The end of full free-to-air F1 coverage
At least Bernie Ecclestone is “delighted”. No wonder: the recent announcement that Sky Sports has bought the exclusive rights to air Formula 1 in the UK from 2019 doubtless comes…
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Yesterday the GPDA put out the following statement: The Grand Prix drivers would like to state our following position: We drivers love our sport! Since childhood, we dreamed of racing…
The Grand Prix Drivers Association have this afternoon released a statement (below), urging the owners and stakeholders of Formula 1 to consider restructuring its own governance. Regular readers of Motor…
Coinciding with the Australian Grand Prix, a country where Jim Clark had great success as a driver, Scottish Borders Council announced funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund to support a…
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). Click here to buy the lead image. From the editor Damien Smith The Grand Prix motor…
Click here to buy the lead image. 1) Nico Rosberg made it four wins in a row to start the new season. 2) There was barely a dissenting voice from…
Nico Rosberg led a Mercedes 1-2 at the 2016 Australian Grand Prix, but Ferrari’s pace will have the SIlver Arrows worried: Sebastian Vettel looked on course for victory until he lost out at a restart after Fernando Alonso’s enormous 200mph crash
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). Click here to buy the lead image. From the editor Damien Smith The Grand Prix motor…
When kitsch was cool, John Travolta was new and the only skirts in Formula 1 were mini, soft porn strutted and pouted its way onto the grand prix grid. On…
At least Bernie Ecclestone is “delighted”. No wonder: the recent announcement that Sky Sports has bought the exclusive rights to air Formula 1 in the UK from 2019 doubtless comes…
Yesterday the GPDA put out the following statement: The Grand Prix drivers would like to state our following position: We drivers love our sport! Since childhood, we dreamed of racing…
The Grand Prix Drivers Association have this afternoon released a statement (below), urging the owners and stakeholders of Formula 1 to consider restructuring its own governance. Regular readers of Motor…
Coinciding with the Australian Grand Prix, a country where Jim Clark had great success as a driver, Scottish Borders Council announced funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund to support a…
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). Click here to buy the lead image. From the editor Damien Smith The Grand Prix motor…
Click here to buy the lead image. 1) Nico Rosberg made it four wins in a row to start the new season. 2) There was barely a dissenting voice from…
Nico Rosberg led a Mercedes 1-2 at the 2016 Australian Grand Prix, but Ferrari’s pace will have the SIlver Arrows worried: Sebastian Vettel looked on course for victory until he lost out at a restart after Fernando Alonso’s enormous 200mph crash
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). Click here to buy the lead image. From the editor Damien Smith The Grand Prix motor…
When kitsch was cool, John Travolta was new and the only skirts in Formula 1 were mini, soft porn strutted and pouted its way onto the grand prix grid. On…
Mark Hughes weighs up an exceptional 2025 rookie class, dissecting four contrasting debut seasons to reveal who truly stood out the most
Mark Hughes revisits the race that gave McLaren team principal Andrea Stella a sleepless night ahead of this year’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix: how victory in 2025 was forged from a Ferrari failure 15 years earlier
Mark Hughes explains how McLaren’s pre-planned lap-one swap and split-tyre strategy blunted Verstappen’s threat and laid the groundwork for Norris’s title-winning drive
IDEC Sport Silverstone 4 Hours 14/9/25 A home win for Jamie Chadwick capped a happy return for contemporary Le Mans Prototype racing to the UK, as the European Le Mans…
Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris worked together ahead of the 2025 Chinese GP, finding the pace that delivered a 1-2 finish, while Norris also prepared to attack his team-mate during the race. Brake issues denied him, says Mark Hughes but the F1 title duel is coming
Esteban Ocon’s Alpine stint ended at the 2024 Qatar GP, giving Jack Doohan a make-or-break F1 chance in Abu Dhabi. Elsewhere FIA boss Mohammed Ben Sulayem dismissed driver concerns and mechanics just wanted a kip: Chris Medland‘s paddock diary
Formula 1’s two-year return to Portimao may be less a long-term endorsement than a holding pattern, as the championship keeps calendar space open for future street races
Two Australian F1 drivers who came to Europe at the same time: one became world champion, the other faded from memory. But both Alan Jones and Brian McGuire have their place in racing history
Veteran broadcaster and F1 driver Martin Brundle has picked out the contender he’s been most impressed with this year
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