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90th anniversary special
Celebrating nine decades with the world's oldest and best motor racing magazine ‘From Brooklands to Bernie, Blower Bentleys to blown…
Celebrating nine decades with the world's oldest and best motor racing magazine ‘From Brooklands to Bernie, Blower Bentleys to blown…
The first-ever permanent race track was built in Surrey – but did Brooklands rest too long on its laurels? Writer…
Pre-war motor racing was well reported by the British weeklies The Motor and The Autocar, with Tom Moore and friends…
Necessity rendered this one of the briefest ‘decades’ in the annals of motor sport, yet it would also be one…
Alfa Romeo’s team of cherry-red Tipo 158s took the first three places in the inaugural round of the Formula 1…
The remarkable event that we celebrate in this issue – the fact that Motor Sport, after 90 years of publication,…
The space race wasn’t limited to matters extra-terrestrial. Some of the technology was having a significant impact on race tracks…
Once dismissed by Enzo Ferrari as a science for those who didn’t understand engines, aerodynamics proved to be manna for…
Power was king, but its generation was often more subtle than the wider world appreciated. Irrespective of methodology, the spectacle…
Huge advances in safety corresponded with real-world political and financial machinations that would change motor racing forever. And it can…
Rose-tinted spectacles are a wonderful invention, but they don’t always focus accurately. Modern life, then, is not necessarily rubbish… Writer…
The Bradford lad who took an early decision to target a career in America – a move that has served…
Steve McQueen – Le Mans, 1970 For Steve McQueen, making a film of the Le Mans race was a passion.…
What is it about Monaco? The high-rise apartments have trashed the old Victorian elegance, the streets and traffic are brain-fryingly…
The fourth Donington Historic Festival featured a weekend of stand-out races, topped by Simon Hadfield’s Gentleman Drivers’ victory over Olly…
The spectator banks were bustling rather than brimming, but the sense of occasion was tangible as Brands Hatch played host…
The taste of good heights Oulton Park, April 21 & Thruxton, May 4: British motor sport’s twin peaks… but could…
Astons in the blood A trip to Surrey uncovers a cache of Britain's finest, and a man with a fund…
In Jarrot's slipstream Retracing the route of the Circuit des Ardennes, where British pioneers made their names London’s first Chinese…
Unfortunately due to circumstances outside of our control the Martin Whitmarsh podcast has been cancelled. We will be recording a podcast with Damon Hill on Thursday as part of the Royal Automobile…
In 1973 Jackie Stewart would finish only fourth in the Italian Grand Prix, but then he had come through from 20th place after suffering an early puncture, and it is…
The F1 2020 video game will be released on July 10 later this year, and will allow players to add their own team to the Formula 1 grid for the…
The greatest win for one of the greatest ever Grand Prix drivers, Tazio Nuvolari at the Nürburgring in 1935. It's 63 years to the day since the Italian died of a…