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Matters of moment, October 2016
News of Chris Amon’s passing filtered through from New Zealand on the morning of August 3. From the moment I…
News of Chris Amon’s passing filtered through from New Zealand on the morning of August 3. From the moment I…
Chris Amon has passed away, aged 73, after an extended fight with cancer. Never have statistics lied more diabolically in…
Predictably just about all the obituaries began with the easy cliché line: ‘Chris Amon, widely regarded as the greatest driver…
Why has the recently postponed cockpit halo proven to be so much more emotive for fans than pretty much all…
Here we are still talking about Kimi Räikkönen’s Formula 1 career in the present tense, a decade-and-a-half since he was…
Back in 2007 at the Hungaroring Fernando Alonso (initially) cost Lewis Hamilton a shot at pole position by infamously waiting…
Turn 5, Hungaroring They’ve re-surfaced the Hungaroring and normally that would mean a reduction in grip. The smooth surface would…
Ferrari and its technical director James Allison officially parted company between the Hungarian and German Grands Prix. Allison – who…
All change in North America ...but will new-look endurance races attract sufficient support? | By Gary Watkins The top flight…
A golden year for Penske In its 50th season Roger Penske’s team looks likely to win its 14th IndyCar championship.…
John Blunsden Popular motor racing publisher and motoring journalist John Blunsden has died at the age of 86, after a long…
For many, Jack Sears will be remembered as the first British Saloon Car champion back in 1958. But Sears, who…
No need for motor sport in the Olympics I read something the other day that suggested the Olympic Games…
Neurons win out over digits A decade after Formula 1 switched to A single-spec ECU, MotoGP has gone the same…
TT stars set for Goodwood McGuinness and Dunlop face Revival showdown | By Paul Lawrence Two of the biggest stars…
My Life at the Wheel John Fitzpatrick Custom dictates that the worthiest books often fail to attract the audience they…
With Porsche and Aston Martin both offering low-line four-seaters with exceptional performance, it’s easy to forget that we’ve been here…
Nissan eyes electric future Will BladeGlider be the shape of things to come? | By Andrew Frankel Recently the Olympic…
Excellent – if you’re the right sort of person for it This is the curious story of a Fiat that…
More of everything – including calm, poise and ability Everything about the new Jaguar F-type SVR seems to shout ‘more’.…
TV start times, live streams and radio coverage for the 2021 Austrian Grand Prix
Motorcycle racing has produced so many characters, but few will make you laugh as much as four-times British champion, Isle of Man TT winner and John Player Norton rider Dave…
It was a race that brought almost half the grid penalties for exceeding track limits, a stunning drive from 15th to the podium for Sergio Perez, and hard-fought battles in…
While Ferrari was slower than Mercedes in the Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas found the W10 to be a handful – and things could change…