Lewis: the new Jim Clark?
Few people would be taken seriously after making such a statement. Comparing Lewis Hamilton to Jim Clark? Dangerous territory. But if anyone has a right to mention both in the…
After the success of last year’s Jim Clark Film Festival, Legends Film Festivals is returning this year with ‘Legends of Le Mans’. The festival, dedicated to the history of the…
When it was announced at the Malaysian Grand Prix last year that the BBC would be taking over the UK broadcasting rights for Formula 1 in 2009, there was an…
In recent weeks a hot topic of debate has been the cost of the Formula 1 superlicence, which has been greatly – massively – increased for 2009, to the considerable…
After a year with Newman/Haas/Lanigan, Justin Wilson will drive for Dale Coyne’s longtime spear-carrying team in this year’s IRL Indy car series. Lack of sponsorship meant Wilson lost his ride…
Having lost the British Grand Prix to Donington, Silverstone replied by securing the British MotoGP round in 2010. However, as many of you may know the very flat, airfield circuit…
I am told that proper grown-up journalists do not waste time prognosticating about what may, or may not, happen in the future. Tough. It is harmless, it is vaguely amusing,…
Some of you may remember that a couple of weeks ago my esteemed colleague Rob Widdows, wrote a blog about his predictions for the 2009 Grand prix season. Well, I…
Matt Kenseth and Jack Roush’s Roush Fenway Ford team may have been the only happy people in Daytona on Sunday night. Kenseth scored both his and Roush’s first Daytona 500…
Peter Windsor (below) and Ken Anderson have been working for years to put together an American Formula 1 team and the pair will formally reveal their plans in a half-hour…
Whether you believe that Donington will be ready for the 2010 British Grand Prix or not is, at the moment, immaterial, as work on the track is already underway and…
Fifty-six cars started Thursday’s pair of 150-mile qualifying races for Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup season-opening Daytona 500. The crowd at Daytona this week is down substantially this year and many…
NASCAR kicked off its season at Daytona with the Budweiser Shoot-out non-points race on Saturday night which was won by Kevin Harvick and pole qualifying on Sunday for next weekend’s…
It is truly remarkable just how many people love to watch motor racing. Almost everyone I meet knows something about the forthcoming Grand Prix season. Many have plans to go…
Teddy Mayer died in his sleep at his home in Surrey last Friday night. Mayer, 73, was one of the founders in 1962 of Bruce McLaren Motor Racing with Bruce…
The Formula 1 grid as it stands is down to only 10 teams, which isn’t a particularly impressive number however you look at it. First Super Aguri and then Honda…
Acura’s new ARX-02a LMP1 car was unveiled on Monday at the American Le Mans Series’ Sebring test. The new car has been testing since early December and will be raced…