Michael mann’s need for speed

First F1 conquered the small screen with Drive to Survive. Now it is aiming to do the same with the silver screen with a star studded movie release. In production for well over two years the new film,

The year is 1968. And if you’re a racing driver in the British Saloon Car Championship and your name’s not Frank Gardner, bad luck. You just lost. Because to be fast that year, only one thing would do

FORMULA ONE TEAMS TREAT THEIR TRADE secrets like matters of national security. In a motor-sport where milliseconds separate champions from also-rans, hiding technical know-how from opponents is as key

Above: Brad Pitt strikes a suitably heroic pose as Sonny Hayes in this poster for the new film F1, released on July 25. Note the use of the official F1 logo indicating the collaboration between sport

I think he’d be happy with it,’ says Henry Mann thoughtfully, as the first official continuation of his father’s famous Mk1 Escort flies round the private test track behind us. ‘I’ve thought a lot abo

No, The Fast and the Furious films are objectively not very good. But I doubt that even the greats can claim to have had anywhere near as much of an impact on their subject matter. The Shawshank Redem