Ronnie Peterson made his F1 debut with March – and he gave it a final grand prix win, as Paul Fearnley remembers

How Nelson Piquet moved from the European F3 midfield to the fringe of Formula 1 points in 1978   Career in brief Nationality: Brazilian Teams: Liggett Group with BS Fabrications, Team Tissot…

Paul Fearnley speaks to Hall of Fame nominee John Barnard about his time at Lola John Barnard CV Lola 1969-72 McLaren1972-75 Vel's Parnelli Jones 1975-77 Chaparral 1977-1980 McLaren 1980-1986 Ferrari 1986-90 Benetton 1990-93 Ferrari 1993-98 Arrows/Prost 1998-2001…

The returning Michael Schumacher in rear-gunner mode for Eddie Irvine, bargeboards and an irked Mika Häkkinen Point made. Schumacher leads the 1999 Malaysian Grand Prix “This guy is depressing: not only…

Fernando Alonso may have been the first driver to win a grand prix in Marina Bay but was far from the first driver to win in Singapore. Paul Fearnley looks back at the history of the Asian GP and the crowning of its first champions

Jackie Stewart called it the bravest sporting comeback. Monza’s tifosi was appreciative, too. Some observers, however, were dismayed or disgusted by it: Dead Man Driving. Even his team seemed embarrassed.…

Peter Collins was a handsome young man from Kidderminster with a knack for driving fast cars quickly – and with the world at his feet in 1956. The second teenage…

A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). Fussing over goggles steaming up in the rain and fretting about fouled spark plugs, Jim Clark…

A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). Not the first motor race with a GP suffix – that was Pau in February 1901…

A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). Jacky Ickx, arguably the greatest wet-weather driver, had seen enough. Twelve years on from finishing second…

A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). It had been 12 months since Rudi Caracciola wagged a finger, the established ace considering his…

A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). Winning as slowly as possible was not Gilles Villeneuve’s usual modus operandi. He had no option…