The next step in Fernando Alonso's Indy 500 journey takes place at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway today, as he tests the McLaren/Andretti Autosport Dallara for the first time. He's been in…
With Alonso ditching the Monaco Grand Prix for the Indy 500 Dickie turns the clock back 60 years and heads to Monza So Fernando Alonso is doing the Indy 500.…
McLaren-Honda has today annouced that Fernando Alonso will skip the Monaco Grand Prix for the Indy 500 next month. The move is the second step on the way towards the Triple…
This week in motor sport from the Archive and Database, featuring birthdays for two greats of the sport April 10 1929: Mike Hawthorn, the Yorkshire lad who conquered the world,…
Darren Cox – who worked for Renault-Nissan for 19 years delivering projects such as the GT Academy and various Le Mans programmes – looks at all the benefits of Alonso…
Three-time Indy 500 winner Dario Franchitti on what Alonso can expect, and what can be expected of Alonso Fernando Alonso doing the Indianapolis 500 this year is brilliant. He’s got…
Looking back on when Formula 1 racers took time out for Indy Ascari missed the Swiss GP for a tilt at Indy in 1952 The post-F1 career of Guiseppe Farina…
When F1 drivers go to Indy Fernando Alonso’s announcement that he will miss the Monaco Grand Prix to race at Indianapolis may be a shock in the modern context but…
A busy week in motor sport from the Archive and Database, featuring a host of Race of Champions and more. March 13 1947: Lyn St James, class winner at the 24…
From ingenious tweaks to car swaps and deliberate accidents, racing has an inglorious history of rule-bending. Welcome to Motor Sport’s Hall of Shame Carbon fibre? At the Revival? That was…
Racing's most versatile – and coolest – Mario Andretti at 77 There are some among us labouring under the misapprehension that Super Mario is an Italian plumber of at least…
IndyCar drivers have been testing visor cam technology this pre-season, and the result has been some fascinating footage from a perspective never seen before. The latest comes from Graham Rahal at Sebring, perfectly…
This week in motor sport from the Archive and Database December 19 1882: Indy hero Ralph de Palma is born. In profile 1905: Debonair Italian 'Jonny' Lurani is born. In profile 1923: Onofre Marimón,…
A number of top drivers around the world decided to retire this year. These included Nico Rosberg, 31, Felipe Massa, 35, Jenson Button, 36, Mark Webber, 40, and Jeff Gordon and…
This week in motor sport from the Archive and Database, featuring a championship win for Jack Brabham – on foot December 12 1946: Emerson Fittipaldi is born. In profile 1959: Bruce…
Gordon Kirby's latest book uncovers the story of American racing's quiet winner Penske’s Maestro tells the biographical story of Penske’s longtime chief mechanic and engine builder Karl Kainhofer, who ran Penske…
