Canadian Grand Prix - day one
To Montréal, then, where three years ago all this nonsense inadvertently began. The 2010 Canadian Grand Prix was all about tyres, and whereas now every Grand Prix is all about tyres, at…
Sunday was quite a day for motorcycle racing: MotoGP at Mugello, the world’s greatest purpose-built circuit, and the Superbike TT on the Mountain Course, the world’s greatest circuit carved out…
In the last 20 or so years of Formula 1, few within the sport have aroused more passion – and controversy – than Michael Schumacher. His record – seven World…
Michael Dunlop has made a fantastic start to his 2013 Isle of Man TT week with three victories from the first three races. His performance has prompted 19-time TT winner…
Am I alone in still goggling at some of the prices paid for Aston Martins at Bonhams’ sale at Newport Pagnell a couple of weeks back? My eyebrows didn’t shoot…
Whatever your opinion of IndyCar these days, you can’t deny that the series is capable of producing surprise winners. It’s a form of racing where the ‘little guy’ has a…
I begin this dispatch with a Mental Health Warning. The following paragraphs do not contain mention of the round, black products produced by an Italian supplier to Grand Prix racing.…
What a contrast in the course of eight days. One Saturday this past month I wandered around Spa-Francorchamps soaking in the sights, sounds and intensity of the 6-hour World Endurance…
Mick Jagger couldn't get "no satisfaction" and yet "I tried, and I tried, and I tried, and I tried"! That was four times for Mick, so you've got to feel…
Join top F1 engineers to debate future of motor racing with Motor Sport Magazine and Formula Student. Formula 1 is set for the biggest technical overhaul in its history –…
Approaching Tertre Rouge at 130mph in the Toyota TS030, the words of Sébastien Buemi came back to me. ‘You can get through with only a lift, but you have to…
After 12 years of trying Tony Kanaan finally put it all together to score a very popular win in Sunday’s 97th Indianapolis 500. Kanaan has been racing Indycars since 1998…
A sizeable jam developed behind Sergio Pérez’s buckled McLaren towards the closing stages of the 2013 Monaco Grand Prix, but it was nothing compared with the race’s immediate aftermath. The…
The weekend began with Lewis Hamilton taking a kicking – a bit of tabloid mischief aimed at the Englishman’s lifestyle choices, including his decision to bring pet bulldog Roscoe to…
It’s the sound that counts, rather than its provenance. As soon as an exhaust’s siren bark first echoes from Monte Carlo’s many apartment blocks, it creates a feelgood factor. This…
Price of a croissant in the trendier parts of Nice? About the same as a semi-detached in Wimbledon. Price of a croissant in the back streets of Monte Carlo? Actually…
Not since Scott Dixon in 2008 has there been a first-time winner of the Indianapolis 500. Owner/driver Ed Carpenter, rookie Carlos Muñoz and Marco Andretti make up the surprising front…