Is there a British bias in Formula 1? In the aftermath of the Abu Dhabi debacle the topic has boiled over in some corners of the internet. The media outrage…
The backflip capped it all, didn’t it? At 47, Sébastien Loeb had just eclipsed Björn Waldegard’s record set at the 1990 Safari Rally to become the World Rally Championship’s oldest…
In 2022 BMW celebrates the 50th anniversary of its fabled M division and to celebrate, it has revealed a new concept car that will beget only the second exclusively M…
Right in the middle of facing unprecedented challenges from the outside world and just at the moment it most needed it, Formula 1 served up a truly epic season. It…
In Argentina they do not talk about Diego Maradona’s Hand of God goal when discussing their team’s triumph in the 1986 football World Cup. Just like in this country we…
The young rookie hotshot being given a one-off chance used to be a familiar tale in F1, but not so much recently – why have teams become so conservative?
The first full-size Formula 1 car built to 2022 regulations has been revealed by F1, offering a vision of what next season's grid will look like. The model represents the most…
Montjuïc Park is often thought of by those in the 'know' as the great lost F1 circuit – but there might just be one track on the calendar which shares many of its virtues
The month of May is upon us and despite the excitement of the new Formula 1 season, much talk in the Motor Sport office (yes, we are back, in rotas)…
Like a lot of people, I missed the news that Faye Pierson died last month in the Los Angeles suburb where she’d live most of her life. At the time…
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The Parnelli VPJ-4 is one of F1's great coulda-woulda-shoulda stories, writes Preston Lerner. Without it, Mario Andretti would not have won the title with Lotus in 1978
If you’re standing still, you’re going backwards. That’s what Formula 1 personnel always say about this sport, so I’m going to use it as the perfect excuse to get ahead…
Boy, howdy! That was entertaining. Fifty-one years after Richard Petty won the last top-tier stock car race contested on an unpaved surface, NASCAR’s big-dog Cup series returned to its roots…
Why does sports car racing have to be so cyclical in nature? When I entered this business, Group C was at its height with Porsches, Jaguars, Mercedes, Astons, Mazdas and…
Motor sport is not only dangerous, it is also ruthless. It is populated by competitive people with a burning desire to win – there is no room for sentiment. It…
Team-mates. It’s easier all round if the term is accurate and you get along, but delicious tension has to exist between two naturally selfish racing drivers working out of the…
