The 1981 Las Vegas Grand Prix: F1's gamble that didn't pay off
It was at Monza in 1981 that I asked Chris Pook how ticket sales were going for the inaugural Formula 1 race in Las Vegas. “Terrible,” he muttered, and I…
During my time at Williams I have been privileged to compete against a number of designers whose work I have respected but tried to beat on track. Outstanding among these…
Presuming this reaches you at or around the start of the New Year, can I just wish you happy motoring for 2012: may your enjoyment be high, your bills low…
Oh no, I hear you groan, he’s surely not going to give us another list of his favourite moments of the racing season just gone by. Oh yes he is.…
It seems like only a few months ago that we recorded our 2010 Formula 1 season review in our local pub, the Chelsea Ram. But a full 12 months have…
According to that surreal 140-character world that is Twitter (I wrote it off as a waste of cyberspace, but now I’ve signed up I’m hooked), Jenson Button has been sunning…
With the Formula 1 season over and the spate of interesting stories subsiding, it was a relief to have David Tremayne’s Jenson Button interview land in the Motor Sport office.…
Why on earth does the Renault-soon-to-be-Lotus Grand Prix team allow its new number one driver Kimi Räikkönen to race a snowmobile? Are you as puzzled as I am? Last Saturday,…
It’s not often that you feel sorry for a Formula 1 driver. But that was the reaction here in the Motor Sport office when we heard that Daniel Ricciardo and…
Air used to be dirty in Formula 1. Nowadays it’s expectant. There’s a whiff of madness in it too. Ten years ago the sport was in the Doldrums, glum and…
Kimi Räikkönen’s 2012 team-mate at Lotus has finally been announced. Bruno Senna, Romain Grosjean and Vitaly Petrov were all in the running, but it’s the Frenchman who has finally taken…
I was like so many people very sad to hear that Peter Gethin had died. The news came to me on my mobile phone while I was at the charity…
The already much-missed Peter Gethin scored a singleton Grand Prix victory. But what a win it was. On the final lap of the 1971 Italian GP at Monza, in only…
It will be sad if we have seen the last of Rubens Barrichello in Formula 1. For the category’s most experienced competitor is also its most engaging. Unashamedly emotional, his…
It’s finally been confirmed. Kimi Räikkönen will be returning to the Formula 1 grid in 2012. The Finn – who has spent two years competing in the World Rally Championship…
In a few weeks we’ll be recording our season review podcast with Nigel Roebuck, Damien Smith and Rob Widdows. We did the same last year in our local, the Chelsea…
Step Inside the Circuit has uploaded a new video on Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button. The McLaren drivers are speaking about the Brazilian Grand Prix this weekend and give some…