F1
The new F1: part of a cycle of change
The 2014 Formula 1 cars aren’t quick enough, according to one impatient driver. Not only is their downforce insufficient, but also Pirelli’s latest batch of rubber is too hard. Good.…
Racing History
Explore news, articles and features from years gone by in our category all about the history of racing and those that made it. From iconic people to iconic moments with interviews, opinions and much more.
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The greatest racing drivers of all time
Motor Sport is celebrating its 90th anniversary this year and our July issue will be a special collectors' edition. A large part of the magazine will look back at the…
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The greatest motor racing cars of all time
Motor Sport is celebrating its 90th anniversary this year and our July issue will be a special collectors' edition. A large part of the magazine will look back at the…
Racing History
Mini's Monte Carlo anniversary
Can’t help thinking that the usually perspicacious BMW has missed a trick. But for its maxi budgetary kerfuffle with Prodrive in 2011-’12, it might this Sunday have been celebrating the…
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Timmy Mayer: McLaren's lost talent
Bruce McLaren Motor Racing Ltd made its race debut half a century ago. In 10 short weeks thereafter it experienced the gamut of its glorious but gladiatorial era. Not only…
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Alex Harmer's highlight of 2013
Working at Motor Sport certainly has its perks. In April I visited a BMW Classic workshop near Munich to see the unveiling of the restored Brabham BT52 that Nelson Piquet…
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Brooks: one of the greatest talents
In celebration of the upcoming Motor Sport Hall of Fame, we look back on the careers of our founding members and inductees. Taken from the September 2003 issue of Motor…
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Gordon Cruickshank's highlight of 2013
Like all the best awards ceremonies I’ll air my runner-up highlight first: fighting off the BBC to get time with David Coulthard. We knew things would be tight when we…
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Moss: in a category reserved for icons
In celebration of the upcoming Motor Sport Hall of Fame, we look back on the careers of our founding members and inductees. Taken from the October 1999 issue of Motor…
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The farce of the 1999 title decider
Sepang, October 1999. Somewhat against his will – for he had little enthusiasm for helping another Ferrari driver to win the world championship – Michael Schumacher, fully recovered from the…
Colin Chapman
Chapman's final years
Anthony Colin Bruce Chapman died 31 years ago this week. He was 54. Peter Warr and Colin Chapman, 1982 He looked older. The toll exacted by a hectic life of…
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Fangio: the morning I met the Maestro
In celebration of the upcoming Motor Sport Hall of Fame, we look back on the careers of our founding members and inductees. Taken from the November 2010 issue of Motor…
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Bruce McLaren's first win at Sebring
Bruce McLaren shouldn’t have been there. Masten Gregory should. Cooper team leader Jack Brabham reckoned the latter the most fearless man he met. Yet even the gung-ho ‘Kansas City Flash’…
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Nuvolari: the man who knew no fear
In celebration of the upcoming Motor Sport Hall of Fame, we look back on the careers of our founding members and inductees. Taken from the October 1953 issue of Motor…
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Ken Gregory and Stirling Moss
In honour of the late Ken Gregory, here's an article we published in the October 2009 issue of Motor Sport. Stirling Moss: “It’s often been said that I was the…
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F1's number conundrum
Think of a number. Go on, Formula 1 is. Next Monday the good burghers of its Strategy Group will for a second time within a few months discuss a proposal…
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Ferrari: the World Champions
In celebration of the upcoming Motor Sport Hall of Fame, we look back on the careers of our founding members and inductees. If you would like to order any of…