The most successful F1 cars of all time

The Ducati satellite squad enters its 10th season in the premier class in 2021, fielding reigning Moto2 world champion Enea Bastianini and series runner-up Luca Marini in an all-new rider pairing.Marini - half-brother to MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi - will be backed by the VR46 team in his debut season, and will run the outfit's livery, having unveiled it during Italy's version of the X ...Keep reading

Honda has been a mainstay in the world championship since it made its full-time return to grand prix racing's premier class in 1982, winning the title 20 times in that space of time - most recently with Marc Marquez in 2019. Honda currently fields four bikes in MotoGP, with two Repsol-backed factory team RC213Vs complimented by two riders at LCR - both of whom in 2021 will be ...Keep reading

Rossi switches to Petronas SRT for 2021 after signing a deal to extend his MotoGP career last year following 15 seasons (split by two years with Ducati in 2011 and 2012) with the factory Yamaha squad from 2004 to 2020.The Italian will remain a factory rider, but only has a one-year deal in his pocket with SRT - Yamaha boss Lin Jarvis branding this a "technicality" owing to both the Japanese ...Keep reading

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Surtees passed away when he was 83 years old on the day the 2017 MotoGP season began.He won seven motorcycling titles riding invincible MV Agustas, four of them (1956 and 1958-60) in the premier 500cc class that became MotoGP. Then he jumped onto four wheels, and the F1 championship he earned with Ferrari in 1964 created history never contemplated before that point and never repeated ...Keep reading

In this exclusive 3D video, Autosport's Andrew van de Burgt explains the background behind the halo and the way that the three top teams have integrated it (or not!) into their liveries... Video by: Dean & Emma WrightIn this photo gallery, our graphic designer Camile De Bastiani has removed the halo from all of the 2018 F1 designs, to show how much the appearance of the cars has ...Keep reading

This 33-year-old entrepreneur was the determined, strong-minded Ron Dennis; a man known for his professionalism and attention-to-detail. For him, motorsport was a lot more than just a sport, it was a way to do business.Ron Dennis started in life in Formula 1 as a mechanic with the Cooper team before he went to work for Brabham and Lotus. Getting his hands dirty was not his goal in life. He ...Keep reading

From now on, you can look through our exclusive photo archives, pick the photos and frames you love, and display your favourite motorsport moments for all to see.Our collection includes selected images spanning generations of racing’s finest moments across Formula 1, MotoGP or the legendary Le Mans 24 Hours.Featured photo –  Nigel Mansell, Nelson Piquet, Alain Prost and Ayrton ...Keep reading

After his apprenticeship, Greg Baker began his motorsport career with Tom Walkinshaw Racing, working on the Group C cars from 1990 to 92. He then became the No. 1 mechanic at Williams, which ran three Renault Lagunas in the exciting British Touring Car Championship.Baker then graduated in Formula 1 with Arrows-Yamaha, again as No. 1 mechanic. After four years with Arrows, he moved to Renault ...Keep reading

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Jordan was a successful racer himself before he decided to run his own team and competed in the lower formulas. He clinched the British Formula 3 title in 1987 with Johnny Herbert and the Formula 3000 championship two years later with Jean Alesi.Gallagher, who was a journalist in 1988, was a close ally of Jordan and was involved with the burgeoning F1 project from its inception.“Eddie ...Keep reading

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That Formula 1 teams test their new cars in Barcelona is not just by chance. It's a track everything is long known about – and it's got the appropriate selection of corners to provide exhaustive information about car behaviour. Even watching the cars trackside, you can still come to certain conclusions.Of course, it's impossible to get the full picture as we don't know what programmes the ...Keep reading

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