The Lotus name returns to Formula 1 this year. Neither Tony Fernandes nor Mike Gascoyne are pretending this new team has any direct link to Colin Chapman’s great squad, but still the use of the Lotus badge is seen as controversial in some quarters. After all, the legacy is a… Read more
Damien Smith
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- The private face of Ayrton Senna Damien Smith, 23 Dec 2009
- Button’s amazing journey Damien Smith, 29 Oct 2009
- The ‘People’s Champion’ – 17 years on Damien Smith, 29 Oct 2009
- BMW’s glory days Damien Smith, 1 Oct 2009
Martin makes his mark at Daytona
NASCAR’s season kicked off on Saturday with qualifying for this Sunday’s Daytona 500, followed by the Budweiser Shootout 75-lap non-points-scoring sprint race under the lights. Qualifying was swept by Hendrick Motorsports as veteran Mark Martin took pole and team-mate Dale Earnhardt Jr qualified on the outside front row. Thursday’s pair… Read more
Sections: Grand-Am, IRL, NASCAR, Other reports
A new view of WRC
It’s easy to forget the World Rally Championship when a Formula 1 season looks set to be as exciting as this year’s does. However, this year rallying doesn’t look like it’ll be taking such a back seat.
Not only have Kimi Räikkönen and American extreme driver Ken Block arrived on… Read more
Sections: Blogs, Personalities, Rally, Videos
A classic Daytona win
This year’s Rolex 24 hours at Daytona produced a similar result to last year with a Brumos Porsche winning from one of Chip Ganassi’s two cars, but without 2009’s drama when Juan Pablo Montoya battled fiercely with David Donohue. The closing hours of this year’s race were disappointingly flat as… Read more
Sections: Blogs, Other reports, Sportscars
The changing face of Silverstone
As part of the bid to host MotoGP, Silverstone has introduced a new loop on the track, called the ‘Arena’. It’s a large-scale operation, however you look at it. But a trip to the Northamptonshire circuit yesterday proved to be quite an eye-opener.
Firstly, the Silverstone you know is unrecognisable… Read more
Sections: Blogs, Formula 1, Motorbikes
Andretti and Redman for the next Motor Sport audio podcast
Just as we were getting prepared to have Mario Andretti as our next podcast guest a call came through saying that Brian Redman also wanted to join us.
There’s no point in going over Redman’s career here as I am sure you’re all perfectly familiar with it. However, the 12… Read more
Sections: Blogs, Events, Personalities
January’s audio podcast (2010)
Welcome to the first Motor Sport audio podcast of 2010. What does Nigel Roebuck really think about the return of Michael Schumacher and all the other news from the F1 paddock?
Next month we’re joined by 1978 Formula 1 World Champion Mario Andretti so make sure you ask him a… Read more
Sections: Audio podcasts, Formula 1, Historic Racing










