The worst f1 cars

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

The idea of a racing car competing at the 24 Hours of Le Mans emblazoned with the Harrods department store livery on its flanks sounds somehow incongruous. Just as unlikely back in 1995 was the notion

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

Few racing cars divide opinion like the Audi R8. Some regard the German manufacturer’s LMP prototype as the all-time great to which its record attests. Others have labelled it a boring winning machine

THE WELSH FARMER IS NONE TOO IMPRESSED with our group of 1990s icons. Reckons we’re always up here causing a nuisance, driving like idiots and making too much bloody noise. John Barker is patiently ex

May 13, 1950: Drivers including Juan Manuel Fangio, Reg Parnell and Nino Farina gather at the start of Farm Straight at Silverstone before the Grand Prix of Europe. May 13, 2025: A group of journalist