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Matters of Moment, December 2015
Out the back at Thruxton no one could touch Justin,” says the familiar voice on the end of the phone…
Out the back at Thruxton no one could touch Justin,” says the familiar voice on the end of the phone…
Drivers who speak their mind are a breath of fresh air in a Formula 1 paddock that trades all too…
Nico Rosberg leads away at the start of the second modern Russian Grand Prix. The German started from pole, but…
In the slipstream of four straight world titles, the past 18 months have been difficult by Red Bull Racing’s customary…
At this stage of the season, with everything up at the Mercedes end of the grid funnelling down towards second consecutive…
Chance can be a fine thing When manufacturers go racing they learn from other manufacturers; that’s half the point of…
Teams split on WEC future More powerful hybrid systems, and potentially more of them... The scope for green technology within the…
Mission impossible? It was indeed After two and a half years as IndyCar’s president of competition and operations, Derrick Walker has…
The battle to stay on terms with Porsche If there’s one country on the FIA World Endurance Championship calendar that most…
Alain Prost Maurice Hamilton Hallelujah! Here’s a rare English biography of an unfathomably overlooked motor racing great, with committed input…
GT40s for Goodwood New races dedicated to Ford GT40s, under 2-litre touring cars and 100-year-old Edwardian specials will be among…
VW’s future options It will be many years before the full ramifications of the Volkswagen emissions scandal are known and,…
Raging bull receives sufficient extra pep to challenge the prancing horse | by Andrew Frankel There must have been at least…
The Volkswagen Golf R is one of those machines beloved by lazy motoring journalists for the access it provides to…
Space is limited on these pages, which is why mid-life updates of even quite important cars sometimes fail to make…
It is well known that next year Ford will launch a new Focus RS, the first with four-wheel drive. If the…
Right team, wrong venue Martin Brundle’s memories of racing with Stefan Bellof in their normally aspirated Tyrrells at Zandvoort in…
A film about a film? That’s the premise of a new documentary, but many tales about Steve McQueen and Le…
There are several elements that gild the story of any competition car, which highlight its innate abilities, pedigree and rarity. One…
The first surprise is that the Jersey taxi driver is Glaswegian, the second that Nigel Mansell seems to be in…
By Lee McKenzie I bet you never thought you'd look forward to seeing the pointing, celebratory finger of Sebastian Vettel after four years of consecutive world titles. But who wasn't…
A series taken from the 164-page Motor Sport special Great Racing Cars, which is available to buy here From the editor Damien Smith How would you define a ‘great’ racing car? Race wins and…
Current grand prix machines are some of the most advanced ever seen. But that doesn't mean that they are the fastest F1 cars of all time...
Senior Williams engineer to leave at the end of 2018 F1 season Williams' head of performance engineering, Rob Smedley, will leave the team at the end of the 2018 Formula…