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Motor Sport Magazine
Lella Lombardi BREAKING DOWN WALLS
Fifty years ago Lella Lombardi became the only ever female to score in the F1 World Championship. As Jon Saltinstall reveals, she faced her career with quiet determination and kept her personal life away from the press
5 min |
August 2025
Motor Sport Magazine
Wild wood
With its ply chassis, the Marcos 1800 GT was light, fast and, according to Simon de Burton, better-looking than an E-type
2 min |
August 2025
Motor Sport Magazine
"ONE PERSON WHO DEFINITELY DIDN'T DESIGN THE MP4/4 WAS ME. BUT I WAS CHIEF FROM THE MP4/5"
For half a century, Neil Oatley has lived and breathed Formula 1 and is still involved on a day-to-day basis with McLaren. Retirement? No time soon...
10+ min |
August 2025
Motor Sport Magazine
Aussie Grit
Australia is never far from a major sporting triumph. Paul Fearnley
5 min |
August 2025
Motor Sport Magazine
Motorbikes
Piero Taruffi is best known for his drives in 1950s Fl and sports cars but his love of speed started on two wheels, says MAT OXLEY
3 min |
August 2025
Motor Sport Magazine
What are the odds of this?
A secret Mercedes commemoration of its 1955 British GP win at Aintree gave modern F1 hero George Russell a chance to ride in honour of Moss and Fangio
2 min |
August 2025
Motor Sport Magazine
Road cars
With another Le Mans under his belt, ANDREW FRANKEL looks back at his weekend with Aston Martin, whose key aim was to finish
4 min |
August 2025
Motor Sport Magazine
DAMIEN SMITH'S Drive OF THE month
Ferrari makes it three wins in three at the Le Mans 24 Hours – a dream for the manufacturer but a fairy tale for Robert Kubica
2 min |
August 2025
Motor Sport Magazine
Porsche's 963 Hypercar takes to the streets
Is that a road car?
1 min |
August 2025
Motor Sport Magazine
Does racing's new blockbuster have the winning formula?
With a hot-shot director and one of Hollywood's biggest actors, what could go wrong for F1? Well, quite a lot, says Katy Fairman
2 min |
August 2025
Motor Sport Magazine
THE REST IS HISTORY
Martin Brundle, Ollie Bearman and cars from the first F1 World Championship race. James Elson is trackside for a 75th anniversary showdown
6 min |
August 2025
Motor Sport Magazine
SHOTGUN WITH SEB
It isn't everyday you get to be co-driver to the most prolific WRC champion. Joe Dunn straps himself in for the ride of his life
5 min |
August 2025
Motor Sport Magazine
F1 frontline
Ferrari's team principal Frédéric Vasseur is in the media firing line. MARK HUGHES smells some strong management meddling
4 min |
August 2025
Motor Sport Magazine
From the archives...
With superb new documentary Earnhardt now on Amazon, we rewind to a 2011 Motor Sport feature written 10 years on from Dale's death at Daytona
2 min |
August 2025
Motor Sport Magazine
My month on the track
It's a few more miles on the clock for Nigel Greensall who gets the chance to drive his hero Ronnie Peterson's F1 racing car
1 min |
August 2025
Motor Sport Magazine
FANGIO VS MOSS AT AINTREE 1955: Was it a 'fix'?
It's 70 years since Stirling Moss's first Formula 1 victory. But was the win handed to a British driver on home soil? Mike Doodson reopens the case of a motor sport mystery – and finds the answer
7 min |
August 2025
Motor Sport Magazine
Rumblings
Our ears may be thankful, but, says DOUG NYE, the heart misses the VIO howl that was the soundtrack to Fl races 20 years ago
3 min |
August 2025
Motor Sport Magazine
Stirling work marks '55 Mille Miglia
It's 70 years since Moss & Jenks’ win in ‘722’. As SIMON DE BURTON says, watchmakers love an anniversary
2 min |
August 2025
Motor Sport Magazine
F1 insider
We saw a rare apology from Max in Spain. KARUN CHANDHOK isn't expecting many more niceties from the Schuey of our times
3 min |
August 2025
Motor Sport Magazine
Is Morgan finally in the pink?
An update (of sorts) of the Plus Six is here. As Andrew Frankel finds out, beneath the art deco curves there's modernity – and fun!
3 min |
August 2025
Motor Sport Magazine
GREAT LOST CIRCUITS Longford
Sometimes known as the 'Reims of the South Pacific' due to its long, fast straights and undulations, Longford has a special place in the hearts of Australian motor racing fans and the European drivers who came to race there. Until Formula 1 moved to Albert Park in Melbourne in 1996 it was Australia's fastest road circuit.
1 min |
August 2025
Motor Sport Magazine
POSTCARD FROM America
JOHN OREOVICZ reports on a knife-edge finish for Acura in the Watkins Glen 6 Hours, while NASCAR hops the border to Mexico
4 min |
August 2025
Motor Sport Magazine
Aintree Britain's forgotten F1 venue
Before Red Rum was thrilling the masses in the Grand National, Liverpool's world-famous racecourse shared its facilities with racing cars. For Mike Doodson it holds fond memories
6 min |
August 2025
Motor Sport Magazine
Papaya rules – but Verstappen is still a threat
Three contrasting tracks, three different winners as the F1 season continues to remain tightly contested. Mark Hughes reports on the latest twists and turns
10+ min |
July 2025
Motor Sport Magazine
You can cram a lot into a day...
Why The Quail, A Motorsport Gathering has become Car Week's hottest ticket
3 min |
July 2025
Motor Sport Magazine
Don't fear the beep-beeper
From a big-tailed Superbird to a voluminous Transit, here's Simon de Burton's sale picks
1 min |
July 2025
Motor Sport Magazine
Moment in the sun
A German 2CV cabrio? Simon de Burton introduces us to the rare Hoffmann open-topper that'll bring a smile to your miles
2 min |
July 2025
Motor Sport Magazine
The rub of the green
Mid-August means Monterey Car Week – the world’s most prestigious motoring meet-up
3 min |
July 2025
Motor Sport Magazine
BEYOND THE GRID & BEHIND THE SCENES
With F1 set to be this summer's blockbuster, Chris Medland speaks to its makers about the art of wheel-to-wheel authenticity
10 min |
July 2025
Motor Sport Magazine
F50s are all the fashion
A Ferrari once owned by Ralph Lauren. Simon de Burton thinks its bang-on trend
1 min |