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Fifteen years is a long time in anyone’s book. But it has been a decade and a half that has clearly weighed on Felipe Massa’s mind. The emotional images of him thumping his chest to his home fans after winning the Brazilian Grand Prix are hard to for

Former Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone says he can’t remember giving an interview that has sparked the initial stages of legal action from former Ferrari driver Felipe Massa over his defeat in the 2008 F1 World championship. Massa and his legal tea

British star Lando Norris has spoken of his relief that McLaren’s mid-season upgrade to its MCL60 Formula 1 car that has turned around the team’s season. The 2023 machine proved difficult at the beginning of the campaign with Norris only scoring thre

Stars of national racing have paid their respects to Mini racing legend Peter Baldwin, who passed away after a short illness last week. Baldwin was a multiple Mini Miglia champion, special saloons race winner and an ace engineer. He raced for six de

Formula Ford frontrunner team Ammonite Motorsport will join the GB3 championship from the 2024 season onwards with a two-car line-up. The squad has acquired two Tatuus-MSV 022s and commenced a comprehensive testing programme. The Andy Low-led outfit

Competitors on this year’s Rali Ceredigion will have the chance to tackle world-class asphalt stages as the Aberystwyth closed-road event bids to secure a future slot in the European Rally Championship. Motorsport News was granted access to the stag

George Lepley is hoping to use the British Historic Rally Championship as a springboard to relaunch his rallying career. Lepley, 26, hasn’t competed since the Cambrian Rally in 2021 after trying, but unfortunately failing, to step up from a Mitsubish

Four-time British Rally champion Keith Cronin has pulled the plug on his bid for a record-equalling fifth crown and was a notable absentee from the recent Ulster Rally. While he is very busy expanding the family business, which has recently acquired

Tom Todd and Dan Morefield continued their recent good form by winning the Bovington Stages for the first time, finishing 10 seconds ahead of Damian and Charlotte Cole’s Citroen C3 Rally2. Darrian GTR+ crew Todd and Morefield took the lead on the fi

There was devastation, elation and the musings over what might have been at the conclusion of the final European leg of the World Rallycross Championship at Estering in Germany. For the third round in a row the supporting cast took centre stage with

Super1600 rallycross champion Jack Thorne capitalised on a golden opportunity in the British Rallycross 5 Nations Trophy at Pembrey in the absence of reigning champion Patrick O’Donovan and took maximum points in a double-header weekend to move into

This weekend’s Silverstone Festival will be the biggest historic race meeting of the British season. More than 600 cars and 1000 drivers from 14 categories and 20 races make this a huge event on the full Silverstone Grand Prix circuit. Though rebran

Team Vortex from Leith Academy in Edinburgh, making its debut appearance at an F1 in Schools’ UK national finals, was another team to stand out in Leeds. The Jordan-esque yellow-bedecked squad could not be missed, and its pit display showed plenty of

The youth of today. How often do we, shall we say, more senior types decry them? But if you want your faith in youth restored, or simply established because you never had such faith in the first place, then I suggest you get yourself along to an F1

Jan Kopecky’s record-extending 11th win in Zlin was textbook stuff from Skoda’s number-one son. While it could have been a different story had it not rained just before Erik Cais ventured into SS5 while he was leading before a wild off-road moment o

While the Formula 1 teams have finished their summer holidays, when they arrive in Zandvoort this coming weekend the Dutch fans flocking to the seaside town will still be partying hard. The end of the summer shutdown means an intense final half of t

Adrien Fourmaux’s relentless march towards a first British title once again went unchallenged in Ulster as he made it four victories from four starts with co-driver Alexandre Coria. The French pair brought some welcome glitz and media attention to t

Callum Devine and Noel O’Sullivan secured their inaugural Irish Tarmac Championship title on the Ulster Rally where they finished second, and top ITRC crew, to aces Adrien Fourmaux and Alexandre Coria’s Ford Fiesta Rally2 by a margin of more than 45

Local man Joe Jessup and Lincolnshire’s Tom Gadd provisionally sealed hard-earned 750 Motor Club championships in a drama-laced 21-race Silverstone International circuit programme wrapped-up – on track at least after dozens of competitors were penali

The past is a foreign country; they do things different there. So it was 65 years ago today in Formula 1’s 1958 Portuguese Grand Prix, held on Oporto’s street track. Stirling Moss got his title attack, chasing Mike Hawthorn, back on track with victor