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Matters of moment, October 2008
History today Silverstone is the most historic active race circuit in Britain. Donington Park is older, but it can’t boast…
History today Silverstone is the most historic active race circuit in Britain. Donington Park is older, but it can’t boast…
World champions Kimi RAikkonen and Fernando Alonso remain the keys to the Formula 1 driver market for 2009, as their…
Toyota Motorsport president John Howett has questioned the FIA’s move towards a greener future for Formula 1. In addition to…
Max Mosley has continued his litigation against the News of the World by launching a libel suit against the newspaper,…
Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo is to chair the new Formula One Teams’ Association, a forum within which the teams…
Heikki Kovalainen was confirmed as a McLaren driver for 2009 even before he scored his maiden F1 win in the…
Formtech GmbH, a German company that builds parts for the F1 industry, has bought the fixed assets offered by the…
Reflections – A meeting with Jim France at Goodwood – Cheever on Prost and the pity of GP Masters –…
Tottenham Hotspur became the first Premier League club to sign up for the new Superleague Formula due to kick off…
Former grand prix driver Eric van de Poele notched up a record fifth victory in the Spa 24 Hours in…
Jaguar’s new Indian owners could take the marque back to the Le Mans 24 Hours in the future. Le Mans…
A race in the USA is one of Stephane Ratel’s targets for the new-for-2010 World Championship for GT1 cars. Ratel…
The British Touring Car Championship has seen a huge increase in spectator support and viewing figures on its new channel,…
Le Mans 24 Hours winner Allan McNish has vowed to take the fight to Peugeot in Britain’s round of the…
NASCAR Dario Franchitti’s stock car career has been given a lifeline by Chip Ganassi Racing, despite the team dropping him…
Jim Whitehouse Engine builder Jim Whitehouse, who has died aged 87, was the man behind the Arden name which through…
A road trip to remember The historic weekend at Road America in Wisconsin is one of my favourite events in…
Must the car show go on? Can you tell me what Ferrari has in common with Skoda, or Lamborghini with…
Italy’s other red star Ducati is a remarkable company. It builds just 40,000 bikes each year and yet it can…
Stacey’s sock tactics Sir, Interviewed by Simon Taylor in July, Peter Warr mentioned Alan Stacey who had lost part of…
The McLaren 620R is the newest in the company's sports series, making the racing tech of the 570S GT4 road legal McLaren has announced the 620R as the newest model in its sports…
Like grandfather like grandson: Emerson Fittipaldi, the 70-year-old double world champion, has revealed he hopes to clamber back into the cockpit one more time and race alongside his grandsons Pietro and Enzo in…
When it came, the news was partially expected. Philippe Bianchi recently hinted that his son’s prospects of making any kind of recovery were looking more distant and, on Saturday morning,…
Sébastien Loeb could be on to make more 2022 cameo appearances for the M-Sport Ford rally team after his sensational Monte Carlo win this weekend, with his one-time team boss…