Ayrton Senna's great drives trip off the tongue. Monaco 1984; Portugal ’85; Japan ’88; Brazil ’91; Donington ’93; qualifying for Monaco in ’88; holding off Nigel Mansell in those scintillating…
A new season opens with complaints that Formula 1 is less competitive, exciting and dramatic than in its golden years. The sentiment 30 years ago was much the same. Entering the…
Formula 1 legend Alain Prost celebrates his 65th birthday today. With 51 grand prix wins and four world drivers’ titles, usually done in his inimitable smooth-as-silk style, his F1 career…
Imagine that Ayrton Senna, aged 30 and nearing the peak of his powers, had not taken part in the 1990 Formula 1 world championship. That, rather than claim the second…
Yas Marina Circuit, host of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, has virtues. But, in its decade on the Formula 1 itinerary, racing has rarely been among them. It therefore is dolefully appropriate…
The Brazilian Grand Prix usually throws up something bizarre. But none have come close to the dramatic 2003 race — and its aftermath Treacherous Turn Three during the 2003 Brazilian GP Photo:…
Formula 1’s previous Texas host is often dismissed as a fiasco on a crumbling track. But it had the potential to become one of F1’s most important rounds The start…
Early F1 races in Mexico were a popular fixture on the F1 calendar.... that was until the 1970 Mexican Grand Prix when a 200,000-strong crowd proved beyond control
Many didn’t think Damon Hill belonged in a championship fight with Michael Schumacher. But at a challenging 1994 Japanese Grand Prix, he confounded expectations Hill leads the Japanese Grand Prix amidst the downpour Photo:…
Classic F1: Under pressure, just three races into his career, Valtteri Bottas overturned the odds and left Lewis Hamilton behind to win the 2017 Russian Grand Prix Photo: Motorsport Images…
Fernando Alonso of Ferrari and Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull had a frustrating 2010 prior to the Singapore Grand Prix. But at the season’s toughest challenge, they elevated to another…
Known as the 'Temple of Speed', the Autodromo Nazionale Monza has played host to numerous historic battles, but none closer than the one that played out in 1971. The closest…
