F1 snore-fest shows new cars badly needed: Up/Down Japanese GP
The 2025 Japanese GP showed a much more extreme change than next year's technical regulations is needed to make racing at classic F1 tracks interesting
From our cover feature film, go onboard – right on top of the gearbox – with Dario Franchitti in a Porsche 917 at Donington Park.
No music, just Porsche’s iconic flat-12 providing the soundtrack.
We often say in the Motor Sport offices that our sport is about the people more than the machines.
Well, some of us say that.
Others argue that actually it is all about the car. For every time someone contends that motor racing is defined by the courage, passion and romance of the drivers, someone else will scoff that if you really want to distil the glory of racing you need only stand in front of a McLaren MP4/4.
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