Pascal Wehrlein sits another Grand Prix out, a risky move in a risky business? Only he knows for sure. But Pascal Wehrlein must also know that he is playing a…

Lance Stroll makes his F1 bow this weekend – Paul Fearnley suggests he reads up on Peter Revson for comfort Okay, now I’m feeling old. It wasn’t so very long ago, was…

Meeke got away with it in Mexico, which is more than can be said for some. Motor sport's late gaffes... It used to be in gravel rallying that to finish…

As this week in Barcelona has shown, testing throws up some interesting sights – none more so than the six-wheel wonders of the 1980s Keke Rosberg’s championship-winning Williams of 1982 was…

Racing's most versatile – and coolest – Mario Andretti at 77 There are some among us labouring under the misapprehension that Super Mario is an Italian plumber of at least…

Paul Fearnley unpicks the surprising history of the Pau Grand Prix The winter health resort with a breathtaking Pyrénéan panorama got more than it bargained for on the occasion of…

With Bernie out of F1, Paul Fearnley takes a long look at Bernie's Brabham Had a big soft spot for Ecclestone-era Brabham. There have been very few better than its…

So how come Tazio Nuvolari was so fast? Two Motor Sport photographs in particular provide clues. The first features in the August 1932 edition’s French Grand Prix report (right). It…

If, as big boss Sergio Marchionne has suggested, Alfa Romeo returns to Formula 1 to act as Ferrari’s feeder team, the wheel will have turned full circle. For it was…

Max Verstappen had Paul Fearnley enthralled at Interlagos, bringing to mind some of the sport's most gifted  Not since Villeneuve. I refer to Gilles, although Jacques to be fair had his…

Paddy Lowe has quietly racked up more than 150 victories in Formula 1, Paul Fearnley looks at Lowe's influence  Nico Rosberg’s victory at Spa-Francorchamps in August marked the 150th win…

  Two successful co-drivers hung up their intercoms after the 1981 RAC Rally. Men with an eye for detail and their career paths mapped. They were: the immaculately coiffed David…