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Viva Las Vegas

From dread to dazzling, the new 2023 Las Vegas Grand Prix is a dream come true. After more than 40 years of wishful dreaming, Formula 1 returns to Las Vegas, the sports and entertainment capital of...

AperturesApertures: When Words Meant Everything

Apertures: When Words Meant Everything

Written and captured by Richard Kelley John Watson and engineer extraordinaire Gordon Murray sorted the 1977 Brabham-Alfa Romeo, one tweak at a time. In those days, there were no data-gathering dev...

Formula 1From Hero to Countryman

From Hero to Countryman

Lewis Hamilton has often hailed his 2021 victory at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix as the greatest of his career. The British ace delivered an utterly stunning comeback to rise from 10th on the grid to w...

AperturesApertures: Waiting

Apertures: Waiting

Written and captured by Richard Kelley From the beginning of Formula 1 into the early 80s, every pilot systematically sorted their car's handling characteristics, adapting their machine to shave te...

AperturesApertures: Alone But Never Defeated

Apertures: Alone But Never Defeated

Written and captured by Richard Kelley Fifty-one years ago, F1 was a spectacularly different beast within a different world. As from the beginning of most motorized competitions of the age, once th...

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AperturesApertures: Generous Genius - Derek Bell’s Life At Speed

Apertures: Generous Genius - Derek Bell’s Life At Speed

Written and captured by Richard Kelley. Derek Bell remains a unique hero to those friends and fans who have followed him through motor racing’s brightest and darkest moments. Now into his eighth d...

Formula 1Intangible Grit: Story of James Hunt

Intangible Grit: Story of James Hunt

James Simon Wallis Hunt. Women loved him; men envied him, and corner marshals learned to keep him at arm’s length. From the beginning, James was “oppositionally” defiant, hyperactive and stubborn. ...

AperturesApertures: A Perfect Match - John Campion’s Lancia Dreams

Apertures: A Perfect Match - John Campion’s Lancia Dreams

Written and captured by Richard Kelley As a young racing fan in 1970s Ireland, John Campion fell in love with Lancia rally cars that periodically tore through the woods. He would tell of memories o...

Formula 1Michael’s Moment: The Breathtaking Debut of a Racing Genius

Michael’s Moment: The Breathtaking Debut of a Racing Genius

There are rare instances when Formula One history stops to catch its breath to remember every second. The moment was 32 years ago, as the nearly unknown Michael Schumacher qualified his Irish Jorda...

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