Why F1 will be worth watching this year
It is, I know, a little early in the season to be making predictions. I know too that the lap times recorded in Jerez were at best meaningless and, at…
Tomorrow night ITV4 is airing the first of a three-part documentary series on the British Touring Car Championship. Made by Gaucho Productions – which also produced the Road to Dakar…
Has the Red Bull era been ended by the new formula? That was the intriguing possibility to emerge from the first bout of testing of the new generation F1 turbo…
The Dakar is a formidable challenge in much the same way as the old Nürburgring in an F1 car is quite scary. It’s a monumental undertaking and even today fewer…
A great deal of unhappiness and toxic comment has been aired on the web about the Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona. Many fans were displeased with the excessive, unnecessary use…
Those of you who are members of the Goodwood Road Racing Club will be aware that we are getting close to what looks like being a very spectacular new event…
A few hours before the 2014 Motor Sport Magazine Hall of Fame we managed to tie 20-time Isle of Man TT winner John McGuinness down for a chat. It was…
There have been numerous instances of Formula 1 chopping off its nose to spite its face. This week, however, was a first: appending a nose to the same effect. Although…
So, the silly season started early this year; in mid-January to be precise. Next year it’ll start this year, if you see what I mean. HRC say they may try…
Will Porsche and Audi be allowed to fight to the finish at Le Mans this year? It is a question I am asked quite a lot at the moment as…
“D’you know what?” Mark Webber tells Nigel Roebuck this month. “I think Seb will do everything early in life: he’s got his championship titles and his results early, he’s going…
This year’s Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona was dominated by a fleet of Corvette Daytona Prototypes and eventually they scored a 1-2-3-4 sweep. The winners were João Barbosa/Sébastien Bourdais/Christian Fittipaldi…
In 2013 Tuthill Porsche embarked on the East African Safari Classic Rally with the largest ever private rally entry. A full-length documentary of the effort will be released on the…
Robert Kubica has lost his Formula 1 cheekbones and gained some ‘Hannu Mikkola’ puppy fat. He has become by definition – and admittedly from necessity – a rally driver of…
Why does Formula 1 insist on going to far-flung places where there’s absolutely no interest in the sport? It’s a question almost every motor sport fan will have been asked…
Max Mosley’s actions several years ago continue to reverberate around Formula 1, as was well-illustrated last week with two of the biggest F1 news stories of recent years: Bernie Ecclestone…
Following the inevitable somnolence of Christmas – the only time of the year when racing websites fall relatively silent – we have been through a tumultuous few weeks in motor…