In the hours after the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa there was a lot of huffing and puffing down the pub. This is good healthy debate and only to be…
Jim Clark detested Spa. Win or lose. Shine and/or rain. Thunder with lightning. For a fretful man who chewed to the quick, this track, where time stood still no matter…
The sympathetically reconstructed Spa-Francorchamps circuit is quick – Mark Webber’s fastest race lap of 2011 was set at 142.6mph – but it’s not as quick as its ‘daddy’ used to…
Red Bull released a tantalising preview of this video a few weeks ago, showing David Coulthard speeding through the Lincoln Tunnel which connects New York and New Jersey. Here we…
Time flies, eh? It doesn’t seem a year ago since I was grabbing the freshly minted results sheet from the last race of the 2011 Goodwood Revival, then dashing home…
Formula 1 contracts have changed a lot over the years. Stirling Moss’s agreement with Rob Walker famously amounted to a handshake. These days, though, deals are drawn up by legal…
Adrian Newey isn’t a genius – but only because overuse of the word reduces the wiggle room required should you ever wish to debate the merits of Leo da Vinci,…
This Formula 1 season has been as unpredictable as 1982’s, albeit without the tragedy and critical injury. Thankfully. But how do they compare – to and with? Both witnessed their…
Deputy editor Gordon Cruickshank has been working at Motor Sport for 30 years and in honour of the occasion we sat him down to ask about the 'good' old days…
Wouldn’t it be just great if there was an Olympic Grand Prix? Imagine, a race around the Olympic park for the fastest, most sophisticated racing cars in the world, driven…
As the teams headed away from Budapest to begin the five-week break before the next race, at Spa, the standings in the Constructors’ Championship looked liked this: Red Bull 246,…
Comebacks: Sinatra, Elvis – now, that was Special – and Formula One world champions. The smell of the grease and the roar of the exhausts have tended to prove hard…
In the world of Formula 1, constant updates are necessary for teams to keep up with their rivals. Since 2009 there has been a ban on most mid-season testing, meaning…
According to Motor Sport readers, Jim Clark is by far the most popular British Formula 1 World Champion. Last month, in association with The Daily Telegraph, we launched an online…
'Silly Season’ is approaching. Formula 1’s August break is usually the time of year when rumours start to fly; with no racing for close to a month, our minds begin…
Overtaking used to be an art form. Unrestricted by six-point harnesses, its rules were unwritten, its boundaries proscribed by buildings and/or trees plus a sense of self-preservation that was, admittedly,…
