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Manzur moment in Montmelo
2009-04-13 FBMW
Nasir Hameed
Kazeem Manzur reflects on Formula BMW debut season in exclusive interview with Hameed ...
Read the article >Adrien Tambay: The spirit of 27
2009-03-24 EUROF3 FBMW
Nasir Hameed
The son of Patrick Tambay plans to keep the Spirit of 27" soaring. Hameed captures Adrien Tambay in this interview ...
Read the article >American ace Bomarito poised for greatness
2008-09-23 ATLANTIC
Tony Dizinno
Bomarito has talent and is one of the top Atlantic competitors but the American racer still looks to climb the ladder ...
Read the article >Where do we go from here?
2008-02-29 COMMENTARY INDYCAR
Tony DiZinno
DiZinno's gives a younger person's perspective on the unified series ...
Read the article >Ryan Briscoe a perfect Penske fit
2008-01-13 ALMS INDYCAR
Joe Jennings
Briscoe moves from sportscar racing to IndyCar with Penske ...
Read the article >Welcome to Hinchtown
2007-03-20 A1GP ATLANTIC
Tony DiZinno
Known as the "Mayor of Hinchtown", the open-wheel racer's future is bright ...
Read the article >More motivation for Christijan Albers
2007-02-10 F1
Nikki Reynolds
Christijan Albers is looking good in orange for the 2007 season ...
Read the article >The void left by Montoya
2006-09-23 F1 NASCAR-CUP
Katie Jones
Juan Pablo Montoya is joining forces with his old friend Chip Ganassi, and leaving a big empty spot in Formula One in the process ...
Read the article >Fisher back to the future
2006-09-08 INDYCAR
Earl Ma
Much has changed for Sarah Fisher over the past six year and in this feature Earl Ma discovers that she is still true to herself ...
Read the article >Wirdheim in the wilderness
2006-03-30 F1 F3000 INDYCAR
Earl Ma
The Swedish ace struggled to make his mark stateside last year, now he is ready for 2006 ...
Read the article >Steve Kinser: Still king of sprint car racing
2005-11-18 IROC SPRINT WOO
Joe Jennings
Steve Kinser and Richard Petty are both known as "the King" to race fans, but in different specialties. Kinser continues to race and win ...
Read the article >Civil unity
2005-08-06 INDYCAR INDYCAR
Anne Proffit
Proffit's take on the unrest between the two top North American open-wheel series ...
Read the article >A weighty subject
2005-07-21 INDYCAR
Anne Proffit
The ongoing talks on the advantage Danica Patrick has due to her tiny size and yet most drivers are lean, small and ...
Read the article >The blame game
2005-06-23 F1
Anne Proffit
Proffit expands on the US GP debacle and the ongoing blame game ...
Read the article >Alex Barron, an optimist and an achiever
2005-04-26 INDYCAR
Joe Jennings
All racers start a new season full of optimism, Barron may be one of many but read on as to why he truly believes ...
Read the article >Progress at CCWS, for now
2004-11-16 INDYCAR
Michael Anderson
Status: From "fragile and questionable" to "promising and questionable". It's not a home run but ...
Read the article >Full Throttle: Hungaroring vs Kentucky
2004-08-21 F1
Max Davies
It was hardly a surprise, was it? Michael Schumacher gets pole, makes a decent start to lead into the first turn, pulls away and ...
Read the article >Takuma Sato: Japan's rising son
2004-06-29 F1
Katie Jones
In 14 years a handful of Japanese stars have entered F1, but none with the presence and charisma of Sato ...
Read the article >2004 San Marino GP bouquets and brickbats
2004-05-01 F1
Peter Chapple
FIA plans to change all the rules for 2008, but it's more Schumacher at Imola ...
Read the article >2004 Bahrain GP bouquets and brickbats
2004-04-08 F1
Peter Chapple
No sandstorms in Bahrain, but McLarens blow up again and FIA throw their weight around ...
Read the article >2004 Malaysian GP bouquets and brickbats
2004-03-28 F1
Peter Chapple
Gymnastics, spins and tantrums at the Malaysian GP earn brickbats and maybe a few bouquets, too ...
Read the article >BAR: bold and ready
2004-03-22 F1
Patrick Reilly
So David Richards won't be paying a visit to the local bookies to collect his winnings. After staking a thousand pounds on either Jenson Button or Takuma Sato to triumph in Melbourne ...
Read the article >Adrian Fernandez: putting logic over emotion
2004-03-19 INDYCAR INDYCAR
Victor Genova
Last week Adrian Fernandez shocked the racing world. With such a great legacy and such a huge stake in Champ Car, why would he leave? I'll tell you why ...
Read the article >Euro 3000: the countdown begins
2004-03-18 EU3000
Rebecca Hobbs
Euro 3000 has had somewhat of a shaky past. It is keen to be seen as a serious launch pad into Formula One, and never more so than in 2004 ...
Read the article >2004 Australian GP bouquets and brickbats
2004-03-15 F1
Peter Chapple
Those of you who followed this series last year will recognise a change or two for this year ...
Read the article >The fix facing Sir Frank
2004-02-26 F1
Maverick Adam
And so the hardball match has begun, rather foolishly you'd have to say, as no one in the history of time has ever beaten Sir Frank Williams ...
Read the article >No clear choice
2004-02-24 INDYCAR
Anne Proffit
2004 to see smaller powerplant debut at the Indy 500, what will this mean for this year's title. We won't know until they turn wheels in action ...
Read the article >Wishes and hopes: the 2004 Pandora's Box
2004-02-20 F1
Peter Chapple
Part whimsy, part serious - the now-customary look at this year's hope chests ...
Read the article >F3000: Truly the feeder to Formula One?
2004-02-06 F3000
Rebecca Hobbs
F3000 is billed as the official feeder to Formula One, but for many it has never truly fulfilled this role. That sums up its overriding problem in one sentence ...
Read the article >Rules, returnees, and rubbish
2004-02-05 F1
Peter Chapple
Many people claim that the revised rules for F1 championships last year were the reason for one of the closest fought championships in years. They were therefore quite surprised when some new rules for 2004 were announced almost before all the champers w
Read the article >Pandora's box: 2003 hopes revisited
2003-12-22 F1
Peter Chapple
Before the start of the 2003 F1 season, I took a rather whimsical look at the hopes of the F1 teams' personalities for the season ahead. It now seems appropriate to review how things panned out.
Read the article >Schumacher better than Fangio?
2003-11-29 F1
Peter Chapple
Comparisons are said to be odious at best. They are also futile when trying to compare achievements in different generations. What wise man would say, for example, that the computer is a greater boon to mankind than the mousetrap?
Read the article >End of Season: bouquets and brickbats
2003-11-19 F1
Peter Chapple
Well, it's a funny old world, isn't it? Particularly the world of F1 racing, where the season's finale was symptomatic of the whole
Read the article >Japanese GP: bouquets and brickbats
2003-10-24 F1
Peter Chapple
Well, strike me pink, Ross Brawn has got a recruit for his "fair playing field" campaign already! Herr Norbert Haug of Mercedes Benz feels that the rules need to be changed to ensure that the big guns (ie. the McLaren Mercedes drivers) are not disadvantag
Read the article >US GP: bouquets and brickbats
2003-10-07 F1
Peter Chapple
How dare it? How dare the weather upset the best laid schemes of Mr Bernie Ecclestone?
Read the article >Italian GP: bouquets and brickbats
2003-09-17 F1
Peter Chapple
Tires. Tires. Tires. Tiresome! Have there ever been so many words written and so many contradictions dished...
Read the article >Dear Mr. Brawn
2003-09-12 F1
Peter Chapple
Or may we call you Ross? After all, F1 is all about openness and friendliness, isn't it? Max Mosley says so, anyway.
Read the article >Tainted goods
2003-09-11 F1
Jo Husband
Controversy. It seems to be as much a part of Formula One these days as the chequered flag and the champagne. Hardly a season goes
Read the article >Hungarian GP: bouquets and brickbats
2003-09-06 F1
Peter Chapple
One is tempted to start this article with a claim that the FIA has again shot itself in the foot. But such a statement would be incorrect, as that egotistical but inept band of decisionmakers has fired ...
Read the article >F1 in wonderland?
2003-08-21 F1
Peter Chapple
Light at the end of the tunnel? Or just another series of smokescreens? In the last week or so, there have been three very welcome utterances from three very big cheeses in the F1 world.
Read the article >German GP: bouquets and brickbats
2003-08-08 F1
Peter Chapple
What was the average German motor racing fan thinking in the two weeks leading up to the German GP? He/she had probably bought a ticket some months ago.
Read the article >British GP: bouquets and brickbats
2003-07-22 F1
Peter Chapple
At last, at $#&^% last, a superb race and one fully warranting the title of "Grand Prix" after so many exhibitions of dross.
Read the article >French GP: bouquets and brickbats
2003-07-16 F1
Peter Chapple
So on to the French GP. Unless you are a Ralf/Williams supporter it was another ho-hum weekend. Unlike the European GP, there is...
Read the article >European GP: bouquets and brickbats
2003-07-02 F1
Peter Chapple
Much of the discussion at Thursday's press conference for the European GP centred around the Schumacher brothers making excuses for...
Read the article >Canadian GP: brickbats and bouquets
2003-06-24 F1
Peter Chapple
An argument developed at the Friday press conference between Ron Dennis and Paul Stoddart. Paul had said that since the attitude of...
Read the article >Monaco GP: bouquets and brickbats
2003-06-06 F1
Peter Chapple
Off-track politics were surprisingly quiet this past fortnight. One could be excused for thinking that it was because Bernie Ecclestone was too busy in his garden shed sharpening daggers for use on the GPWC crowd and Max Mosley was licking his wounds afte
Read the article >Austrian GP: bouquets and brickbats
2003-05-22 F1
Peter Chapple
In the last fortnight media attention moved from Max Mosley's "unaminous" traction control decision and arbitration matters to Ferrari's de Montezemolo telling Bernie Ecclestone to mend his ways before the end of the year or GPWC will be a fact not a fict
Read the article >2003 F1 rookies: interim report card
2003-05-16 F1
Eileen Buckley
The one-third mark of the F1 season has arrived so it is a good time to look at the four rookies and how they are faring in the F1...
Read the article >Spanish GP: bouquets and brickbats
2003-05-07 F1
Peter Chapple
Before the teams gathered in Spain, the motor racing media deluged us with the news that "a team" may protest the results of the fi
Read the article >San Marino Grand Prix: bouquets and brickbats
2003-04-25 F1
Peter Chapple
The discerning reader will have realised that my piece on the Brazilian GP was written before the FIA saw the light and awarded the
Read the article >Brazilian GP: bouquets and brickbats
2003-04-15 F1
Peter Chapple
In view of his recently reported remarks, I wonder if Bernie found this qualifying boring? Montoya probably did if his time is...
Read the article >Off-track happenings: bouquets and brickbats extra
2003-04-09 F1
Peter Chapple
Some of the most interesting parts of the Brazilian round of Formula One didn't even happen at the track. Thus this "extra" edition...
Read the article >Malaysian GP 2003 - bouquets and brickbats
2003-03-26 F1
Peter Chapple
Once again, before awarding the roses and rotten eggs for the race, it is pertinent to look at pre-race happenings.
Read the article >Australian GP 2003: bouquets and brickbats
2003-03-13 F1
Peter Chapple
No commentary on the first GP of the 2003 season can be written without reference to the pre-season. In a nutshell, over the ....
Read the article >Winter waffling: all torque but no action yet
2003-02-26 F1
Nikki Reynolds
Has it really been four months since the end of the last F1 season? Melbourne is looming on the horizon and the excitement is building towards the first race of 2003.
Read the article >The thin edge of the wedge
2003-02-25 INDYCAR
C.O. Ross
Just six weeks before the first race in St Petersburg, CART dropped its Chief Observer. At the same time, the series revoked the licenses of all its volunteer observers.
Read the article >Pandora's Box 2003: F1 hope
2003-02-18 F1
Peter Chapple
About this time last year I drew an analogy between the legendary Pandora's Box and the post-testing hopes of F1 competitors, and s$
Read the article >The end of an era?
2003-02-04 INDYCAR INDYCAR
Annie Proffit
It'll be the end of an era on May 25th, 2003 when Michael Andretti starts the 87th Indianapolis 500.
Read the article >Too soon to eulogize!
2003-01-28 F1
W. Robert Phelps, III
All who came into a corner with Eddie Irvine abeam knew what it meant to earn the corner. Whether they made it through first or last they knew he had been there. His applauders called him "Fast....
Read the article >F1: A new tomorrow?
2003-01-27 F1
Peter Chapple
If all goes well, 15 January 2003 will go down in F1 history as the day that Max Mosley wielded the FIA's big stick, put the vested interests behind him, and most of all brought some sanity back....
Read the article >Rules of Engagement
2003-01-25 F1
Nikki Reynolds
For so long the talk in Formula One has been how to cut costs, how to save money, how to prevent any more teams going the way of Prost and Arrows.
Read the article >The new rules: improvement or status quo?
2002-12-20 F1
Peter Chapple
Well, the S.S.S. (Self-Serving Society) of F1, otherwise known as the Technical Working Group of the FIA, has had a meeting.
Read the article >The bottom ten
2002-11-21 F1
Peter Chapple
When the F1 season is over all the pundits come forward with their "top ten of the year" lists. Often these are lists of the writer's favourites flavoured a little by patriotism, and for
Read the article >A championship settled but nothing else
2002-10-22 F1
Nikki Reynolds
At the end of a racing season there's a sense of disappointment for the fans: another year over and a long winter to get through without a regular fix of excitement. For Formula One, though, 2002
Read the article >Nine points of fact or fantasy?
2002-10-18 F1
Penelope
In an attempt to stop Ferrari running away with it all again next year, and to stanch hemorrhaging TV ratings and race attandance, the FIA has released a nine-point plan to encourage us to return to the Formula One fold. There is, however, a fine line bet
Read the article >Pandora's Box revisited
2002-10-15 F1
Peter Chapple
Well, the Formula One season has dribbled away and there will be hardly a tear in the eye of a real enthusiast anywhere. Has there ever been such a dismal season? I do not refer to Ferrari's ...
Read the article >Winning isn't everything
2002-10-02 F1
Gabe Siegle
Ferrari's performance in 2002 has been compared with the great years in recent Formula One history: McLaren in 1988 (15 wins in 16
Read the article >F1: Is its points system ideal? Part 2
2002-09-09 F1 INDYCAR INDYCAR
Peter Chapple
In my first article, we established that the two criteria for any points system should be...
Read the article >F1: Is its points system ideal? Part 1
2002-09-05 F1 INDYCAR INDYCAR
Peter Chapple
There are about as many different points-scoring systems in the motorsport world as there are championships. Many of them bring shouts of protest from the unsuccessful...
Read the article >Overtaken by technology?
2002-08-27 F1 INDYCAR
Jo Husband
Since Michael Schumacher clinched his fifth world title in Magny Cours, a lot of words and media space have been wasted on the inevitable comparisons between him and the only other man to achieve
Read the article >Qualifying at the Hockenheimtriangle
2002-07-27 F1
"Penelope"
Welcome to the Hockenheimtriangle, where the very original circuit has now been cut down to size and made just like all the other....
Read the article >French GP race - more of the same
2002-07-21 F1
"Penelope"
Yesterday I intimated that Alesi may be contacted to take Fisi's place at Hockenheim but it seems that sometimes truth is stranger than fiction as
Read the article >French GP qualifying - gossip
2002-07-20 F1
"Penelope"
Will he or won't he?? No, not the rumours that EJ will get a new wig, or that Ron Dennis has found his happy face, but will Michael Schumacher
Read the article >What next for Michael Schumacher?
2002-07-18 F1
Craig Turpin
Ferrari's Michael Schumacher is so dominant in Formula 1 this season that the German can almost pick the race at which he will clinch his record-tying fifth World Championship. And like Juan...
Read the article >Ten down, seven to go - Can we stand the excitement? (Part 2)
2002-07-17 F1
Peter Chapple
Perhaps it is symptomatic of the current state of Formula 1 that the most memorable aspect of the season so far is a negative. No prizes for guessing that I am referring to the Austrian Ferrari fiasco and its wet...
Read the article >Ten down, seven to go - Can we stand the excitement?
2002-07-16 F1
Peter Chapple
Perhaps it is symptomatic of the current state of Formula 1 that the most memorable aspect of the season so far is a negative. No prizes for guessing that I am referring to the Austrian Ferrari fiasco and its we...
Read the article >European GP race - Where do I start?
2002-06-23 F1
Penelope
Well what do I write...that is the question, whether it be nobler...errr...slings and arrows...oh God I can't even get my Shakespeare quotes right...but seriously, this is usually a real problem, but today there's so much to choose from the problem is mor
Read the article >European GP qualifying - an alternate view
2002-06-22 F1
"Penelope"
You just can't get away from it can you...no not Austria (did I manage to mention that again... sorry!!) but the WC - no not the World Council, ..
Read the article >People watching at the Silverstone F1 test
2002-06-04 F1
Nikki Reynolds
How close would you want to get to a Formula One car? Most fans, presumably, would like to get very close indeed and I'm sure quite a few have. But when they are moving, I can assure you getting...
Read the article >Monaco 2000
2002-05-26 F1
"Penelope"
What a day - 6.30am England vs. Cameroon (World Cup warm-up match), 12.05 Noonish Monaco Grand Prix, 4.30pm Indy 500...just a small slot for me to fit in writing this report. Unfortunately all this action on the same weekend meant I couldn't take up...
Read the article >Monaco qualifying - an alternate view
2002-05-25 F1
"Penelope"
Following the last 'race' in Austria, I was unsure if I could do this report without dwelling too much in the past...and expectations were not high coming into today's session. So to help me in my quest for short-term memory loss,...
Read the article >Has F1 missed the point?
2002-05-13 F1
Peter Chapple
Indignation and despair is pouring in from all quarters about the FFF (Ferrari Finish Farce) at the Austrian GP. Sympathy oozes from fans the world over for poor little Barrichello, who had to
Read the article >Formula One or Formula Farce?
2002-05-12 F1
"Penelope"
The normally laid back Sunday afternoon in front of the TV was shattered today as the household was put into mass panic...no I hadn't burnt the dinner, much more serious than that! The ITV coverage
Read the article >The myth of ovals: time to put it to rest
2002-04-25 INDYCAR INDYCAR
Jeff Janoska
The myth that CART abandoned ovals in the years leading to the Second Champ Car War refuses to die. Similarly, the misconception that by racing on road and street courses CART broke the sacred traditions of Champ Car racing also keeps returning from the g
Read the article >Formula One: quarter season review
2002-04-24 F1
Peter Chapple
With the F1 Grand Prix season but a quarter over, it seems timely to see how forecasts and hopes are going.
Read the article >San Marino musings
2002-04-17 F1
Venkat Ganesan
The San Marino GP produced the expected results: Ferrari on the pole, and Ferraris take the top two spots in the race. It also produced these 'musings' about various teams.
Read the article >A New Season: racing or processions
2002-02-25 F1
Peter Chapple
The tifosi would no doubt love to see Ferrari home first and second in every race. The British motor racing press and public would like to see Coulthard wrap up the championship by mid-season. But
Read the article >Pandora's box and the current F1 testing season
2002-02-19 F1
Peter Chapple
When one stops to think about it, there is a fair analogy between current F1 testing sessions at Valencia, Barcelona, Mugello and Fiorano and Pandora's box. In testing, the teams all hie off to test and test, trying to expunge all those little evils that
Read the article >Hockenheim: Not out of the woods yet
2002-01-17 F1
John Klender
The transformation of the famed Hockenheimring Grand Prix course has now begun, and motor racing fans around the world have been forced to accept this change in the name of "modernization" whether we like it or not. Modernization has become the buzzword a
Read the article >People watching at the Jaguar launch
2002-01-16 F1
Nikki Reynolds
I was apprehensive about attending my first Formula One launch for motorsport.com. I had been briefed on-line before the event, but this was my first meeting with photographer Mark Gledhill outside cyberspace. I should have known we'd get on really well.
Read the article >The Jaguar launch, a personal view
2002-01-07 F1
Nikki Reynolds
Cold is probably the best word to describe the day of the Jaguar R3 aunch, cold and quiet.
Read the article >Premier 1: Who needs it?
2001-12-21 F1 PREMIER1
Peter Chapple
The news that the debut of Premier 1 has been postponed from July 2002 until March 2003 brings neither surprise nor regret. What is the purpose of this new category anyway?
Read the article >Minardi's tough choice
2001-11-29 F1
Claudia Leonhardt
The Formula One silly season is coming to an end, and as usual, Minardi is one of the last teams to announce its driver line-up for the coming season. One spot is occupied by Malaysian youngster Alex Yoong
Read the article >Money, money, money...
2001-11-28 F1
Peter Chapple
"Money, money, money... it's a rich man's world." So sang ABBA some years ago. Were they singing about F1? Now, rather than then? They could well have been.
Read the article >The 2001 Formula One season in review
2001-11-24 F1
John Klender
The 2001 season belonged to Michael Schumacher and Ferrari, pure and simple. Personal and team achievements totalled nine wins, eleven pole positions, numerous records attained and broken, locking up both championships far ahead of schedule, and much more
Read the article >The CART 2001 season in review
2001-11-20 INDYCAR
John Klender
There is no denying that the 2001 Champ Car season may be remembered most for controversy. Headlines have become clotheslines for dirty laundry, and general pessimism continues to mount as the series....
Read the article >Same procedure as every year...
2001-11-15 F1
Claudia Leonhardt
We've heard it before. In fact, some things never seem to change: David Coulthard fails to win the title and as soon as the season is over, he announces that he will be champion next year. He has the talent, he has the speed. And if provided with the righ
Read the article >It's Always Been About Indianapolis
2001-11-14 INDYCAR INDYCAR
Jeff Janoska
It is time that the CART die-hards recognize that Champ Car racing always has been, and still is, about the month of May and the 500-mile race held in Speedway, Indiana. Despite the pre-war efforts of CART to make Champ Car racing a series, the 600-pound
Read the article >Gentlemen, start your dialogue!
2001-10-28 INDYCAR
Jeff Janoska
In parts I and II, I described what I feel are the major issues in the CART-IRL split. This article addresses how to solve the problem. To paraphrase, on behalf of the fans... Gentlemen, start your dialogue. Yes, dialogue, because neither faction has the
Read the article >Elitism and pride goeth before a fall?
2001-10-26 INDYCAR
Jeff Janoska
In my last article I discussed how moving to a common engine formula is one step on the road to peace in open-wheel racing. But there's more to it than just engines. The real issues are not manufacturer involvement or turbochargers. The real issues are el
Read the article >Another future World Champion?
2001-10-25 F1
Kelly Batke
So here we are, another Formula One season over and decided. As predicted, the season ended exactly how it finished, with yet another Schumacher victory. So why is Montoya the driver making front-page news?
Read the article >No engine suppliers? Good!
2001-10-21 INDYCAR
Jeff Janoska
Listening to the peanut gallery, one might think that CART's intended switch to normally aspirated engines will result in the downfall of the series. The pundits are wrong. If CART goes the way of Can-Am or F5000, a new engine formula will not be the prim
Read the article >This baby is sick and it's time to change its formula
2001-10-17 INDYCAR
Jeff Janoska
Champ car racing, and in particular CART's brand, is sick and in danger of going terminal. While most observers focus on the CART-IRL split as the source of the illness, the real problem is that most CART races are boring or artificially "sweetened" with
Read the article >Cosworth tour
2001-10-05 F1 INDYCAR NASCAR WRC
John Francis
About halfway between England's newest motorsports facility at the Rockingham Motor Speedway and the home of the British Grand Prix at Silverstone lies the little market town of Northampton. Long famous for the manufacture of fine shoes. Northampton is we
Read the article >Formula One in America
2001-10-03 F1
Kelly Batke
Coming into 2001, there was every reason for IRL president Tony George and F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone to be optimistic ...
Read the article >The legacy of fear
2001-09-20 F1
Kelly Batke
Not since the tragic loss of Ayrton Senna and Roland Ratzenberger has the Formula One arena appeared so bleak. Last week's terrorism, combined with the news of Zanardi …
Read the article >The safety factor
2001-09-09 F1
Kelly Batke
Luciano Burti's crash at the Belgian Grand Prix has generated a lot of discussion about safety in Formula One. At the moment there appear to be more questions than answers.
Read the article >Silly season strikes again
2001-09-07 F1
Claudia Leonhardt
The annual game of who-is-going-to-drive-for-whom started earlier this year than it usually does. Rumors about Rubens Barrichello leaving Ferrari and speculations about his..
Read the article >CART's ventures in Asia and Africa
2001-09-05 INDYCAR
G. Venkat Ganeshan
It's certainly not halcyon times at CART. Already, it is bogged down by various problems and mired in controversies, the recent one being the pop-off valve turmoil. However, if one goes by the recent spate of announcements, or rather denouncements from CA
Read the article >Hungarian GP - a personal reflection
2001-08-30 F1
Kelly Batke
I was blessed with the opportunity of being among the spectators at the 2001 Hungarian Grand Prix. For it is only in person that one can comprehend the level of excitement in a race as predictable as Hungary.
Read the article >Behind every great driver ...
2001-08-05 F1
Kelly Batke
With all the hype on the drivers these days, it is easy to lose sight of the fact that cars are the primary aspect of a Formula One Grand Prix ...
Read the article >Entering the final turn
2001-08-01 SCCA
Brian Bielanski
July and August. Besides conjuring up images of backyard barbeques and days at the beach, the dog days of summer represent the climax of the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) Club Racing season.
Read the article >Together forever?
2001-07-24 F1
Kelly Batke
The speculation regarding the retirement of Mika Hakkinen has kept the Formula One paddock alive for the last couple of months. Hakkinen's lackluster performance this season has sparked various rumors suggesting....
Read the article >F1: too much of a good thing
2001-07-11 F1 INDYCAR
Kelly Batke
In Formula One, image is everything. Rivalry extends far beyond the track where drivers compare Lear jets and yachts. Just open any F1 magazine and you will notice more pictures of scantily clad women than you will of the cars themselves.
Read the article >Where is the Midseason Drama?
2001-06-28 F1
Kelly Batke
Formula One doesn't lack competitors. Just look around, you will find 22 of them, but what it does lack is competition.
Read the article >Pre-season predictions reviewed
2001-06-20 F1
Kelly Batke
As we approach the midway point of the Formula One season, it's worthreflecting on some of the predications made before the season began.
Read the article >Monaco GP: another look
2001-06-06 F1
Kelly Batke
Perhaps there should have been a sign on the streets of the Monaco circuit. Yield to the power of McLaren. I was somewhat impressed by the drive of Enrique Bernoldi during the Monaco Grand Prix. It couldn't have been easy driving the twisty
Read the article >Indy curtain raiser
2001-05-26 INDYCAR
G. Venkat Ganeshan
The stage is set for the 85th running of the Indy 500 Championship. Qualification is over. The bump day has passed. Thirty-three rings have been awarded to the qualified drivers. The pride and aura associated with Indy is unexplainable. The feeling is cer
Read the article >Team orders
2001-05-18 F1
Kelly Batke
Mika Hakkinen may have kissed goodbye an early opportunity as a championship title contender, but he is hardly eliminated as a threat from an occasional victory. After all, he is a double World Champion, and he is driving for McLaren.
Read the article >David Coulthard: now or never
2001-05-17 F1
Cam Curwood
From the time his championship chances ended last season, 2001 was going to be the make or break year for David Coulthard. A driver can compete only so many years while being beaten by his teammate before F1 managers decide he is no longer a top flight dr
Read the article >Stronger
2001-05-15 F1
Thierry Lecourt
On Sunday at the A1 ring, David Coulthard did one of his best drives in Grand Prix by winning under heavy pressure pressure from both Ferrari drivers, Barrichello and M. Schumacher. With this achievement, Coulthard...
Read the article >Murphy's laws of Formula One
2001-05-11 F1
Kelly Batke
The last lap retirement of Mika Hakkinen's McLaren at the 2001 Spanish Grand Prix was a subtle reminder of the presence of Murphy's laws in Formula One. In other words, when anything can go wrong, it will go wrong.
Read the article >Real testing returns to Le Mans
2001-05-10 LEMANS
Thierry Lecourt
This year, for the first time since 1994, we have seen the return of real preliminary testing. This special day was again a real test session, with eight hours of test time, rather than just a selection session ...
Read the article >Lucky and not
2001-05-05 F1
Thierry Lecourt
The final result of the Spanish Grand Prix last week, at Circuit Montmelo in Barcelona, was all about luck: it is very rare to see a driver lose a race in the final lap, and yet ...
Read the article >Club privé
2001-04-23 F1
Thierry Lacourt
Être une équipe de Formule 1 a toujours été synonyme d'appartenance à un club très fermé. Sans doute encore plus maintenant depuis que seulement 12 équipes sont autorisées,
Read the article >Private Club
2001-04-19 F1
Thierry Lecourt
Being a Formula One team has always been synonymous to being the member of a private club, especially now where only 24 cars are allowed, and teams are the same since Tyrrell disappeared and Bar arrived in 1999.
Read the article >Brazil revealed
2001-04-12 F1
Kelly Batke
With the 2001 Formula One season well underway, some interesting revelations are beginning to unfold. Perhaps the majority of the drama is nothing more than pure fiction fabricated by the media and journalists. Nevertheless, there are plenty of reasons wh
Read the article >Sam Schmidt Motorsports: Debut of a seasoned team
2001-03-27 INDYCAR
Ken Plotkin
Last week's Pennzoil Copper World Indy 200 at Phoenix saw the debut of a new team: Sam Schmidt Motorsports. The team was born with an announcement on February 9th, during Indy Racing test sessions at Phoenix. Larry Nash and LP Racing, who took care of
Read the article >Traction Control - electronic aids, to be or not to be?
2001-02-27 F1
Kelly Batke
Is the era of the Formula One driver coming to an end? Will it be possible to replace them with crash test dummies? Ridiculous? Considering the return of hi tech electronics to Formula One, we may see a different breed of driver.
Read the article >A hero on and off the track
2001-02-19 NASCAR-CUP
Nancy Schilke
Dale Earnhardt, the "intimidator" on the track; off the track, one of the most approachable and likeable men one could ever have the privilege of meeting ...
Read the article >Superlicense criteria
2001-01-30 F1
Kelly Batke
Finnish driver Kimi Raikkonen will race for Sauber this season, thanks to the granting of a superlicense from the FIA last December. Raikkonen, like Jensen Button and teammate Nick Heidfeld, is among the recent trend of young talent in Formula One. But th
Read the article >CART Cars in Québec?
2001-01-14 INDYCAR
Martin Lafontaine, special to Motorsport.com
As you probably already know, there is currently a lot of talk about the possibility of seeing the CART series competing in Québec. Three venues have been discussed: a Montréal street circuit (apparently backed by Gerry Forsythe and Players), a temporary
Read the article >Les bolides CART au Québec
2001-01-13 INDYCAR
Martin Lafontaine, special to Motorsport.com
Comme vous le savez probablement déjà, on parle de plus en plus de la possibilité de voir tourner les voitures CART sous le ciel québécois. En effet, on a parlé d'un circuit dans les rues de Montréal
Read the article >Montoya and the CART curse
2001-01-11 F1 INDYCAR
Kelly Batke
Juan Montoya appears to have plenty in common with Alex Zanardi, arriving in Formula One as a former CART Champion and Target Chip Ganassi driver. Prevailing opinion is that he will fail miserably at F1, just like Alex. Why don't we compare him with Jacqu
Read the article >Wieth Racing Ferrari FIA-GT profile
2000-11-25 FIA-GT
Motorsport.com staff
Wieth Racing presented their new race car the Ferrari F 550 GTS, a race version of the Ferrari 550 Maranello, recently in Munich's Parkcafe.
Read the article >Second class in the Sport of Kings
2000-10-03 F1 INDYCAR
C.O. Ross
I've been greatly disappointed with how the FIA is handling the public relations fallout from the death of Paolo Ghislimberti, the Monza fire marshal. Or to be blunt, how they aren't handling it. If what I've seen is any indication, Formula One is once ag
Read the article >It's so hard to get good help these days
2000-09-13 F1 INDYCAR
C.O. Ross
The Monza tragedy in which a fire marshall was killed has been the talk of the online racing community. Max Mosley, the president of the FIA, has been quoted as saying, "Marshalls [corner workers] volunteer to get close to the action." In response, one fa
Read the article >Team orders ... or not?
2000-09-03 F1
Tom Haapanen
There has been a great deal of discussion about team orders recently - specifically, with relation McLaren, and whether that team has imposed team orders on their two drivers ...
Read the article >Color CART international
2000-08-13 F1 INDYCAR
Bruce Miller
I was surprised a couple of years ago when I spent some time interacting with the folks on an IRL message board. I must confess that I'm not a "crossover" fan ...
Read the article >CART changes the rules of the game
2000-07-26 INDYCAR
Tom Haapanen
With Bobby Rahal now holding the reins, it is clear that change is afoot in CART, and nothing is off limits in an effort to ensure future success for the series ...
Read the article >CART: Going international
2000-07-18 INDYCAR
Tom Haapanen
Some of you may have noticed that the "CART FedEx Championship Series" is now often being called the "International CART FedEx Series." This is not just another PR phrase, though ...
Read the article >Jenson, Juan...or Bruno?
2000-07-02 F1 INDYCAR
Bruce Miller
The cumulative effect produced when one crucial event sets off a chain of similar events. Remember your Mother Goose? "For want of a nail, the shoe was lost; For want of the shoe, the horse was lost; For want of the horse, the knight was lost; For wan
Read the article >Indianapolis 500 "Carb day" - a commentary
2000-05-25 INDYCAR
Len Ashburn
I slipped over to the back stretch during the Carb Day active running and snuck a peek from behind the Black Flag Station just past the suites. The cars pass here so quickly one is hard pressed to read their number. Color recognition is a must here.
Read the article >Rookie Trans-Am driver looking to show her stuff
2000-05-18 TRANSAM
Keke Murray
Marybeth Harrison wants to show she can run with the big boys. And this weekend, when she gets behind the wheel of the #07 Glacier Bear Racing Camaro, she'll finally get her chance..
Read the article >Adam Petty - The dream will live on
2000-05-15 NASCAR-BUSCH NASCAR-CUP
Christi Lewien
Adam Petty's down to earth style made him special in many hearts. Always smiling, he had a way of making everyday troubles seem trivial. The success of achieving his life's dream didn't seem to change who he was, he took the time to make everyone feel wel
Read the article >The dot in NASCAR racing
2000-04-23 NASCAR-BUSCH NASCAR-CUP NASCAR-TRUCK
Bob Whitwell
As dot.com companies rush to find gold on the Internet in their struggle for market position or dominance, they are finding fertile ground in Winston Cup and in the process perhaps changing Winston Cup itself ...
Read the article >Driver-centricity in teams
2000-04-14 F1
Cam Curwood
There are many "diseases" infecting the fans, teams, drivers, or the media in Formula 1. They appear in a variety of forms, and include problems in knowledge, judgement, or circumstance...
Read the article >The NASCAR Midway
2000-04-03 NASCAR-CUP
Bob Whitwell
So you went to the racetrack and spent all of your extra money on all
that cool stuff on the NASCAR midway. Did you ever stop and wonder how
all that stuff gets to the track ...
Read the article >The Boys from Brazil
2000-03-30 INDYCAR
Tom Haapanen
Looking at the entry list for CART's season opener at the Homestead oval near Miami, one cannot help but notice how things have changed over the past five years ...
Read the article >Ferrari Fouled by Team Orders
2000-03-10 F1
Cam Curwood
In 1999, Ferrari won the Constructors' Championship for the first time since René Arnoux and Patrick Tambay piloted the beautiful Ferrari 126C3 in 1983. However, Ferrari's drought in the more ...
Read the article >An interview with Memo Gidley
1999-10-07 INDYCAR
Michael Stucker
CART rookie Memo Gidley sat down with motorsport.com during the Texaco Havoline Grand Prix of Houston weekend. motorsport.com: Because you're a rookie in CART, lot of motorsport fans don't know a ...
Read the article >What's with all the excitement?
1999-06-27 F1
Tom Haapanen
After all the complaints over the past year or more about the dullness of Formula One, the tables have been turned with a vengeance. After the event-filled Canadian Grand Prix earlier this month, we ...
Read the article >Small fortunes and racing
1999-06-10 F1 INDYCAR
Tom Haapanen
It is said that to make a small fortune in racing, one should start with a large one. There certainly are preciously few people who have become rich by racing ... right? Some of the biggest and ...
Read the article >Tethers debut in CART, IRL
1999-06-03 INDYCAR INDYCAR
Jack Durbin and Greg Bailey
Image 1: CART chassis attachment Image 2: The tether loops Image 3: The tether covers Image 4: The tether at the wheel Saturday's third running of the Motorola 300 marked the debut of the ...
Read the article >An interview with Eddie Cheever
1999-04-28 F1 INDYCAR INDYCAR
Jack Durbin
Governor Bush tests the fit of Eddie Cheever's Dallara-Infiniti IRL challenger Eddie Cheever was honored in Tallahassee, Florida by having April 27, 1999 proclaimed to be "Eddie Cheever, Jr. Day." ...
Read the article >An interview with Hans Joachim Stuck
1999-04-21 LEMANS
Richard Sloop
Hans-Joachim Stuck is one of the winningest drivers of all time. Born into a racing family, he has won LeMans twice ('86, '87), Sebring three times ('75, '86 and '88). He twice won the 24 Hours ...
Read the article >Passing ... what is it all about?
1999-04-13 F1 INDYCAR NASCAR-CUP
Tom Haapanen
The 1999 Brazilian Grand Prix is now a matter of record, and there was actually a pass for the lead on the track. Admittedly this was permitted by a missed shift on Mika Hakkinen's McLaren, allowing ...
Read the article >Who Are Those Crazy People?
1999-04-06 INDYCAR
C. O. Ross
Okay, time to assign homework for this weekend. While you're watching the CART champ car race at Motegi, can you see small groups of people at various points around the track, mostly on the outside, ...
Read the article >On the Kerbs
1999-03-30
Bob Whitwell
Fort Worth - A trip to a Winston Cup Event would not be complete without some local color. Billy Bob's, smack-dab-in-the-middle of the Fort Worth Stockyard's, is about as colorful as you can get. ...
Read the article >On the Kerbs
1999-03-23
Jack Durbin
The NASCAR Craftsman Truck series opened their season this past weekend at the Miami-Dade Homestead Motorsports Complex. Two other series also had their season debut in conjunction with the trucks at ...
Read the article >On the Kerbs
1999-03-16
John Francis
Some things are hard to accept. Bobby Rahal won't be behind the wheel of a Champ Car for the first time most fans can remember. Michael Andretti and Al Unser Jr. are no longer the brash young lions ...
Read the article >On the Kerbs
1999-03-02
Tom Haapanen
You are now reading the very first "On the Kerbs" column, a regular new feature of the MNI Features section. This column will always be written by MNI editors, but the authors will vary, bringing in ...
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