Tony Hazlewood, fabled agricultural engineer, racer and co-founder of the Super Saloon Drivers’ Association with Mick Hill, died earlier this month aged 87.A larger-than-life character, with an infectious grin, an illness had tragically left him bed-bound, unable to communicate with his loyal family and carers, for more than a decade.Continue Reading
Mercedes Formula 1 reserve driver Valtteri Bottas has emerged as a leading candidate to join the Cadillac team when it enters the championship next season.Senior figures at the nascent squad are due to be in attendance at the British Grand Prix at the start of next month – including teamContinue Reading
American-born retail magnate Harry Gordon Selfridge was claimed to be on a mission to transform shopping into an enjoyable experience when he opened his Oxford Street emporium in 1909. Among the first attractions to be displayed in store, alongside consumer goods, was the aeroplane in which aviation pioneer Louis BleriotContinue Reading
A new report of the impact of Motorsport Valley has been published, showing increased growth over the past decade.The Motorsport Industry Association review, conducted by Grant Thornton, highlights the global importance of Motorsport Valley – the area in the United Kingdom where seven of the 10 teams competing in theContinue Reading
Reigning Super Formula champion Sho Tsuboi hopes Toyota’s partnership with the Haas Formula 1 team could result in an opportunity to fulfil a long-held dream of testing grand prix machinery.Tsuboi has been tipped as a likely candidate to get mileage as part of Haas’s TPC programme with previous-generation F1 carsContinue Reading
MotoGP Hall of Famer and 500cc 1999 World Champion Álex Crivillé talks to us about his incredible career and what his predictions are for the current stars of MotoGP. From his biggest rivals, to bike evolutions and his current favourite equestrian hobbies. Criville tells us all about it here atContinue Reading
British Touring Car Championship organiser TOCA is to close off a rules loophole during the summer break in time for the next round at Croft.Hyundai team Excelr8 Motorsport was held back in the scrutineering bay at Oulton Park last Saturday, after Tom Ingram had set a dominant pole position atContinue Reading
Listen to the radio conversation from Brad Keselowski’s No. 6 RFK Racing team and others as he mistakenly enters a closed pit road. SourceContinue Reading
If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs… Giacomo Petrobelli and Jonny Adam’s imperious performance to win British GT’s Spa round last weekend, ahead of chaos behind them, fell into that category.It wasn’t quite rewarded with the Earth and everything that’s in it, but itContinue Reading
At racing speeds, one of Pirelli’s blue-sidewalled ‘wet’ tyres can displace a remarkable 85 litres of water per second. The problem is that you’re more likely to see a blue moon than witness an F1 wet tyre operating at racing speeds. That amount of water being displaced at all four cornersContinue Reading