The F1 teams have moved to Europe for the fourth round of the championship, and to the historic Imola circuit for the Emilia Romagna GP. In days gone by, the Grand Prix at Imola was titled the “San Marino GP”, but whatever the name, it is good to be back on an “old school” track. Imola is one of three circuits this season which will hold a sprint race (the others being Austria and Brazil). Qualifying took place on the Friday, and was dogged by rain and no less than five red

Last weekend the Spring sun shone on Sussex as the historic racing community gathered at the Goodwood racing circuit near Chichester for the 79th Members’ Meeting. This meeting was added to the Goodwood portfolio a few years ago, and unlike the Revival Meeting, the cars that are allowed to compete can be newer than 1967 vintage. This year the Duke of Richmond had invited V12 and V10 F1 cars to demonstrate their wonderful sounds, as well as a number of iconic Porsche 956 / 962

Do you remember the days when Formula 1 cars were unreliable, and so many times drivers had to retire through some mechanical failure or other? Back in the day, it really was a case of “in order to finish first, you had to first finish.” Recently, the cars have become so reliable that whole seasons have been completed without a mechanical failure, and the list of non - finishers for a particular race has usually been quite short – and most of those have retired due to accide