Why have we become so obsessed with World Champions? Every year, the speculation starts earlier. At this rate we will soon be predicting who the World Champion will be next…
Some changes are coming to racing on TV in the United States. Most significantly, NASCAR has completed the first step in re-negotiating its multi-billion dollar, eight-year TV contracts with Fox,…
I had to chuckle when I read Paul Fearnley’s blog last week about Romain Grosjean and the need for bad guys - black characters - in motor racing. Paul’s examples…
Kazuki Nakajima clinched a thrilling home victory for Toyota in the Fuji 6 Hours on Sunday to defeat Audi and claim the Japanese manufacturer’s second win in the inaugural FIA…
At Suzuka on the weekend, Kamui Kobayashi was given a hero’s welcome for his home Grand Prix. He paid his fans back by starting fourth and improving on that position…
A good story needs a baddie – or two: a black hat, a blackguard, preferably driving a black car. They come in all shapes and guises, from Edward G Robinson’s…
Spa 1955. In the early laps of the Belgian Grand Prix, behind the Mercedes W196s of Juan Manuel Fangio and Stirling Moss, Lancia’s Eugenio Castellotti and Ferrari’s Giuseppe Farina are…
On October 2 we hosted a special readers' evening with John Surtees. After a three-course dinner editor-in-chief Nigel Roebuck and editor Damien Smith sat down with the 1964 Formula 1…
Bridgepoint’s announcement that MotoGP and World Superbike are to be run by the same company is the most significant happening in motorcycle racing since WSB’s launch a quarter of a…
Ever wondered what it'd be like to drive a Porsche 962 around the roads? Yesterday, Maiham Media released the online version of its short film, Racing in the Street. Originally…
I fear there will be some disparity between what we would like him to do (which according to polling on this website is drive at Le Mans) and how he…
The high-banked Talladega Superspeedway is renowned as the ‘Wild Card’ in NASCAR’s championship battle. For the past twenty-five years Talladega and Daytona have been constrained by the dreaded ‘restrictor plates’…
When you get older, everybody else seems so young, especially policemen and bank managers. And racing drivers. Talking to Tiff Needell on our podcast the other day, I was interested…
Chip Ganassi’s Grand-Am team won its third straight Daytona Prototype championship last weekend at Lime Rock, the series season-closer. It was the sixth Grand-Am title for Ganassi and the fifth…
They insist that they didn’t offer him more money and that he did not seek priority status. The other ‘they’, meanwhile, insist that they fought hard to keep him. So…
The Bathurst 1000 this weekend marks the 50th running of Australia's greatest race. Aussie racing doesn't get a huge amount of press in Europe, so it is sometimes difficult to…
