They say it’s the ones that got away which cause the most pain. Linger in the mind, like a pox on your skin. Nigel Mansell, with his swashbuckling driving style, unshakeable British charisma and ...

Forty years ago, a wet Estoril circuit in Portugal hosted a race that would forever change the landscape of Formula 1. In conditions that would have cancelled most races today, Ayrton Senna, in only ...

It’s been 40 years since Ayrton Senna took his first win in Formula 1 at the 1985 Estoril Grand Prix. To mark the occasion, the Lotus 97T with which the three-time Formula 1 World Champion secured ...

IT WAS the moment two of the biggest names in Formula 1 came to blows, and now the dirt has finally been dished on one of the sport’s most infamous incidents. It’s May 17, 1987 — the day of the third ...

Never a win at Monaco, however. It was 32 years ago when he came closest, in the most despairing of defeats snatched from the jaws of victory. Mansell had claimed five consecutive race victories ...

James has been writing about cars professionally since 2012. After a bruising period freelancing in his native UK, James spent six years in Dubai, starting his new life abroad as Web Editor for ...