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…
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…
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…
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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
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). 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…
