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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…
Alpine F1 has announced three reigning champions in its young driver line-up that makes up its junior academy in 2021. Four drivers who were with the team in its Renault…
The fact that Romain Grosjean survived his opening-lap crash at the Bahrain Grand Prix is “truly a miracle”, according to his Haas team-mate Kevin Magnussen. Grosjean had been trying to…
There has rarely been a better time to sit back with a good book, and delve deeper into the career of a racing great; follow a gripping motor sport tale;…
This month's issue looks at James Hunt's 1977, a season which featured perhaps his finest driving but also encapsulated his unique personality