In this month's magazine, Karun Chandhok takes the Lotus 49 to the Hethel test track to find out why it's the Race Car of the Century
In the end it came down to a two-car race between cult heroes. In the red corner was the car many regard as the ultimate expression of 1980s simplicity and…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48CjqRU8Zdo 10. 2010s Red Bull RB9 9. 1940s Ferrari 166MM 8. 2000s Audi R8 7. 1930s Mercedes-Benz W154 6. 1950s Jaguar D-type 5. 1920s Bentley Speed Six 4. 199s Subaru…
Thousands of votes have been cast by Motor Sport readers in our 100th anniversary poll, with the Lotus 49 emerging as the Race Car of the Century
One thing that was particularly interesting during my time was improving performance through the blown exhaust. We’ve played with exhaust positions at various times over the years. The regulation change…
Progressive. That’s the most appropriate summary of the past decade, under the steady hand of Edward Atkin. From Chelsea Wharf, we launched our Hall of Fame, hosting star-studded events at…
2010 With one eye on Mark Webber, the other on Vitaly Petrov’s Renault gearbox for 40 laps, Fernando Alonso and Ferrari contrive to lose the world championship in Abu Dhabi.…
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You’re born when you’re born, and I’m happy with my time. But looking back, the 1970s must have been a fascinating era to work in Formula 1, which went from…
One question on Audi back in the 2000s, and which was also relevant to Toyota more recently in sports car racing, was: who were you beating? The first people we…
I’m often asked what I consider to be the most interesting era of motor sport. It’s a tough question but for me it would have to be the 1990s. That’s…
I was fortunate to race with and against so many great characters in the 1970s, some of whom became close friends. I didn’t get to race in F1 for a…
1970 Porsche claims the first of what will become a record number of victories at the Le Mans 24 Hours. But rather than its ‘hares’, the relative ‘tortoise’ 917K driven…
Thruxton, March 30, 1970, European Formula 2. My second race on the British mainland. I turned up with a private Brabham BT30 with a couple of ex-Roy Winkelmann engines, completed…
Motor Sport hits its zenith in terms of copy sales during the Swinging Sixties, as the magazine, under Wesley J Tee’s gimlet eye, thrives (perhaps despite itself). It is during…
1960 Stirling Moss claims the first Formula 1 world championship GP win for Lotus in Rob Walker’s Type 18 at Monaco. He repeats the feat a year later, beating the…
I fell in love with motor racing when I was just five years old and, growing up in South Africa, not a month went by when my father and I…
