“Have I won the championship?” asked Nelson Piquet Jr seconds after crossing the finishing line in Battersea Park. “By my calculations, you have, mate,” answered TV commentator Jack Nicholls in…
My Matters of Moment column in the July issue of Motor Sport includes a few curt observations on the subject of leadership in Formula 1 – or more specifically its alarming absence.…
The countdown is on. As I write, there are just 45 days to go until the 83rd Le Mans 24 Hours rolls into action at the fabled Circuit de la Sarthe…
In Motor Sport this month, Grand Prix editor Mark Hughes addresses the ‘big questions’ we’ve posed ahead of the Formula 1 season, gathering all his information from the recent Spanish tests to offer a…
I like this time of year. New racing cars break cover, their teams and drivers full of hope that potential shored up during winter will spring into reality as testing…
Adrian Newey, Christian Horner, Martin Brundle and David Coulthard were among the stars on hand to help launch the inaugural London Classic Car Show on Thursday night at the ExCel…
As scalps go, they don’t come much bigger than AJ Foyt. He’s been on our ‘Lunch with’ target list for years, but getting to the legendary Texan all-rounder – the…
Walter Wolf wouldn’t enjoy running a Formula 1 team in 2014. We know this because we asked him. Yes, Motor Sport has tracked down one of the most elusive and rarely interviewed…
When news broke that the Caterham Formula 1 team had been placed in administration, I couldn’t help but reflect on a few choice cuts from Mark Hughes’ Motor Sport magazine columns this year.…
Piero Ferrari has always been something of an enigma to the world beyond the gates of Maranello. The illegitimate son of Enzo is ‘the man in the shadows of a…
You never have to look far if you really want to gain a true sense of perspective. Take the October issue of Motor Sport, for example. Since Sunday I, like…
Adrian Newey packages his thoughts into words in much the same way he draws perfectly formed Grand Prix cars: there’s not an ounce of wastage, everything is expressed tidily and always…
