testing, testing, one-two-three. We are now in the midst of the fourth and final pre-season Formula 1 test at the Catalunya circuit in southern Spain, where it has been unusually…
It’s been rumoured for several months that Bridgestone will pull its Firestone brand out of the IZOD IndyCar Series at the end of this year, and the formal announcement came…