A long way to go, but the horse has bolted – hydrogen is coming

With the global sportscar scene buoyant right now and Le Mans upcoming, Matt James reflects back to a time when the World Sportscar Championship disappeared altogether against a highly political backdrop in 1991

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There’s plenty that we can be cheerful about in our hobby, as the five experts in their field we consulted happily reveal

Oliver Rowland said sayonara to Japan with almost double the points tally of his nearest rival in the Formula E title fight after drivers old and new starred across double-headers in Toyko and Monaco

THE MARCH OF TECHNOLOGY SAW GRAND PRIX racing reach a new zenith in the ’90s. Active suspension – first seen on a Lotus as early as 1981 – was perfected. Paddleshift transmissions – a late-’80s innova

May 2025 marks a slightly unorthodox anniversary: that of a 20-year-old Jenson Button being caught speeding on his way to Monaco, clocking more than 140mph on a French motorway in a BMW 330d. ‘Prodigy