Robert Kubica loves the Le Mans 24 Hours. And he reckons he’s going to love it all the more this time around. He’s going back as the reigning champion and…
The Zolder circuit, host of the Belgian Grand Prix most years from 1973 to ’84, has always had a bad rap, primarily for two reasons: one, it has the temerity…
Had Alan Stacey not perished during the tragic Belgian Grand Prix of 1960, what might he have gone on to accomplish in motor sport? Lotus chief Colin Chapman had given…
There are a small number of racing drivers whose stories only truly reveal themselves, or even make sense, when you stop thinking about lap times and start thinking about geography:…
Barry Sheene’s nickname for me was ‘Moriarty’, James Hunt simply called me ‘Arm’ based on the initials I wrote under for this magazine and the sister publication Motoring News. As a founding director…
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From sprint cars to two-seater Indy machines, there isn't much Mario Andretti hasn't driven – we look back on his best and most infamous competition cars
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From Tony Brooks's Pescara police chase to Ford's doomed 'other' sports car, here are your favourite archive features from throughout the year
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Racing movies can be divisive – we run through the winners and losers for you in one handy list
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Thirty years ago, in September 1995, David Coulthard scored the first of his eventual 13 grand prix wins at only his 21st attempt, and what turned out to be his…
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When the teaser trailer for F1 dropped during the British Grand Prix in July 2024, it included footage filmed at Silverstone the previous year, with Hollywood A-lister Brad Pitt hustling…
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It happened 10 years ago on the last lap of NASCAR's traditional season-opening Daytona 500. Everyone was jammed together in a massive pack, feet flat on the throttle in typical…
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In the end, it is just a car. You sit with a steering wheel in your hands. You change gear by shifting a lever fore and aft, working your way…
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Jean Rondeau did not always play by the rules; anyone who had the nerve to test pukka Le Mans cars on the public roads was bound to be a little…
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We coasted up the pit lane, the Aston Martin DBR1 and I, engine now silent. Helmet in the passenger seat, I listened to the utter silence in my ears that…
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The scene: the Glen Motor Inn, Watkins Glen. The date: September 1979. I am sitting at a table with a couple of colleagues, and studying the menu, unable to make…
