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The return of Ford’s famed Blue Oval to Formula 1 may be denigrated by some rivals as a badging exercise, but the US giant generated a tremendous legacy of 176 grand prix victories by lending its name
Something is not right. Racing cars are meant to be more difficult to drive than road cars; extra power and performance but less harnessed, so trickier to access and control than with the engineering
Martin Brundle, Derek Warwick and David Brabham all pick out the 3.5-litre V8 Jaguar XJR-14 among the finest racing cars they ever drove. Ross Brawn’s design for Tom Walkinshaw Racing ‘only’ won three
‘Flash Alf’ Martin was a welder, but not just any welder. He was a brilliant welder. He worked for the Rubery Owen Group, which owned British Racing Motors, the BRM Formula 1 team. In its factory at B
a black GMA T.50S Niki Lauda just to my right. It’s tucked inside a shuttered pit box, raised on air jacks, centrelock wheels and slicks set off to the side. It looks shockingly tiny but has a presenc
Radical technical changes, electrification, active aerodynamics – all in the name of improving ‘the show’ through providing more overtaking. Sound familiar? In 2009 a new set of technical rules came i