This week in motor sport from the Archive and Database, as Ligier begins the season with victory, plus nods to Gilles, Pedro and Foyt and more. January 16 1903: Resistance fighter and…

For the second year in a row five-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson has been ranked by Forbes magazine as America’s most influential athlete. Forbes polled more than 1100 adults aiming…

By Ross Jamieson As the chairman of Ferrari from 1991-2014, Luca di Montezemolo reigned over the Scuderia for each of the 11 Formula 1 titles amassed between ’99 and ’05.…

It’s an oft-repeated cliché that Suzuka is remote, but getting there is half the fun – and few motor sport destinations reward travellers quite so handsomely. Nagoya possesses the closest…

Defending NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson scored his sixth win of the year on Saturday night at the Charlotte Motor Speedway, pulling 90 points clear of closest challenger Mark…