F1's worst rule ruins a race again: Up and down in Brazil
The 2024 Sao Paulo GP was the tale of a great race stopped in its tracks
The world’s first Grand Prix winner, multiple world champions and one of the most important characters in US racing, this week in motor sport from the Archive and Database.
1937: ‘The Captain’ Roger Penske is born. In profile
1940: Peter Gethin is born. In profile
1944: Ferenc Szisz, winner of the first Grand Prix (above), dies aged 70. In profile
1949: Niki Lauda is born. In profile
1928: Hans Herrmann, Porsche’s Le Mans first winner, is born. In profile
1953: Satoru Nakajima, Japan’s first full-time Formula 1 driver, is born. In profile
2008: Le Mans-winning journalist Paul Frère dies. In profile
1955: ‘The Professor’ Alain Prost is born.
1955: ‘The king of the Mille Miglia’ Clemente Biondetti dies aged 56. In profile
1971: Pedro de la Rosa is born. In profile
1981: Le Mans winner and world champion Timo Bernhard. In profile
1932: The racing dentist, Tony Brooks, is born. In profile
1944: The charismatic François Cervert is born. In profile
1908: Grand Prix winner before and after the war, Jean-Pierre Wimille is born. In profile
1945: Legendary Aussie Peter Brock is born. In profile
1974: The best all-rounder of modern motor sport? Sébastien Loeb is born. In profile
The 2024 Sao Paulo GP was the tale of a great race stopped in its tracks
Both McLaren and Red Bull stumbled at different times — on and off the track — in Mexico City, but there were still reasons to cheer for the home fans…
Max Verstappen all but clinched this year's Formula 1 championship with a masterful drive in the wet 2024 Sao Paulo Grand Prix, while Lando Norris was left rueing a red flag that ended his hopes of victory
The 2024 Sao Paulo Grand Prix celebrated the life of Ayrton Senna, spearheaded by an evocative demonstration of his 1990 McLaren at Interlagos, driven by Lewis Hamilton