Visitors to this summer’s Silverstone Festival 25-27 August will be treated to the sensational sounds of BRM’s incredible V16 – widely hailed as the greatest sounding F1 engine of all time. It will be the first time Silverstone has reverberated to the mind-blowing wail of BRM’s fearsome supercharged 1.5-litre power plant in public for more than a generation and is yet another highlight among the … [Read more...]
Goodwood Festival’s bright spots
Bad weather disrupted this year's Goodwood Festival of Speed but couldn't blow away or wash out participants and spectators' enthusiasm marking its 30th anniversary. McLaren factory driver Marvin Kirchhöfer won the sensational Sunday afternoon Shootout final in the recently unveiled McLaren Solus GT, while over at the prestigious Festival of Speed concours de elegance at the Cartier Style et Luxe … [Read more...]
Superbears – The Story of Hesketh Racing
Hesketh Racing famously burst on the scene at exactly the right time during the 1970s, just when the average Britain needed an antidote to depressing daily news telling of Industrial unrest, multifarious EEC collaboration, high prices caused by oil-producers restricting supplies and a potential coal miners’ strike, writes Ken Davies. Formula One too was undergoing change with increasing … [Read more...]
Surviving to drive
Netflix compelling and successful series ‘Drive to Survive’ is rightly credited with breathing new life into Formula One by creating a whole new audience, especially in the USA. But the fly-on-the-wall reality series has also discovered cult heroes among previously unknown paddock personalities, particularly in minnow teams and Gunther Steiner, sometimes outspoken principal of the HAAS team, has … [Read more...]
Up close and personal with Ferrari F1
Fans visiting The Formula 1® Exhibition, in Madrid, can expect to get up close and personal with Scuderia Ferrari’s 2021 power unit. Exclusively displayed at the show, its inclusion marks the first ever public display of a Scuderia Ferrari power unit, and the first display of a Ferrari engine since 2013. Known for their extreme secrecy regarding design and technology, Scuderia Ferrari have … [Read more...]
Welsh sports car’s leading light in F1 season opener Sunday
A Welsh made car will be the safest on the grid when the lights go out to start this year's F1 season in Bahrain on Sunday. Aston Martin will raise the intensity by unleashing the might of the world’s most powerful ultra-luxury St Athan-built SUV, DBX707, as an Official FIA Medical Car of Formula 1. The critically acclaimed DBX707 has received significant engine, transmission, suspension, and … [Read more...]
Autosport show goes on a diet of desire
After a two-year hiatus, Autosport International bounced back to deliver its traditional preview of the coming season. Perhaps, understandably, the scale of this year’s show was smaller than usual and for sure it lacked that international "je ne sais quoe" made easy for visitors by access to Birmingham airport, nevertheless it made a welcome return to the calendar after its last showing way back … [Read more...]
Audi in F1 from 2026
Audi will take a stake in Swiss-based Sauber Group, whose team will become the German car manufacturer's works entry in Formula One from 2026. Sauber has been involved in Formula One since 1993 and currently competes with Ferrari engines, under the name of Alfa Romeo, a Stellantis brand and this will continue for the next three seasons. From 2026 new engine and fuel rules come in allowing … [Read more...]
Welsh firm helping Aston Martin F1 project
Cardiff-based aluminium fabricator Dudley’s Aluminium will assist in the construction of Aston Martin’s new Formula 1 facility at Silverstone. Dudley’s Aluminium will be working with SDC Builders Ltd on the project and install Kawneer doors and capped curtain walling. The 400,000 square foot facility will house the Aston Martin team’s design, manufacturing and marketing resource, as well as … [Read more...]
Newslines 12 September
The balooning sales of electric cars could be about to burst. High costs of the models with the majority over £30,000 combined with escalating electricity costs make them far less attractive than the current petrol cars and more economical diesel models and British sales of evs has stalled in recent months. The stark reality of Britain’s cost of living crisis has been revealed as new research … [Read more...]