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Alesi is reunited with his dream racer

New sponsor, a change of driver. Camel tobacco money is a welcome fillip for minnow Tyrrell and its previously plain blue 018. But it means Marlboro-backed Michele Alboreto – the team’s last grand pri

Herbert gets his break from the back

The future F1 star’s career was launched by winning the Festival 40 years ago, and he had to overcome plenty for his underdog win.

‘we won in ’70... but should have won in ’69 and ’71 instead’

Richard Attwood strides into the pub, dapper as ever just days after his 85th birthday, and greets me with an enormous grin. The pub is significant, not for what, but where it is. When we were arrangi

"i was told i was the highest-paid f1 driver... but i think lauda was getting more at brabham"

When you consider that Jody Scheckter’s driving style earned him the nickname ‘Sideways Scheckter’ in his early days, that he continued to drive racing cars that way right up to and throughout his For

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Who cares if Flavio Briatore isn’t recognised as Alpine team principal? The important point is that he’s there. You may not approve of the wild-haired man who gabbles in unintelligible English, but th

When the long-distance sport faced an extremely short-term future

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

Alesi is reunited with his dream racer

Herbert gets his break from the back

The future F1 star’s career was launched by winning the Festival 40 years ago, and he had to overcome plenty for his underdog win.

‘we won in ’70... but should have won in ’69 and ’71 instead’

"i was told i was the highest-paid f1 driver... but i think lauda was getting more at brabham"

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