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Sir, Reading Gordon Cruickshank's piece on Colin Chapman's driving prowess, the writer's enthusiasm for the Lotus founder is apparent. This…

Sir, Reading Gordon Cruickshank's piece on Colin Chapman's driving prowess, the writer's enthusiasm for the Lotus founder is apparent. This…
Sir, In his January `Modern Times' column, Simon Taylor craves a more level F1 playing field, with simpler cars, to…
Sir, Your special on Can-Am racing was of great interest to me. I was, at the time, Jackie Oliver's mechanic…
Sir, Perhaps I can add the following rider to Chris Nixon's letter concerning the `Dreyfus Affair'. Viewed through modem eyes,…
In the tight-kint, suspicious world of Formula One, it's not easy to keep a secret. Just like the unlovely beargarden…
I remember talking to a driver just out of hospital after a major accident. He was recovering well, but for…
Can you remember when F1 was unpredictable, when you were on the edge of your seat? Keke Rosberg can. It…
A turbo was always going to win in the rarefied atmosphere of Kyalami. While the DFVs wheezed to 180mph at…
Qualified: 7th Result: 5th "I don't recall it bothering me that we were starling the year with 07C. I mean,…
Nelson Piquet took things easy, they say, reversed into his title wins. His supporters point to Rio '82, when he…
Qualified: 3rd Result: DSQ "A true chassis/driver track, and I think our water ballast gave us that last little edge…
Qualified: 8th Result: 2nd "I loved Long Beach: it was my American base, and it was where I learned to…
Niki Lauda had always been his own man, and once the notion struck that he was bored with driving around…
Legend records it as a race where Gilles Villeneuve was robbed of a rightful victory by a duplicitous Didier Pironi.…
"It must have been an awful time for Frank to be a team owner, and the muddle over technical rules…
Through his barnstorming win in Detroit (see page 35) is John Watson's best-remembered victory, his perfomance at Zolder this year…
Qualified: 3rd Result: 2nd "Gilles was a great rival but, I have to say, I did see his accident coming.…
After Carlos Reutemann finally quit Williams two races into the Grand Prix season, Mario Andretti temped in an FWO7C at…
Qualified: 6th Result: Retired After a poor start, Keke passed Alboreto on lap 21 and was fifth, behind de Cesaris.…
GO FASTER STRIKES Larus FLAD GONE ALMOST FOUR YEARS WITHOUT A WIN. NOT SINCE the 1978 Dutch GP had Cohn…
Mercedes' one-two at Imola secured the team a record-breaking seventh consecutive constructors' championship on Ferrari soil, as Lewis Hamilton headed home Valtteri Bottas for his ninth win of the season.…
That most British of race events, the Goodwood Revival, turned the patriotism up a notch for 2016 by bringing some very British weather. Friday's sun was swapped for persistent wind and rain on Saturday, before a baking Sunday dried things…
It's Hammer-time for Mercedes' factory staff, as its star F1 driver calls for an intense six-months of work to catch Red Bull. The team says that it knows where to focus its efforts but, writes Mark Hughes, Lewis Hamilton isn't saying quite the same thing
Lando Norris has had a huge crash at the Belgian GP in qualifying, red-flagging the session