Welcome to part deux of the Motor Sport Hall of Fame audio podcast.
As I’m sure you’ll agree Brian is one of our best guests yet as the tales of his racing career are quite simply, jaw-dropping. We’re back next month on March 8 so do make sure you ask… Read more
The launch of the new Lotus Grand Prix car in London last week got me thinking. At last something has – I haven’t been inspired to put pen to blog in recent weeks.
Launches of new racing cars fall into two main categories – the absurdly lavish with dry ice,… Read more
Delta Wing Indycar concept unveiled
The Delta Wing Indycar concept was revealed on Tuesday at the Chicago Auto Show. Designed by former Lola designer and current Chip Ganassi engineer Ben Bowlby, the Delta Wing aims to revolutionise Indycar racing in 2012, with a low-drag design that eliminates front wings and… Read more
Motor Sport broke new ground last night – for both the magazine and for British racing – when we launched our Hall of Fame event at the Roundhouse in Camden.
It was a star-studded night as some of the biggest names in motor sport joined 400 guests for a celebration… Read more
Touring cars are great to watch for a number of reasons. Mostly notably the racing is extremely close and you’ll see cars passing each other in places that you never thought possible. Another draw, for me anyway, has always been that you can clearly see that they carry some DNA… Read more
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
Last year’s season-opening Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona featured a tremendous battle through the final three hours between Juan Pablo Montoya and David Donohue. Donohue scored the biggest win of his career as the 42-year-old overcame Montoya’s unrelenting efforts, using his Riley-Porsche’s superior power to take the lead from Montoya… Read more
A few days after Christmas I had the pleasure of talking to Jacky Ickx for a book I’m writing about the history of Carl Haas and Newman/Haas Racing. Thirty years ago Ickx won the Can-Am championship driving a Lola for Haas’s team, and I wanted to talk to him about… Read more
Championships were decided last weekend in four major American racing series. Dario Franchitti won the IRL’s IndyCar title at the Homestead-Miami Speedway, David Brabham/Scott Sharp wrapped-up the ALMS P1 championship for Highcroft Racing at Laguna Seca, Alex Gurney/Jon Fogarty sealed the Grand-Am title on the road course at Homestead-Miami, and… Read more
To preview the Silverstone 1000Kms this weekend Lola asked various journalists and competition winners to its Huntingdon-based headquarters yesterday. A forum session – hosted by John Hindhaugh of Radio Le Mans – started the day, with a panel consisting of Lola managing director Robin Brundle, someone called Damien Smith, RML… Read more
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