It was guesswork that guided us to the Dadford Road in 1977. Back then I had only a vague notion of Silverstone’s whereabouts, but we knew we must be getting…
It was inevitable that triumph would be tempered by tears. Given what had happened at the start of this year’s Le Mans 24 Hours, it would have been fitting to…
According to the official Le Mans 24 Hours timetable, Friday is a time of rest – an opportunity for drivers to unwind or, in the case of some mechanics, to…
Six years distant already? It seems barely feasible. At the time Lewis Hamilton was a bright-eyed neophyte, bereft of cynicism – a 22-year-old who bounced his way through Grand Prix…
A sizeable jam developed behind Sergio Pérez’s buckled McLaren towards the closing stages of the 2013 Monaco Grand Prix, but it was nothing compared with the race’s immediate aftermath. The…
It’s the sound that counts, rather than its provenance. As soon as an exhaust’s siren bark first echoes from Monte Carlo’s many apartment blocks, it creates a feelgood factor. This…
Price of a croissant in the trendier parts of Nice? About the same as a semi-detached in Wimbledon. Price of a croissant in the back streets of Monte Carlo? Actually…
It wasn’t so much an installation lap as a detonation. The opening few minutes of Monaco free practice are usually an exercise in restraint, drivers feeling their way around and…
No matter how many times you are privileged to attend, the anticipation never wanes. You know it won’t be a race in the conventional sense of the term – not…
Circuit de Catalunya Spanish Grand Prix, June 2 1996 It had been a fairly quiet weekend, hitherto – if you discount serial backmarker Forti making a fuss about a new…
There was, I’ll admit, a slight sense of disorientation. About 35 minutes before a Grand Prix starts, custom dictates that I leave the media centre, make my way across the…
Sunday’s headline drama triggered all manner of outrage (or, in some instances, indifference), but Sebastian Vettel’s disobedience masked a milder strain of anarchy that appeared to pass almost unnoticed. There…
