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The nervous smile is little more than a half-hearted attempt to break the tension. Perched on the plastic seats at the front of Donington’s pitlane garages, ashen-faced Robb Gravett can…

Official race results, once confirmed, are seldom questioned. This is certainly true of the most prestigious surviving road race of them all, the Le Mans 24 Hours. Back in 1965…

Was that really so long ago?” Jonathan Palmer shakes his head in disbelief at the rapidity of time’s passage. It was in 2006 that Motor Sport commenced its monthly ‘lunch’…

Just over three and a half miles of public road. A flat-out blast lasting not much more than a minute. A place where the fastest cars reached 200mph and beyond.…

21 years ago, Mike Salo was leading the 1999 German Grand Prix for Ferrari, while standing in for the injured Michael Schumacher. Then came a radio call from the pits...

I don’t think the idea ever was to make money. It was to make an art piece, an active art piece which was not only attractive but high performing, and…

On 10 June 1983, the Surrey Advertiser carried a picture of a Union Flag being raised in a former wood yard deep in the countryside. It was an informal ceremony…

Jules Bianchi lost his life five years ago, following a crash at the 2014 Japanese GP. His Marussia colleagues remember a talent that seemed destined for success

From the first loose-surfaced tracks of 1931 to staging four grands prix, Donington Park’s expansion in just a few years was astonishing. The unlikely but formidable partnership of John Gillies…

After early forays with Spirit, Honda hit the big time in Formula 1 by teaming up with Williams for the 1984 season. It was the start of a relationship that…

If anyone had been unaware of Niki Lauda’s return to the cockpit in January 1982, they knew all about it on the morning he was supposed to make his official…

To Mr Ferrari, the only Formula 1 car that mattered was his current one; retired grand prix cars were redundant. But that’s not how many of us may see it.…

Starting from 14th on the grid, Johnny Herbert claimed victory for the Stewart team with a smooth, measured drive and brilliant decision-making. 1999 European GP win at the Nürburgring is one of F1's great drives

A title showdown at Suzuka between Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost. A familiar narrative but in 1988, it was to be Senna's day

Alain Prost created a big impression by finishing sixth on his F1 debut in Argentina 1980 in an uncompetitive McLaren, having out-performed his senior team mate John Watson. But it…

Rudi Uhlenhaut, the engineer behind the stupendous W196 Mercedes, described the Lancia D50 Formula 1 machine as “the only car we really feared”. Although the W196 and Maserati 250F were…

Tom Walkinshaw was always one to leave a strong first impression. Love him or loathe him – and there were plenty on both sides of the divide – this was…