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There are excellent reasons why Ari Vatanen should be the next president of the FIA – which is why it is unlikely he will be elected to the post in…

The Goodwood Festival of Speed is one of the most important car events of the year. It attracts Formula 1 teams and drivers, fanatical historic racers and some of the…

The Indianapolis Motor Speedway announced on Tuesday that veteran IMS executives W Curtis Brighton and Jeffrey G Belskus have replaced Tony George running the Hulman-George companies and the Indianapolis Motor…

Wednesday, June 24, was an important day for Formula 1, for it was on that day that FOTA made a deal with Max Mosley which should see him stand down…

Welcome to Motor Sport's very first audio podcast with Nigel Roebuck, Damien Smith, Rob Widdows and Ed Foster. We're talking about the British Grand Prix, Le Mans and of course…

When Toyota arrived three years ago in NASCAR’s Sprint Cup series it signalled the beginning of big changes for American stock car racing. Led by enfant terrible Kyle Busch and…

Sebastian Vettel (1st) As convincing a win as Hamilton’s last year. Pole, fastest lap, victory… what more could a team ask for? Vettel’s car was the best on the grid,…

What a week. From the Le Mans 24 Hours to the British Grand Prix in a few short days. For many of us, this is the highlight of the racing…

The Silverstone media centre was busier than usual this morning and of course, the talk was all about FOTA’s announcement to form a breakaway series. We knew that both parties…

The first NASCAR ‘Strictly Stock’ race: unruly gathering for 1949 Charlotte meet

At 3pm on Saturday none other than Luca Cordera di Montezemelo will drop the flag at the start of another Vingt-Quatre Heures du Mans. Sunday June 14 will be the…

It is fair to say that carrying a well-known name into the motor sport arena is going to get you noticed, specifically a name that is iconic in the sport.…

I was going to write a lament about the loss of Montréal’s Canadian GP and the absence of Formula 1 from North America for the first time in 50 years.…

Jenson Button (1st) Gifted first place on the opening lap after Vettel ran wide, but as the German pointed out after the race, “I wouldn’t have been able to hold…

Time to talk Turkey. How do you like it? Hot from the oven that is Istanbul in the summer? Or cold shoulder, as appears to be the attitude of the…

Traditionally the Milwaukee Mile follows the week after the Indy 500. It’s quite a contrast from the big Speedway to the humble one-mile oval in suburban Milwaukee which is the…

There may have been conspicuously less money in evidence in Monte Carlo this year, but still the emphasis of the weekend was on little else, for there remained the vexed…