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Ford's Founding: Remembering the Fluffed French Formation Finish
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Ford's Founding: Remembering the Fluffed French Formation Finish

On 16 June in 1903, Henry Ford and eleven investors established the Ford Motor Company, with a capital of just $28,000. Other manufacturers might produce the most expensive, the fastest, the most e...

WRCLondon to Mexico, the Hard Way

London to Mexico, the Hard Way

Rally Mexico was the last round of this year’s World Rally Championship to be run in mid-March, before the Covid-19 pandemic shut down motorsport around the world. In fact, the Mexican event was ev...

Formula 1Mercedes to the Power of 6

Mercedes to the Power of 6

Formula 1 has generally been a cyclical sport with one team at a time enjoying a period of dominance and if we go back just a few decades we can see the names McLaren, Williams, Ferrari and Red Bul...

Formula 1Missing Magnificent Monaco

Missing Magnificent Monaco

George Russell won last Sunday’s Monaco Formula 1 Grand Prix and was joined on the podium by Esteban Gutierrez for Mercedes and local lad Charles Leclerc in a Ferrari. Don’t worry, you haven’t step...

Formula 1Racing in the Blood! Of Fathers and Sons...

Racing in the Blood! Of Fathers and Sons...

Last week’s big news was Sebastian Vettel’s decision to leave Ferrari at the end of the year and the announcement that he would be replaced by Carlos Sainz Jr. Adding the “Jr.” for junior is essent...

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Formula 1Italian steamroller that went like a rocket - Ferrari

Italian steamroller that went like a rocket - Ferrari

Scuderia Ferrari could have been the subject of the featured car in every single one of Automobilist’s series of commemorative posters for each decade of the Formula 1 world championship, as the It...

Formula 1Taking the lid off Coulthard’s crash helmet

Taking the lid off Coulthard’s crash helmet

These days, F1 drivers seem to change their helmet design as often as they change their socks. There’s a school of thought that believes this variety isn’t actually the spice of life, because it ma...

Formula 1May – The Cruellest Month in Motorsport

May – The Cruellest Month in Motorsport

May 1st, May Day is a significant date on the calendar, an ancient festival of spring and a holiday in many European countries. Strung together, “mayday” is used internationally as a distress signa...

Formula 1Once... upon a time!

Once... upon a time!

Brazil’s Rubens Barrichello currently tops the table for Formula 1 drivers who have started the most Grands Prix, on 322*. At the other end of the scale are those who made just a single appearance ...

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