Seven-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson has emerged as one of the greatest, most complete racing drivers of the modern era. His seventh championship has tied him with NASCAR legends Richard…
Motor racing's major milestones from this week on the Archive and Database, featuring Ferrari's winner on debut and ABBA's racing driver drummer. November 21 1943: Jacques Laffite is born. In…
Mike Costin, as half of the revolutionary Cosworth, all but dominated Formula 1 during the late '60s and throughout the '70s. The Cosworth DFV won 12 drivers' titles, helped win 10…
Porsche and Mazda unveiled their 2017 racers at the LA Motor Show. The new 911 RSR sees a radical change, as Porsche moves the engine forwards. The mid-mounted 510bhp, 4.0-litre engine is…
JR Hildebrand has gone back to school, helping to develop autonomous car technology JR Hildebrand is a mathematics whizz. He earned early admission to MIT, but turned down the opportunity…
As Tony Stewart finishes his NASCAR Sprint Cup career with three championships, Mobil 1 The Grid speaks to Jenson Button, Donny Schatz, AJ Allmendinger and his team-mates Kevin Harvick and Danica Patrick about…
Gordon Kirby looks ahead to the final three races of NASCAR's chase Three races remain in NASCAR’s marathon 36-round Sprint Cup and thanks to the organisation’s fiendishly complex ‘Chase for the…
The round-up of this week's motor racing milestones from the Database and Archive, featuring titles for James Hunt and John Surtees and more. October 24 1965: Richie Ginther scroes his, Honda's…
Sprint Cup leader Jimmie Johnson is in no mood to slow down, he tells Gordon Kirby Long time coming – Johnson after win number 78, the 2016 Bank of America 500…
Paul Fearnley speaks to Hall of Fame nominee John Barnard about his time at Lola John Barnard CV Lola 1969-72 McLaren1972-75 Vel's Parnelli Jones 1975-77 Chaparral 1977-1980 McLaren 1980-1986 Ferrari 1986-90 Benetton 1990-93 Ferrari 1993-98 Arrows/Prost 1998-2001…
Gordon Kirby reveals the birth of modern championships, 100 years ago Photo: No. 4 Resta and No. 10 Aitken (Peugeots) passing No. 25 Jim Benedict (Duesenberg) October 1916 Sheepshead Bay…
Petit Le Mans brought the curtain down on the Daytona Prototype era of US sports cars, as LMP2 and LMP2-derived 'DPi' machinery replace the Daytona Prototypes in the United SportsCar Championship…
This week in motor sport from the Archive and Database sees Barcelona appear on the Formula 1 calendar among the many milestones A trio of 935s, the Dick Barbour-entered shared…
Why Formula 1 and Liberty Media must make the most of America – and what must be learned from the history of the rocky relationship
The Liberty Media purchase of a controlling stake in Formula 1 is far from a done deal. However, in the latest issue of Motor Sport Gordon Kirby spoke to the Long Beach…
The rumoured Apple takeover of McLaren – and why Andrew Frankel hopes it doesn't happen. Is Apple about to take over McLaren? And, if so, what are the ramifications for its…
