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Best Racing Cars of the 80s: McLaren MP4/4

While arguments might rage among aficionados about which is the greatest F1 car of any particular decade, there is universal agreement that when it comes to the eighties, there can only be one cand...

Racing in the 70s

If Formula 1 could be said to follow fashion then the racing style that had largely defined the 1960s – all mod-ish tapered edges, size zero waistlines and perfectly sculpted silhouettes – gave way...

Colin Chapman – The F1 Revolutionary

Ask the man in the street to name a current Formula 1 car designer and you’re unlikely to get an answer. Ask an F1 fan the same question and they might just manage to think of Adrian Newey. But bac...

Max Verstappen - The New F1 World Champion

In achieving the feat, which went down to the very last lap of a record-breaking 22-race season, he became the 34th driver in history to win the title, and the first from the Netherlands. In the pr...

Remembering Sir Frank Williams

Long before it became the fashion – today, you are as likely to be run over by a phalanx of joggers as a race car at the circuit on an F1 weekend – Frank Williams was a fitness fanatic who enjoyed...

Senna’s Sao Paulo Samba

This year’s title fight between the holder Lewis Hamilton and the challenger Max Verstappen is one of the most exciting in years, however it’s unlikely to have much effect on the size of the crowd...

Racing cars of the 60s

There are several racing cars over the years that can vie for the title of best or most beautiful or most successful, but if one had to choose the most important Formula 1 car of all time, it would...

Racing Cars of the 50s

The best racing car of the 1950s was actually designed at the end of the thirties and had won plenty of races by the time the first ever Formula 1 World Championship was held. The Alfa Romeo Al...