Earlier this year I rekindled my American motorsport adventure with a trip to the Detroit Grand Prix. I’d been to four Indycar races previously, the Indianapolis 500 twice and a double header at Detroit in 2019. Long Beach was booked in 2020 but covid put pay to that. Now the most common question I get […]
Earlier this year the motor racing world lost Tony Brooks, the last surviving Grand Prix winner from the 1950’s, and perhaps the most underrated Grand Prix driver of all. Brooks was part of a new wave of talented British Grand Prix stars that emerged in the early to mid-1950’s. This new wave set the scene […]
We all know that motorsport is dangerous and drivers will do whatever they can to mitigate the risk of crashing, sustaining injury or worse. They normally do this by being in the right car, the right team, staying fit, wearing the best safety equipment and driving within their own capabilities. Some drivers go even further […]
It’s Friday 28th August 1992 and French Formula One driver Erik Comas has just slotted his Ligier Renault into sixth gear as he is approaching the almost flat out Blanchimont corner at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit in Belgium. He is pushing hard in qualifying, but overcooks it as he turns into the 180mph corner. The resulting […]
Mark Donohue once said “if you can leave two black stripes from the exit of one corner to the braking zone of the next, you have enough horsepower.” Mark got his wish with the Porsche 917/30 Can-Am car, which to this day is credited as one of the most powerful racing cars of all time. […]
In a world of instagram, twitter and facebook, imagery has never been more available. On a minute by minute basis we can see excellent, thought provoking images, and as a motorsport fan I always keep an eye out for interesting racing shots. Despite photographers being moved further and further away from the action, some amazing […]
Great feats in motorsport tend to be based on wins and championships. This makes sense given those are the ultimate goals of the sport. Greatness can also be measured in other ways, one of which are those one off laps, either in qualifying or the race that stand out from the rest. Some are well […]
As an Indycar obsessed Brit, I often find myself dreaming about travelling for 30 minutes to see Scott Dixon, Colton Herta and Pato O’Ward battling it out at my local circuit of Brands Hatch. Unfortunately as it stands, I have to contend with British Airways, Delta and a full day of travelling to Indianapolis, Detroit […]
A common opinion is that the greatest wet-weather drive in motorsport history was the victory of Pedro Rodriguez at the 1970 BOAC 1000km at Brands Hatch (Link). Being a massive Pedro fan myself, I tend to agree, although there was another drive which could be placed alongside his Brands Hatch victory. It was another Pedro […]
One of the most common observations of modern motorsport is ‘if you paint all the cars the same colour, you wouldn’t be able to tell one manufacturer from the other.’ That’s true to a certain extent, as technology has advanced to a point where designs have converged, but mainly as regulations have become tighter. Where […]
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