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News Feature - Seasonal survey of 1999

A perfectly imperfect year. When, in a few years from now, we wander through the record books it will seem that the 1999 season was one which was won by Mika Hakkinen's McLaren-Mercedes.Full Story

Technical - The Imperial College

The success and growth of the UK Motorsport Industry is well documented and has even been sanctified by being studied by academic institutions and business study groups. Full Story

Technical - Formula1 Steering Wheels

Fighter aircraft have for many years had a cockpit design philosophy that sets out to allow the pilot to fly the aircraft in combat with "hands on throttle and stick".Full Story

Financial - LVMH and Prost Grand Prix

At the beginning of October Prost Grand Prix announced that it had formed an alliance with the world's largest luxury goods conglomerate - Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy.Full Story

Technical - Acoustic Spy

Absolute performance counts for nothing in Formula1, only relative performance matters. It is of no consequence how fast or slow you are, as long as you are faster than your competitors on a particular circuit, at a particular time on a particular day. Full Story

Technical - Tolerances

Many of the Formula One Technical Regulations depend upon dimensions, which in engineering terms can never be absolute. They require tolerances to enable parts to be manufactured, assembled and for inspection measurements to be made. Full Story

Historical - Stranger than fiction: Strange Formula One team owners

You may think that Prince Malik ado Ibrahim was an unusual character but in Formula 1 terms he was really rather quiet. Full Story

Financial - Is Bernie Ecclestone selling out?

On October 28 Bernie Ecclestone celebrates his 69th birthday and while the boss of Formula 1 racing says that he is going to keep running the sport, despite the fact that he had major heart surgery during the summer, there are signs that he is slowing down.Full Story
Interview - Now we are 76...: Murray Walker

Murray Walker is the most popular television commentator in Grand Prix racing, his fame having spread from Britain to outposts all over the world thanks to other nations which receive the Formula 1 television coverage produced by ITV.Full Story

Technical - Adrian Newey-Simply the Best

Design teams led by Adrian Newey have created six of the Formula1 cars that have won the Constructors' World Championship in the last seven years. Whoever wins in 1999, few would dispute that Newey's McLaren MP4-14 is the best car of this year and it is undoubtedly the favourite to raise his tally to seven out of eight. His influence has dominated the last decade of the first century of motor racing and, whatever he achieves in the future, his name will go down in history among that elite group of engineers who, in their time, could almost be guaranteed to create a successful Formula1 car: Colin Chapman, Mauro Forgheiri and Patrick Head.Full Story
News Feature - The amazing world of Formula 1 Press Officers

There are many unusual and interesting people in Formula 1 but probably the most interesting group are the Press Officers.Full Story

News Feature - Formula 1 and crime

In recent weeks there have been a lot of questions about Formula 1 teams being involved in drug smuggling.Full Story
News Feature - Prince Malik Ado Ibrahim

There are a lot of kings and princes in Africa - and a large number in Nigeria, a country with a great tribal, cultural and religious diversity.Full Story
Financial - Inside Bakersville

For the last three years Bernie Ecclestone's digital broadcast centre - known in the Formula 1 paddock as "Bakersville" after Eddie Baker, the former Brabham mechanic who runs it for Ecclestone - has been producing groundbreaking digital TV coverage of Grands Prix racing. Full Story

News Feature - The Ford Motor Company and F1

Jac Nasser, the president and chief executive of the Ford Motor Company, jetted in to Hockenheim to have talks with members of the Formula 1 circus while avoiding giving away any of the company's plans in Grand Prix racing.Full Story

Financial - Mighty McLaren

McLaren International is probably the most secretive of all the Formula 1 teams and does not like to give away any information if it can be avoided.Full Story

News Feature - Indianapolis prepares for F1

It is only a few months since Indianapolis Motor Speedway owner Tony George announced that the world's most famous racing circuit would host a Grand Prix in 2000.Full Story

News Feature - What really happened at Honda Racing Developments...

Way back in 1962 Soichiro Honda set his engineers the task of building a car and an engine that would win in Formula 1.Full Story

Technical - Overtaking in 1999

Few topics have caused as much discussion over the last 5 years as that concerning overtaking in Formula1. Full Story

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