F1
Suzuki makes history at Suzuka
Simon Arron on a Japanese Grand Prix landmark that tends to be overlooked As sporting theatres go, it has few peers. From Osaka to the west or Nagoya to the…
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F1
Simon Arron: Why Formula 1 teams should be allowed to run 3 cars
Never mind the complications, consider the benefits… Silverstone, 1977. McLaren’s two works M26s are separated on the grid by an older M23, run by a satellite factory operation for a…
Opinion
F1
Simon Arron: The stark reality of McLaren’s situation
McLaren is a Formula 1 team with a history of fielding household names, but without Alonso in 2019, its decline could become more apparent than ever It was almost seamless.…
Opinion
F1
1980s in Focus
By Simon Arron It was a decade of contrast, conflict, controversy and change. Punk rock ceded to New Romanticism, John Lennon was assassinated in New York, America and others boycotted…
F1
Simon Arron: "History provides ample evidence to justify Ricciardo’s switch, but..."
There are more than enough recent examples that would have dissuaded Daniel Ricciardo from jumping to a rival F1 team Racing driver switches to slower team. Voluntarily. It isn’t common…
F1
‘You’ll never guess what’s just happened’
1999 Belgian Grand Prix – when an all-nighter meant what it said on the tin On the surface all was bluster. The new British American Racing team had launched amid…
F1
A Hockenheim classic: Ickx vs Rindt, 1970
As the dust settles on Silverstone, teams prepare for the run south-east to Germany… but both legs of this traditional July double are in jeopardy Is something rotten in the…
F1
France 1972: Stewart wins, Amon stars
Simon Arron on the masterful drives of Chris Amon and Jackie Stewart at the 1972 Formula 1 French Grand Prix, at a venue sorely missed from the calendar... As the…
Opinion
Historic Racing News
Thruxton at 50 (or 36, in this instance)
As Thruxton turns 50, Simon Arron turns all nostalgic The vista has long since vanished, concealed behind raised earth banks designed to insulate the real world from motor racing’s sonic…
F1
A 12-car pile-up and a Jordan 1-2
Simon Arron recalls the 1998 Belgian Grand Prix... The memory remains so fresh that it seems inconceivable 20 years could since have passed, but the Gregorian calendar…
Opinion
F1
The strangest win in the strangest of seasons
Simon Arron on an absolutely bizarre F1 season and the equally anomalous 1982 Monaco Grand Prix It would be the craziest of campaigns and a triumph for…
Opinion
F1
2003 British GP: Barrichello's quirky F1 double
Simon Arron recalls Rubens Barrichello's win at the 2003 British Grand Prix, which was memorable for all the wrong reasons As a contest it was among the…
