Why some MotoGP riders crash so much
Over the past decade MotoGP’s crash rate has more than doubled. Here are a few theories why… You probably remember the 2006 MotoGP world championship: it was arguably the best…
Roger Penske defies all superlatives. His race team celebrates its 50th anniversary this year and has long been considered America’s definitive and most successful team. With a record of more…
Ten years ago I went to Paul Ricard and had my first experience in what today you’d call a modern GT3 car. It is fair to say I found the…
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). From the editor Damien Smith The Grand Prix motor races we can never forget… Welcome to…
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…
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 One of the more intriguing rumours around F1 at the moment is that of Ron Dennis working on a BMW mega-deal to include…
This week in motor sport sees world champions winning – and being born – in Brazil, the Mexican and Long Beach Grands Prix and birthdays for a whole host of…
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 Qatar weekend marked the passing of Sandy Rainey, the man who gave us one of the sport’s all-time greats. Wayne Rainey’s first bike – a highly modified Honda step-thru…
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…
The subject of winglets, or strakes, or whatever you want to call the infernal contraptions, was a big talking point in the Qatari desert. Several riders including Valentino Rossi, Dani…
Why was Jorge Lorenzo so fast on Sunday? Here’s one theory… The human brain is a wonderful thing; at least some of them are. Each rider at the front of…
Between 1968-94 the Unsers – Bobby, Al and Al Jr. – won nine Indy 500s, an incomparable record unlikely ever to be equalled. Older brother Bobby won three times in…
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…
Rick Mears stands with A.J. Foyt and Al Unser as one of only three men to win the Indy 500 four times, taking victory in 1979, ’84, ’88 and ’91,…