Archive Simon Taylor Modern times If a week is a long time in politics a month is an age in Formula One. Since we last met on this page we've had three more… August 2004 Issue By Simon Taylor
Archive Modern Times So the Championship goes to the final round: down, as journalists are fond of saying, to the wire. In the Luxembourg Grand Prix, in Michael Schumacher's back yard and in… November 1998 Issue By Simon Taylor
Archive Modern Times The Japanese Grand Prix and its attendant dramas are long gone now: consigned already, it seems, to the history books. Our new World Champion churns bravely through his publicity tours… January 1999 Issue By Simon Taylor
Archive Modern times Publishing schedules mean you’ve got the better of me again. As I write this, the Formula One teams are turning their transporters towards the high-speed sweeps of Silverstone. As you… August 1998 Issue By Simon Taylor
Archive Lunch With... Richard Noble "For Britain, and for the hell of it.” Just after he had finally become the fastest man on earth, Richard Noble was asked why he’d done it. Why, in pursuing… December 2013 Issue By Simon Taylor
Archive Lunch with... Tom Kristensen Le Mans is an extraordinary motor race, and to conquer it takes an extraordinary mix of abilities. Physical fitness and stamina, of course, and high levels of cockpit concentration, often… July 2010 Issue By Simon Taylor
Great Read Archive Lunch with... Damon Hill Ten years on from that cold, grey afternoon in Japan when he became Britain’s most recent World Champion, Damon Hill looks fit and relaxed. He smiles a lot, laughs at… January 2007 Issue By Simon Taylor
Great Read Archive Stirling Moss at 80 – Estate agent or MP? On the afternoon of April 23rd 1962, the professional motor racing career of Stirling Moss ended against an earth bank on the approach to St Mary’s Corner at Goodwood. The… October 2009 Issue By Simon Taylor
Great Read Archive Lunch with... Ron Dennis Where better to have lunch with Ron Dennis CBE than in the McLaren Technology Centre, which houses most of the companies in the McLaren Group and over 2000 staff, including… November 2012 Issue By Simon Taylor
Archive Lunch with... Dario Franchitti In today's Formula 1-obsessed world, the name of Dario Franchitti does not loom as large as it should. All those reference books and websites that believe motor sport starts and… May 2011 Issue By Simon Taylor
Archive Lunch with... Peter Warr At its zenith, Lotus was Formula 1’s most consistently successful team, winning 71 World Championship races in 19 seasons. Ferrari’s tally for that same period was 44. Any list of… July 2008 Issue By Simon Taylor
Archive Lunch with Mike Costin The first seeds of many a great enterprise have been planted by the meeting of two young people with similar ambitions and complementary talents: like the day in May 1904… February 2012 Issue By Simon Taylor