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Remember Jack Brabham this weekend: one of the greatest of all
Ten years have passed since the death of Jack Brabham. Time for Matt Bishop to remind us why he's one of the very best to have graced the World Championship
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Matt Bishop: 'Hundreds of racers owe their health to nurses. Now I do too'
The Atkinson Morley Hospital treated Stirling Moss for career-ending injuries six decades ago. Earlier this year, in modern form, it admitted Matt Bishop who reflects upon racing, living, and the gratitude that so many owe to nurses
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Senna and the other racing heroes lost on May 1
Motor sport fans will always remember Ayrton Senna on May 1, but he wasn't the only racer to lose his life on that date. Matt Bishop looks back at four more remarkable stories
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Niki Lauda's first F1 grand prix win from the chaos of Jarama
Fifty years ago, Ferrari boss Luca di Montezemolo leapt into the air as Niki Lauda won the 1974 Spanish Grand Prix, claiming his first victory in the F1 championship. Matt Bishop recounts the remarkable race
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Fitness, Spitfires and Beethoven: what fired up Frank Williams away from the F1 track
The man who led Williams to become one of F1's greatest teams had several passions outside racing. Matt Bishop recalls how Beethoven brought his father and Sir Frank Williams together in an emotive Royal Albert Hall performance
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Max Mosley: 'As much sinner as saint, but we'll never see his like again'
Max Mosley shaped F1 — and modern motor sport — as we know it, doing good and bad. Matt Bishop examines the complex character of the former FIA president
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The brilliant Fisichella: was Italy's last great F1 driver 'too nice'?
Giancarlo Fisichella was blessed with uncommon F1 car control – but did he have that killer instinct? Matt Bishop remembers the mercurial GP career of 'Fisico'
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Williams' 1980 F1 power duo: dextrous Reutemann and burly Jones
By the turn of the decade from the 1970s to '80s, F1 was still brimming with with top class drivers – but two were head and shoulders above the rest, writes Matt Bishop
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The brilliant Nicola Larini and his place in Italy's lost F1 generation
When Nicola Larini got the chance, he showed that he had the pace to thrive in F1. But, writes Matt Bishop, those chances were all too rare
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New drivers, teams and champions: When F1 seasons were a step into the unknown
Multiple race winners, four new teams and fresh-faced rookies — the 2010 F1 season had it all. So where did it all go wrong? Matt Bishop explains how the series has changed it focus from on-track action to the best on-screen performances
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Racing marshals: real heroes who sometimes pay the ultimate price
On the anniversary of Tom Pryce's death in the 1977 South African GP, Matt Bishop remembers the other man killed that day: Frederik Jansen van Vuuren, as well as his fellow F1 marshals who lost their lives in the service of the sport they loved
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Christian Horner's 'scary ambition' that was obvious the moment he entered F1
In 2004, Christian Horner was on his way to the Shanghai GP paddock — an F3000 team owner on a winning streak, hired to lead Red Bull into F1. Alongside him was Matt Bishop who recalls Horner's striking quality that still stands out today