Aston Martin poaches superstar Bentley boss. Will Stroll let him lead?
I’m always quite nervous when it comes writing about industry stories, largely because I think they are of far greater interest to nosey hacks like me who know some of…
In 2009, Brawn raced to victory on its grand prix debut in Melbourne — with no spare chassis to fall back on. 15 years later, Williams encountered a similar yet riskier problem. Mark Hughes explains
MotoGP factories keep the secrets of their motorcycles closely hidden, but the first semi-naked photo of Ducati’s latest Desmosedici reveals a fascinating chassis detail that helps the bike’s cornering performance
By the turn of the decade from the 1970s to ’80s, F1 was still brimming with with top class drivers – but two were head and shoulders above the rest, writes Matt Bishop
Rene Arnoux stood in the Dijon pit lane, listening. Listening to the throttle applications and braking points of an old friend performing a secret test in Rene’s Ligier. What he heard made…
Waking up at 4am on a Sunday is rarely worth it, especially when Max Verstappen looks poised to take another lights out to chequered flag victory — as he did…
Jorge Martin may have dominated the Portuguese GP but the way Pedro ‘Jaws’ Acosta tore through the pack aboard his KTM suggested that Ducati’s MotoGP superiority may not last forever
The real reason for Lewis’s shock Ferrari move. Mark Hughes: does F1 have a trick up its sleeve? Karun Chandhok’s drivers to watch testing, tech and more…
Aston Martin GT3 Exclusive pictures of British marque’s Le Mans challenger
Derek Warwick ‘Those turbo cars had so much power but they kept breaking’
Child’s Play Meet the men still smitten by the thrill of slot car racing
Car of the century Part three of our countdown of the greatest ever racers
Should there be a new prize for a team finishing sixth in the championship – just like the Jim Clark Trophy in the good old turbo times?
Carlos Sainz’s heroic drive — overseen by his Dad; Alonso’s reputation at Mercedes takes a dent; and is the honeymoon period at Williams over for James Vowles? Chris Medland’s diary from the 2024 Australian GP paddock
From hospital bed to victory in a fortnight: Carlos Sainz claimed a popular win at the 2024 Australian GP, just two weeks after surgery, to end Max Verstappen’s run of F1 wins, after the Red Bull driver retired with a fiery brake problem
Alex Albon will take team-mate Logan Sargeant’s Williams at this weekend’s Australian GP after crashing his own. While the practice was more common in the past, it was no less controversial
Sebastian Vettel is set to test a Porsche 963 Hypercar, having already been linked with a Le Mans drive. But would his return really add that much to the world of racing?
Investigations involving Christian Horner and Mohammed Ben Sulayem, plus a criminal complaint by Susie Wolff, shows all is not well beneath the glitzy surface of F1, says Mark Hughes. And the series seems to have its head in the sand
Hear the stories behind the careers of motor sport’s greats and catch up on our latest podcast series: Engineering the Greats, which includes Adrian Newey, Patrick Head and Gordon Murray amongst the guests
Five-time Grand Prix-winner John Watson explains the art of the overtake; matching Niki Lauda’s performace; and turning down the chance to replace Nigel Mansell at Lotus, in the latest podcast marking Motor Sport‘s 100 years
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikpoJGPDulU Centenary Stories with Mario Andretti in association with F1 World Champion, four-time IndyCar title-holder and Daytona 500 winner, Mario Andretti is the first guest in a special podcast series…
Join Mark Hughes, Alex Brundle and Damien Smith as they discuss the top performers of 2023 in part 2 of our season review podcast: did anyone outshine Max Verstappen and Red Bull?
An F1 season for the record books: Mark Hughes, Alex Brundle and Damien Smith look back on 2023
Damon Hill is Rob Windows’ latest guest in our special podcast series, celebrating 100 years of Motor Sport Magazine. The 1996 Formula 1 World Champion reflects on following his father’s…
Five-time Grand Prix-winner John Watson explains the art of the overtake; matching Niki Lauda’s performace; and turning down the chance to replace Nigel Mansell at Lotus, in the latest podcast marking Motor Sport‘s 100 years
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikpoJGPDulU Centenary Stories with Mario Andretti in association with F1 World Champion, four-time IndyCar title-holder and Daytona 500 winner, Mario Andretti is the first guest in a special podcast series…
Join Mark Hughes, Alex Brundle and Damien Smith as they discuss the top performers of 2023 in part 2 of our season review podcast: did anyone outshine Max Verstappen and Red Bull?
An F1 season for the record books: Mark Hughes, Alex Brundle and Damien Smith look back on 2023
Racing drivers tend to be a selfish breed. Actually, it’s common in most sports: to be the best, at your best in any given field, takes total focus and dedication,…
Floyd Ganassi Jr, better known as ‘Chip’, is quite simply one of the most successful team owners in the sport. He came to motor racing as a driver and raced…
On paper, it had the potential to be one of the most romantic of all motor racing fairy tales: the schoolboy who was given an unexpected opportunity to sit at the…
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The most beautiful racing circuit in the world — that was the standard boast. Subjective in the extreme, for sure, but standing atop the valley slopes that tumble to the shores…
Shielding my eyes against the sun, I gaze back along the straight. Stretching to the horizon is a silver-black band of Tarmac spray-gunned with can and shrouded by converging lines…
It was what the French call ‘Un été de la Saint-Martin”— an Indian Summer. Across continental Europe the weather had been hot, oppressive. During our night time run into France…