Remembering Gilles at play
Saturday is the anniversary of the death of Gilles Villeneuve at Zolder in 1982. I still recall Gilles’s four years in Formula Atlantic, and his 1976 season in particular when…
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Dear Nigel, Having just watched both the qualifying at Melbourne and highlights of the 1969 German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring, courtesy of YouTube, I was struck by the enormous…
Dear Nigel, On the evidence of the Bahrain Grand Prix, this season may turn out to be a huge letdown. After four very good years and, despite the pre-season hype,…
Dear Nigel, To my mind you’re the best racing journalist I’ve ever read, and Motor Sport has to be the most factual racing mag. My question is this: were you…
“The Formula 1 car,” said Ferrari’s Stefano Domenicali recently, “is too efficient…” For most, if not all, of the designers in F1, Domenicali’s words will be heresy, for their constant…
As Martin Brundle said: “Lewis Hamilton has driven a great race, but Jenson was just that little bit better”. Having only qualified fifth Button made the call to stay out…
The highlight of my year thus far was lunch in a supermarket café. Not the gastronomy, though I did capitulate at the offer of an absurdly rich pudding, but the…
Welcome to another Motor Sport audio podcast. This month we take a look at the first three races, the drivers, the teams and of course the racing. One of our…
It’s a fact that many of us left Bahrain in a downbeat frame of mind, for this 2010 Grand Prix season had been anticipated – for a variety of sound…
Saturday is the anniversary of the death of Gilles Villeneuve at Zolder in 1982. I still recall Gilles’s four years in Formula Atlantic, and his 1976 season in particular when…
Dear Nigel, Having just watched both the qualifying at Melbourne and highlights of the 1969 German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring, courtesy of YouTube, I was struck by the enormous…
Dear Nigel, On the evidence of the Bahrain Grand Prix, this season may turn out to be a huge letdown. After four very good years and, despite the pre-season hype,…
Dear Nigel, To my mind you’re the best racing journalist I’ve ever read, and Motor Sport has to be the most factual racing mag. My question is this: were you…
“The Formula 1 car,” said Ferrari’s Stefano Domenicali recently, “is too efficient…” For most, if not all, of the designers in F1, Domenicali’s words will be heresy, for their constant…
As Martin Brundle said: “Lewis Hamilton has driven a great race, but Jenson was just that little bit better”. Having only qualified fifth Button made the call to stay out…
The highlight of my year thus far was lunch in a supermarket café. Not the gastronomy, though I did capitulate at the offer of an absurdly rich pudding, but the…
Welcome to another Motor Sport audio podcast. This month we take a look at the first three races, the drivers, the teams and of course the racing. One of our…
It’s a fact that many of us left Bahrain in a downbeat frame of mind, for this 2010 Grand Prix season had been anticipated – for a variety of sound…
Fears that one engine manufacturer will dominate F1 from 2026 are likely to see strugglers allowed to catch up. If power units are to be artificially equalised, how much of a technical competition will it be? asks Mark Hughes
When does a rookie have the edge over an F1 world champion? Perhaps in Jeddah, says Mark Hughes, where the unsettling effect of a softer tyre compound is less likely to faze younger drivers than the likes of Carlos Sainz and Lewis Hamilton
Friday’s summit in Bahrain between the FIA, teams and manufacturers may have been dressed up as a gathering to discuss the idea of a return to V10 engines. But make no mistake: they’re crunch talks as the 2026 rules continue to create problems, says Mark Hughes
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
Sergio Perez’s future looks bleak after another underwhelming performance, while George Russell can be upbeat despite his disqualification: 2024 Belgian GP diary
Try to imagine your ideal street track, and the only limits are your imagination. It would be fast and challenging; a touch daunting. It would have sharp gradient changes –…
For an Italian F1 driver, few roles are more coveted than a Ferrari race seat, but Giancarlo Fisichella had the misfortune of joining the team during a testing 2009 season
F1 moves closer to changing its rules in a bid to avoid one engine manufacturer dominating for years, and looks to spark out the grass fires that plagued Suzuka
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