In the autumn of 1969 Chris Amon went to say his goodbyes to Enzo Ferrari, and it was an occasion savoured by neither man. After three years of unreliability and down-on-power V12s, Amon had concluded that, to compete with the likes of Stewart and Rindt, he had to have a Cosworth, and thus for 1970 […]
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Will there ever be a Lewis Hamilton of MotoGP, a black king of motorcycle racing? Of course there will be. Who does best at what often has much to do with culture, race, class and geography, but while international motorcycle racing is an overwhelmingly white sport, a black racer has already climbed the highest heights. […]
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Jean-Pierre Beltoise, winner of the 1972 Monaco Grand Prix for BRM, has died aged 77. Our thoughts are with his family and friends. Beltoise was an accomplished racer on two and four wheels, his career in the latter disipline hampered by arm injuries suffered in 1963. Had he been fully fit, many believe he would […]
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Within touching distance of the Atlantic coastline miles of sandy vistas surround Punta Del Este street circuit. The atmosphere of the place has a dreamy, lilting charm. A Spanish-soaked Zandvoort perhaps. Sand is about the only similarity between this vaguely surreal location for an international motor race and the great Dutch venue on the flat […]
Read more“We must keep pushing, push even further now that we are the target, now that we are in the crosshairs of the competition, and we need to get as many customer cars on track as we can, to win in as many countries as possible.” This was Wolfgang Dürheimer, Chairman and CEO of Bentley Motors […]
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How big a story would it be were it to become clear that Audi was going to bin both its WEC and DTM programmes and take part in Formula 1 instead? These are the guys who race with four rings on their nose, this is the company that used to be called Auto Union. Were […]
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Carpe diem. Seize the day. After a difficult start to his race, that’s exactly what Lewis Hamilton did during the Italian Grand Prix. For the first time since Spain, Hamilton had a clean qualifying session. I spoke to him for a long interview that evening and he was relaxed, thoughtful, but utterly focused on trying […]
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In America last week NASCAR Nation was all atwitter with excitement over Dale Earnhardt Jr scoring his third win of the year and establishing himself as a serious championship contender. At 39 Dale Jr has been NASCAR’s most popular driver for 12 consecutive years but he’s never won a championship and it would be manna from heaven […]
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I never made it to Assen. Instead of heading north east last week I found myself running in the opposite direction, towards Goodwood. Goodwood’s Festival of Speed is Glastonbury for petrol-heads or Ascot with engines, if you hang out around the Drivers’ Club where there’s a lot of bouffants and blazers. Most of all it’s […]
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The best news for IndyCar in quite a few years came two weeks ago when Verizon announced it has signed a long-term agreement to sponsor the series. In recent years Verizon has been IndyCar’s most visible and powerful sponsor with Team Penske and Will Power and will be a much stronger promotional partner this year […]
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