This week in motor sport – August 15
This week in motor sport from the Archive and Database, featuring first-time winners, final wins and a Formula 1 world championship title. August 15 1905: Manfred von Brauchitsch is born. In profile…
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A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). Jacky Ickx, arguably the greatest wet-weather driver, had seen enough. Twelve years on from finishing second…
Sir Stirling Moss won the Pescara Grand Prix 59 years ago today, a gruelling three-hour encounter over 18 laps of the 16-mile road circuit. Moss took victory by more than three…
Jackie Stewart won the Oulton Park Gold Cup today in 1968, and, remarkably, you can go back to that day courtesy fo this five-minute super 8 film. There’s no sound,…
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). It had been 12 months since Rudi Caracciola wagged a finger, the established ace considering his…
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). Winning as slowly as possible was not Gilles Villeneuve’s usual modus operandi. He had no option…
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). It almost didn’t happen. Angered by its disqualification from the lead of the supporting 12-hour sports…
This week in motor sport from the Archive and Database, featuring one of the greatest Grand Prix drivers ever, Hungarian and Austrian Grands Prix and much more. August 8 1904: Tazio…
The greatest win for one of the greatest ever Grand Prix drivers, Tazio Nuvolari at the Nürburgring in 1935. It’s 63 years to the day since the Italian died of a…
In the new book Inside Mercedes F1: Life in the Fast Lane by Matt Whyman, Toto Wolff says that he liked the situation of Lewis Hamilton informing him at the…
Mercedes hit the jackpot at the 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix, where the track surface and temperature gave a double boost to its W15 F1 car. The rest didn’t stand a chance, writes Mark Hughes
McLaren was in the F1 doldrums six years ago, but now heads the constructors’ championship, led by Andrea Stella, who’s created a very different atmosphere to the Ron Dennis era, says Mark Hughes
Sergio Perez’s future looks bleak after another underwhelming performance, while George Russell can be upbeat despite his disqualification: 2024 Belgian GP diary
Christian Horner dominated the headlines in the run-up to — and during — the 2024 Bahrain GP weekend despite the best efforts of Alpine, Yuki Tsunoda and a glorious V8
2023 US Grand Prix diary: More lengthy post-race investigations, the challenge of COTA and Ricciardo returns with the stars — Chris Medland’s view from the F1 paddock
Although the Mexico City GP was an unambiguous one-stop race, the strategy challenge was based around the cooling levels chosen for the car in Mexico’s thin air. At an altitude…
Between Austin and Mexico, conversations between the drivers and the FIA led to a clarified understanding about how stewards would judge wheel-to-wheel contests for position. This followed the Austin incident…
In Mexico Max Verstappen earned censure for his style of racing against title rival Lando Norris. In the rain of Brazil a week later he produced a virtuoso masterclass to…
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