Racing History

A series in which Motor Sport’s features editor raids the loft to salvage grainy fragments from his racing past Staw Renault 5 Elf Challenge, Oulton Park, August 9 1980 Here’s…

Brabham had yet to celebrate a second Formula 1 birthday when in 1964 it scored its first World Championship Grand Prix victory. It took the mercurial Colin Chapman’s Team Lotus twice…

Dan Gurney e-mailed us yesterday with his statement on the passing of Sir Jack Brabham It is with great sadness that I received the news that my former Formula 1…

  Sir Jack Brabham OBE, who passed away peacefully on Sunday evening UK time, was more than just one of the great drivers and a triple world champion. As he…

Taken from the May 1999 issue of Motor Sport Forty years after he won his first World Championship, Sir Jack Brabham is showing no signs of slowing down. He is…

Though ‘The Boy’ was not yet 25, it was time to man-up. Mike Hawthorn, just six months his senior, already had. It wasn’t entirely Stirling’s fault. The British constructors in…

Henry Hope-Frost hosts the Credit Suisse Drivers' Forum over the Grand Prix Historique de Monaco weekend. His panelists include Stirling Moss, Jochen Mass, Derek Bell and current factory Porsche driver…

The Ecclestone Era is nearing its end: death and taxes and all that. But when did it start? Forty years ago next Monday, I reckon. Even our esteemed Continental Correspondent…

Motor racing was spiritual for Ayrton Senna and Monaco was his cathedral: a special race in a special place for a special driver. He was ‘baptised’ there (in 1984). Explored…

It seems to me appropriate – with May 1 upon us – to take a break from the current Formula 1 scene, from bickering about not enough noise and too…

Taken from the June 1994 issue of Motor Sport By David Tremayne Ayrton Senna was the most committed man I ever met. The sheer depth of his approach to his…

“Did you ever meet him?” This is a question I am often asked. Almost every time us fans get round a few beers his name always comes up. “Did you…

A series in which Motor Sport’s features editor raids the loft to salvage grainy fragments from his racing past. Le Mans 24 Hours, June 10-11 1978 I’m not ashamed to admit…

If Lewis Hamilton wins in Spain and Mercedes-Benz team-mate Nico Rosberg finishes second (again), the Englishman will assume a three-point lead in the standings. And it will be done and…

Imagine you wanted to start an F1 team. I expect it’s a notion many of us have idly dreamed about. You have a microscopic fraction of the money of the…

First Martin Whitmarsh. Now Stefano Domenicali. No more Mister Nice Guys. Perhaps McLaren and Ferrari really do need to be on a collision course in order to perform. Ron Dennis…

The great Brazilian spent six seasons with the Woking team, winning 35 Grands Prix and three world titles. Twenty years on from Senna’s passing, McLaren boss Ron Dennis reflects on…