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Indycar teams feel the pinch
The American Le Mans Series kicks off with the Sebring 12 Hours in mid-March when Audi will race its new…
The American Le Mans Series kicks off with the Sebring 12 Hours in mid-March when Audi will race its new…
How many teams will turn out at Daytona this year? As America contemplates a long recession and sponsors pull back,…
I guess we shouldn’t be surprised that, with Jaguar under new ownership, once more the rumour mill is gearing up…
Talking of Elises, I’ve been driving one with body panels and seats made from hemp, and upholstery provided by sheep…
I am grateful to Renault for introducing me to a breed of car I had long thought extinct: the genuinely…
An end to F1 excesses Sir, Notwithstanding the passion that followers of Formula 1 inherently share, could there be anything…
It comes to us all, I suppose, but the notion of Niki Lauda celebrating his 60th birthday on February 22…
The 1982 US (West) Grand Prix – Lauda’s first win after his ‘retirement’ The red light shone, then the green,…
X stood for experimental, G for Guinness; same manufacturer, but, as you might have already guessed, radically different mindsets. X…
2009’s F1 cars may not be the prettiest, but any car that wins is beautiful… Savouring the promise of closer…
All eyes were on the Algarve when the teams finally revealed their 2009 cars. But lap times were the last…
In a time of economic hardship, Porsche’s new €100m Stuttgart museum is a defiant display of classic road and race…
Versatile racer David Hobbs, the 50th anniversary of the US GP, and the day Indy came to Daytona will all…
Indycars at Daytona. That suggestion today would bring a volley of laughter from drivers, mechanics, owners and race officials. The…
Did this Oldsmobile Autocrat, dubbed ‘Yellow Peril’ by its first owner, really finish a 1911 Labor Day race in flames?…
Ray Rowe joined Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Ltd at its lock-up garage in Chessington in April 1965. And he’s still…
In the UK at least, the frenzy surrounding Lewis Hamilton’s World Championship win last November spread far beyond Formula 1’s…
No, we don’t mean Michael. Or Ralf… We’re talking about Top Fuel star Tony, ‘The Sarge’ who dominates US drag…
He was a mentor to Britain’s greatest racer of the 1930s, but Giulio Ramponi also knew and worked with Ascari,…
British sports car maker Radical went to Le Mans for the first time in 2006, but only after it had…
Sebastian Vettel (1st) It's hard to say whether he would have been so dominant if Hamilton’s brakes weren’t such an issue, but the German drove a superb race regardless. Even…
Our products of the month, including two pieces of Formula 1 merchandise, limited-edition posters, a LEGO Ford Mustang and hats that throw back to the most famous racing sponsors Renault…
IndyCar’s championship will be decided at next Saturday night’s season-closing 500-mile race at the high-banked California Speedway and no fewer than five drivers have a mathematical chance of winning the…
Ninety years ago, Tommy Milton and Jimmy Murphy were the men to beat in what was then known as AAA championship racing. Blind in one eye from birth, Milton won…