With five races remaining, the Formula 1 World Championship (especially after the Spa debacle) is beautifully poised for a classic finale. Kimi Räikkönen has recently been out-performed by his Brazilian…
Both of last weekend’s Indycar and NASCAR races featured fierce, side-by-side duels to the flag, with Hélio Castroneves shading new IRL champion Scott Dixon at the Chicagoland Speedway and defending…
There are only a handful of times in my life when I would fully admit to being blown away. My first ride on a superbike (after having learnt to ride…
Suddenly it is September, the end of summer, and already autumn is here. In my part of the world the harvesting is nearly done and the leaves are turning. September…
Chip Ganassi (above with Franchitti) announced on Tuesday that Dario Franchitti will replace Dan Wheldon in his Indycar team next year. Ganassi had decided to drop Wheldon (below) after a…
This has been a very tough year for Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing. After winning four consecutive Champ Car titles with Sébastien Bourdais, America’s second most successful open-wheel team has struggled this season,…
Having dropped his Ducati for the third race in a row yesterday during the Grand Prix at Misano, Casey Stoner was running out of excuses. After the race he explained…
I have just been browsing through the latest shots of the track at Valencia and something caught my eye... see if you can spot what I'm talking about. Yes... the…
Carl Edwards has emerged as the strongest challenger to Kyle Busch for this year’s NASCAR Sprint Cup championship. The 29-year old Edwards scored his fifth win of the year at…
Although, 10 or so years ago, Bernie Ecclestone said he would, “Never, ever, ever, put on more than 16 World Championship Grands Prix in a season”, that has been ignored…
Finns ain’t what they used to be. At least there is one who ain’t what he used to be. Down the pub on Sunday night, bereft of a race to…
NASCAR ran it’s twenty-third consecutive Cup race at Watkins Glen last weekend, drawing the usual huge crowd. Championship leader Kyle Busch emphasised his ability to win on any kind of…
It is quite amazing how little racing drivers change. They could have stopped racing 10 years ago, but put them in a car on a track today and I can…
It’s taken NASCAR only twelve months to take centre stage in Canadian motor sport. NASCAR entered the Canadian market last year, debuting a mid-summer, second-division Nationwide Series race at le…
Jacques Villeneuve will try to kick-start his stalled attempt at breaking into NASCAR this weekend. The former F1 world champion, CART champion and Indy 500 winner hasn’t raced in NASCAR…
When the teams began testing without traction control, at the end of last year, most drivers were enthusiastic about the change, Lewis Hamilton and others commenting that being in sole…
