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Interview - Bernard Dudot

French racing underwent a renaissance in the mid Sixties with Matra, Gordini and Alpine and a new generation of French drivers moving to the forefront of international competition.Full Story
News Feature - Formula 1 preview 1990

Now ends the winter of our discontent, ahead is another glorious summer of Grand Prix racing. And about time too. The endless bickering of the recent months, whatever the rights and wrongs, long ago became wearisome. Now it is the time to hear engines again and watch the world's greatest drivers doing what they know best...Full Story
Interview - Alex Caffi

Alex Caffi wasn't particular happy after the US Grand Prix in Phoenix. The young Brescia driver had been as high as second in the race, chasing after Alain Prost's McLaren. He had to pit, but was charging back through the field. He was going to end the day on the podium but, more importantly, it would have been his first top three finish in F1.Full Story
Interview - David Brabham

It was a match made in heaven -- or so it seemed. David Brabham, Sir Jack Brabham's third son, had signed to drive for Brabham, the team his father had founded way back in the sixties.Full Story
News Feature - The redesigned Silverstone circuit

The resdesigned Silverstone circuit was designed by Silvestone Circuit's chairman Tom Walkinshaw, George Smith, the Development Director of Silverstone and Hamish Brown, the Managing Director. The three received advice and comments from Bernie Ecclestone.Full Story
Interview - Tempered by experience: Pierluigi Martini

Sitting on the front row of the grid for the USA GP in Phoenix was the Minardi of Pierluigi Martini. In recent months the Italian has emerged from the shadows and built himself the reputation of being one of the fastest competitors outside the big name teams of Grand Prix racing. Few remember that in 1985 Pierluigi had been consigned to F1's scrap heap as a no-hoper.Full Story

Financial - The art of the possible: The structure of the FIA and FISA

We write blithely of the FIA and FISA, of the International Court of Appeal and the World Motor Sport Council. Generally, all are lumped together under the title Paris, from where all the major decisions in international motor sport are made. But how does it all work? And who really controls motor sport?Full Story

News Feature - The 1989 F1 season review

What CAN you say about Formula 1 in 1989? Even the most hardened and cynical observers have been getting the giggles this year. Neighbours was never like this! No, folks, Formula 1 makes Dallas look like a kiddies programme.Full Story
News Feature - McLaren versus Jean-Marie Balestre

The recent battle between McLaren and the FIA/FISA looks set to spill over into the civil courts. The controversy was triggered by the accident involving the two McLarens of Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost on lap 47 of the Japanese GP. Senna was excluded from the results. The McLaren team appealed against the decision to the FIA International Court of Appeal: the highest court in motor sport.Full Story
News Feature - McLaren versus Jean-Marie Balestre

FISA President Jean-Marie Balestre recently suggested that "prestigious heads may risk a fall" over the Suzuka affair. At a press conference in Paris last week Balestre launched a further attack in the extraordinary battle of wills between FISA and McLaren.Full Story
News Feature - The art of the possible: How does the FISA work?

We write blithely of the FIA and FISA, of the International Court of Appeal and the World Motor Sport Council. Generally, all are lumped together under the title Paris, from where all the major decisions in international motor sport are made. But how does it all work? And who really controls motor sport?Full Story

Interview - Kenny Anderson

There was a big technical reshuffle at Ligier in 1989 and an American - Ken Anderson - found himself in charge of the engineering team at Magny-Cours - all the way from Florida. Gone are the days of Ligier being a purely French team. Today it has Englishmen, Americans, Belgians and even a Brazilian...Full Story
News Feature - Unlucky 13: The horrors of pre-qualifying

It's early Friday morning. There's a chill in the air and a dusty racing track. At this time of day, a sane soul would be rolling over in bed and re-setting the alarm clock.Full Story

Interview - Gerhard Berger

"I'm happy," said Gerhard Berger at the Italian Grand Prix at Monza. "I'm happy to be alive. I was very close to not being alive in San Marino."Full Story
News Feature - Drinking and driving: Formula 1 drivers as athletes

In the intense heat and humidity of a race like the recent Brazilian Grand Prix, drivers are working hard in extreme heat. They are encased in triple-layer nomex suits, balaclavas and full-face helmets. The body's reaction is to sweat. If, in the course of a race, fluid loss becomes too serious, drivers pass out. It is only natural. Unconsciousness is the body's inbuilt protection mechanicism, yet when a driver does collapse everyone throws their hands up in horror. How can it happen?Full Story
News Feature - Watching the watch: Formula 1 timing systems

"What was the gap between Senna and Prost on the last lap?" asked a frantic French radio journalist, running his fingers through his hair aggressively. His job on the Sunday afternoon at a Grand Prix is to scream down an intercontinental telephone line to his studio in Paris. His reports go every five minutes. He needs constantly updated and instantaneous information.Full Story
Interview - Professor Sidney Watkins

When the lights go from red to green at a Grand Prix, 27 powerful cars accelerate hard towards the first corner. Twenty-six of them have qualified for the race; some of them have even survived the turmoil of pre-qualifying. The 27th car has not qualified -- but it is always guaranteed a place on the grid...Full Story
News Feature - Bottoming Out: Team Lotus hits rock bottom

The 1989 season was not exactly what one might call an easy year for Camel Team Lotus. It will not be remembered fondly by anyone associated with the team, or indeed by the many fans who have followed Lotus since the days when Colin Chapman ran the show, when Lotus was THE team.Full Story

Interview - Ken Tyrrell

In Mexico City after the Grand Prix, Ken Tyrrell stood in his team's pit and proudly surveyed his domain. Michele Alboreto, driving the team's new 018, had just finished third. One of the first people to drop by to offer congratulations was Bernie Ecclestone...Full Story

News Feature - A visit to the Indianapolis Museum

The Indianapolis 500 Hall of Fame is the most incredible and comprehensive collection of cars which have won the world-renowned race. And a few surprises. Wandering around the marbled halls of the Hall of Fame is fascinating and a great education...Full Story

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