Motor racing has much for which to thank Bernie Ecclestone, although I wonder if even he sometimes regrets the hysteria and bling of today’s Formula 1 and the passing of…
Letter from Europe June 1968 While I was returning from the Targa Florio I was cruising quietly up the Autostrada del Sol at 105mph, admiring the scenery around Orvieto, north…
Thoroughly enjoyed John Oreovicz’s November issue article on American icons [America’s golden greats]. My father covered auto racing in the ’60s and ’70s for a local newspaper at [Pennsylvania’s] Langhorne,…
In John Dickson’s letter (October) there was a small error regarding the year I beat the reigning NHRA world champion Don Garlits. It was 1976, not 1967. This was at…
I read with interest the interview with Carroll Shelby [Carroll Shelby: The Lost Interview, September] on the creation of the AC Cobra and have to conclude that he was economical…
I was delighted to read of Jenks’s public-road jolly in the Lotus 12 [The time we drove a racing car on public roads, June 2024]. It reminded me of a tale…
May I congratulate fellow Motor Sport readers for selecting the Lotus 49 as their all-time favourite racing car [Race Car of the Century, Your votes are in..., August]. Mine too!…
From David Wesley Tee, Production Manager of Motor Sport when owned by his father, Wesley J Tee. Congratulations to the editor and all the Motor Sport staff for what I…
Your take on the stagnant and frequently predictable nature of Formula 1, and the excitement of Formula E in comparison [The Editor, May], which is definitely not predictable, was spot-on!…
I can’t be the only one who is fed up with hero-worshipping movies, documentaries and articles on Ayrton Senna [Senna, May]. Was he a good driver? No doubt. Did he…
How delightful to read the interview with Alain Prost [It sounds like a joke but I am completely underrated, March]. I am sure it will relaunch the debate on who…
As a long-time American F1 fan and Motor Sport magazine reader, I find the Andretti rejection insulting, condescending and arrogant. The Andretti organisation is a proven world-class racing leader. The…
Further to your editorial on FIA sexism [The Editor, February], drag racing has a healthier record of female racers. The lone female prize winner you mentioned at the FIA ceremony…
I find it interesting that Max Verstappen was quoted in various media outlets as not being enthusiastic about the promotional hype surrounding the recent grand prix in Las Vegas. Be…
Reading Mark Hughes’s column (December 2023 issue) I become ever more incredulous regarding the apparent opposition of the 10 existing Formula 1 teams to the ambition of Michael Andretti to…
Doug Nye seems to accept Felipe Massa’s legal claim that he might have won the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix had it not been red flagged, an event which in turn,…
