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Even before you meet Mario Andretti, the bare statistics tell you this man is unique. In a full-time career lasting an astonishing 35 seasons, he was a winner in F1,…

The sharp, punchy little guy from Romford has a downbeat view of his own racing career. He led his first home Grand Prix, and was set for a fairytale win…

Racing drivers tend to be a selfish breed. Actually, it’s common in most sports: to be the best, at your best in any given field, takes total focus and dedication,…

Floyd Ganassi Jr, better known as ‘Chip’, is quite simply one of the most successful team owners in the sport. He came to motor racing as a driver and raced…

On paper, it had the potential to be one of the most romantic of all motor racing fairy tales: the schoolboy who was given an unexpected opportunity to sit at the…

Dumb and dumber. That's how Sky Formula 1 presenter Simon Lazenby once chose to refer to our guests for lunch this month. The question is, which one is which? Let’s…

Was that really so long ago?” Jonathan Palmer shakes his head in disbelief at the rapidity of time’s passage. It was in 2006 that Motor Sport commenced its monthly ‘lunch’…

The best-laid plans... Motor Sport originally intended to catch up with John Cleland in March, but a minor cough triggered a postponement – “My wife put me in quarantine, to…

He co-owned the Spirit Formula 1 team in the early 1980s, helped mastermind Audi’s successes in the British Touring Car Championship in the mid-1990s, was at the helm of the…

Sir Stirling Moss doesn’t eat lunch. At 76 years of age, he’s far too busy. By 7am each day he’s at his desk in his self-designed, high-tech house in Shepherd…

There is quite a pleasing functionality about Red Bull’s base on an industrial estate in Milton Keynes. It has an opulent trophy cabinet, of course, and there’s a show car…

To the wider world, he is almost completely unknown. Within motor racing, he is a hardened perennial, friendly but forthright, a man whose cheerful demeanour masks a steely competitive streak.…

It is just possible that Marcus Grönholm hasn’t fully grasped the concept of a Motor Sport lunch. The 2019 Wales Rally GB is just beginning to get into its stride…

Like many great motoring tales, this one began with a Mk1 Volkswagen Golf. Unlike many great motoring tales, that small German hatchback inadvertently spawned the rebirth of GT racing and…

Autumn 1983. An Alfasud Sprint hustles through the Northamptonshire B-roads with a Ford Fiesta XR2 several lengths in arrears. After a few miles, the Alfa driver jumps out at a…

His name is the stuff of legend, as it should be for a driver who notched up four championships during what was arguably the most competitive era of the World…

His career stats are quirky – 49 grand prix starts and only three points finishes, two of those being victories – but they encapsulate Jean-Pierre Jabouille’s role to perfection. He…