Editor's letters

Our thirst for live motor sport shows no sign of abating. This summer I have been struck by the sheer scale and popularity of some of the headline events I…

We report this month on a new film telling the remarkable story of Nigel Mansell. The documentary was due to be shown on Sky on the weekend of the British…

It is at this time of year that thoughts turn inevitably to the British Grand Prix, that highlight of our domestic racing calendar. And it is also a good time…

The first Le Mans 24 Hours took place 100 years ago this month on 26-27 May 1923. It had been dreamt up by Emile Coquille, a French importer of Rudge-Whitworth…

Ahead of the new Formula 1 season, I sat down with Motor Sport’s F1 experts Johnny Herbert and Mark Hughes to discuss the key talking points and themes of 2023.…

One of the most extraordinary episodes in motor racing played out 65 years ago this month. The setting was the Hotel Lincoln in central Havana where on the evening of…

As a boy I remember one of the delights of the Christmas holiday was scouring the pages of the Radio Times to see what festive treats the TV would serve…

I’ve been asked a few times over the past few weeks how I feel about Ford’s decision to kill the Fiesta. And I think ‘glum’ sums it up as well…

Twenty-nine years ago Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna stood together on the podium at the Australian GP, the final race of the season and embraced one another, the rivalry that…

Unlike Formula 1 which follows the sun around the world, domestic motor racing is coming to a close as the evenings begin to draw in. So it seems like a…

Later this month at a small ceremony in Bourne, Lincs, the home of BRM, a memorial to Jo Siffert will be unveiled. The Swiss driver was killed on October 24,…

We had a young trainee reporter in for work experience this month. Henry Hudson is in his first year studying journalism in Leeds and as his first assignment I sent…

I remember once trying to set up an interview with John McGuinness for our motorcycles editor Mat Oxley. Initially it was very straightforward – a phone call to the press…

Do they make ’em like they used to? I was mulling this question while putting the finishing touches to a special issue of Motor Sport, which goes on sale later…

The daffodils along the track bankings may have been past their prime but the 79th Goodwood Members’ Meeting was as bright and breezy as any I can remember. It helps…

One interesting aspect of the new Drive to Survive series is the focus on team principals. Some of the strongest episodes have been those that illuminate the personalities and styles…

Amid the excitement of a new Formula 1 season getting under way, and buried beneath detailed explanations of aero management on websites, was the announcement of a brand new racing…