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Letters: January 2018
Making plans for Nigel I have enjoyed the recent series of technical retrospectives. The underlying reasons for a car’s speed…
Making plans for Nigel I have enjoyed the recent series of technical retrospectives. The underlying reasons for a car’s speed…
KEEPING AN EYE ON TIME Powerful players in the watch world H. MOSER & CIE H. Moser & Cie is…
When he retired from Formula 1 last year many thought they had seen the last of the 2009 world champion,…
In an extract from his new book, Jenson Button describes the moment he knew what he would do with his…
Bruno Junqueira once faced Jenson Button in a Williams F1 shoot-out. Button got the nod – just – at the…
The Spanish rule MotoGP and in Marc Márquez have a genius that can live up to the country’s bygone legends.…
Eight of the most dominant Spanish motorcycle riders ever to grace the discipline ANGEL NIETO Got his first job aged…
The Spanish never truly embraced F1 until Fernando Alonso broke cover. Their love affair with motorcycle racing runs rather deeper... photographer…
Riverside, California, 1964. A psychologist is at the Los Angeles Times Grand Prix, interviewing racing drivers as part of a research project…
We explore the technical reasons behind the failure of four-wheel-drive F1 cars in 1969 – and consider whether it could…
A successful first test of the Bloodhound land speed record car did more than prove that 1000mph is within sight…
1 Bloodhound reached 210mph in 8sec at Newquay. By way of comparison, the Bugatti Chiron takes 13.1sec to reach 186mph. 2 If…
Why analogue dials will be vital When Andy Green eventually attempts to take Bloodhound to a four-figure speed in 2020,…
Not clones, not replicas – these two E-types have parallel and equally compelling histories Rather like today’s superstar footballers and…
The 2017 season had it all – new cars, new faces and new owners. But for Lewis Hamilton it was…
THE 2017 GENERATION OF CARS “They brought exactly what I expected in that the racing was worse. But in terms…
The top five drivers from the 2017 Formula 1 season #1 Lewis Hamilton This was the most impressive of Hamilton’s…
Every year the Race of Remembrance commemorates the sacrifices made by service personnel and their families. Motor Sport shared a…
Aston Martin is gearing up for a fresh assault on Le Mans with its all-new Vantage GTE It may seem…
Despite a forthcoming F1 partnership, WEC and GT remain at Aston’s core Aston Martin may be beginning a partnership with…
Early this year Jacques Villeneuve tried to break into NASCAR with Bill Davis’s Toyota team. Jacques had a tough time and was left on the sidelines after just half a…
Lewis Hamilton was back and after an enticing insight into F1 at the sharp end, poor George Russell, last weekend’s story, was back down to earth with a bump. Back…
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
Picture it now: a Mercedes W10 gunning down the Brooklands straight at Thruxton, or Ferrari's SF90 dicing with last year’s McLaren on the run up to Oulton Park’s Knickerbrook. British…