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The ones that got away
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…
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Four wheels good, six wheels better
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…
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Super Mario
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…
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The snow in Pau falls mainly…
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…
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Bernie's Brabham
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…
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The secret to Nuvolari's speed
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…
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Alfa Romeo's full F1 circle
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…
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Departing like a champion
Rosberg's departure was dramatic but not unique. Paul Fearnley looks back through F1's separated champions Nico Rosberg’s intention was honourable – though he who laughs last tends to laugh longest…
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The Rosbergs: worlds apart
Paul Fearnley marks F1's second-ever father and son World Champions by looking back on 1982, the year of Keke Keijo Erik and Nico Erik. Father and son. And Formula 1 world…
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To Max
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…
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Paddy Lowe: 155 wins and counting
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…
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The making of Jean Todt: from rally co-driver to FIA president
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…
