Single-Seaters

“You’ve got 20 minutes.” My heart sank as Patrizia Spinelli, Falvio Briatore’s right hand woman, handed the phone over to him. As it turned out, I got 50. We covered…

Why Benetton? That’s the question most ask when I mentioned the book I’ve written. I started to wonder myself at times. This is a team about which there is plenty…

Take a step back for a moment. An Austrian company that sells a sickly sweet, fizzy energy drink is the dominant force in the world’s most technically sophisticated and complex…

Damon Hill emerged as a candidate for a Williams race seat in late-1992 after Nigel Mansell opted for the US and Riccardo Patrese left for Benetton. Hill had been the…

With Nigel Mansell gone and new team-mate Damon Hill finding his feet, the path was clear for Alain Prost to make the most of the opportunity to drive the best…

Thirty years after Alain Prost won the 1993 Formula 1 world championship the Williams FW15C remains the most advanced F1 car ever to race, perhaps challenged only by the McLaren…

My family car as a child... The first I remember was a Vauxhall Cresta. When I was 12 my Uncle Stan would go to sleep in the back of his…

Forty years ago, a 21-year-old unknown from Alberta, Canada, pitched up in England with dreams of racing in Formula 1. Allen Berg made it – just – starting nine grands…

F1 Retro – November 2013 The Goodwood Revival crowd were recently treated to the spectacular sight of Jackie Stewart, still spritely at 84 years old, gunning his Tyrrell 006 round…

Good Month Laying down the Lawson AlphaTauri supersub Liam Lawson has been brilliant, scoring his first points at Marina Bay. With Ricciardo and Tsunoda now confirmed at AlphaTauri for 2024,…

Having qualified a shock 11th and 13th fastest in Singapore, Red Bull was looking for a strategic route to rescue its weekend come the race. The reduction of the speed…

  Impressive rookie stand-in Liam Lawson, above, was informed (by Red Bull’s Helmut Marko) just after qualifying his AlphaTauri in Q3 at Singapore that there would be no race seat…

The simulator had already suggested that Singapore was going to be the most difficult circuit on the calendar for the Red Bull RB19. What wasn’t anticipated was just how much…

Max Verstappen’s victory around his home circuit of Zandvoort had him poised to become the first driver to win 10 grands prix in a row the following week at Monza,…

Race report Ferrari threatens at home, delivers next time out, then Verstappen answers critics Word on the beat Lawson’s disappointment, Massa’s madness and why DRS will get a boost in…

McLaren’s announcement at Suzuka that it had extended Oscar Piastri’s contract to the end of 2026 was no great surprise given the 22-year-old’s enormously promising rookie season. He has been…

Formula 2 has pledged to run on 100% synthetic fuel by 2027 at the latest, following the reveal at Monza of the second tier’s new ground-effect Dallara that will race…