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Peter Wright, F1’s godfather of ground effect and active suspension, has died aged 79.

The technological innovator also brought in huge safety improvements to motor sport: go.motorsportmagazine.com/3J...
Peter Wright obituary: F1’s godfather of ground effect and active suspension
The man who pioneered ground effect and active suspension in F1 has died at the age of 79
www.motorsportmagazine.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:05 PM
GF (who’s a pro-ceramicist) selling the wares in @CopelandParkSE - come down if you’re in South-East London today!

#ceramics #pottery
October 5, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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Remembering Justin, born OTD 1978.

📸: Clive Rose/Getty Images
July 31, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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A very happy birthday to Nigel Mansell!

There's no-one quite like 'Our Nige' 💙❤️
August 8, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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Il Leone roared from 12th on the grid to win the 1989 Hungarian GP OTD.

What a drive – image by Paul-Henri Cahier / Getty Images.
August 13, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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Many happy returns to Divina Galica, the trailblazing Olympic skier who became one of the few women to enter an #F1 race.

Earlier this year, @thebishf1.bsky.social heard her incredible story of a life led at top speed: go.motorsportmagazine.com/46...
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August 13, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Cars with more power than grip and top F1 drivers made the M1 Procar series very special.

For many, it provided the best one-make racing ever seen, as Alan Henry remembers in today's Great Read: go.motorsportmagazine.com/3J...
August 13, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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The inimitable Enzo Ferrari – a man who changed motor sport forever – died OTD in 1988.

📸: Bernard Cahier / Getty Images
August 14, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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A very happy birthday to the brilliant Jackie Oliver.

Guess the race captured in this image!
August 14, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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F1 and sports car ace Jackie Oliver is 82 today!

In this month's mag, he gets behind of his old Lola T70 (which was also Steve McQueen's stunt car) – click through for our sensational gallery: go.motorsportmagazine.com/3J...
August 14, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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Hannu Mikkola's fearsome Audi Sport Quattro S1 E2 is going under the hammer this weekend.

It could be yours – if you've got a few of million spare, of course: go.motorsportmagazine.com/45...
Mikkola's fearsome Audi Quattro WRC beast up for sale
This Audi Quattro might be the definitive WRC Group B car – and you can now buy it
www.motorsportmagazine.com
August 14, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Wedding (not ours)
August 9, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Looking forward to the big auto race at the world's greatest race track today!

📸: Penske Entertainment – Joe Skibinski
July 27, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🖤🥲
July 23, 2025 at 5:08 AM
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"The first person I saw was Ron’s wife, and I thought she must be an angel. Then I saw Ron standing next to her, and I thought, OK, I am not in heaven yet.”

Mika Häkkinen remembers his harrowing near-death F1 crash, and the road back: go.motorsportmagazine.com/3I...
Häkkinen remembers his near-death F1 crash: 'The pain was unbelievable'
At the 1995 Australian GP, Mika Häkkinen almost lost his life in a terrifying crash – he told Motor Sport about his road to recovery
www.motorsportmagazine.com
July 15, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Stirling Moss headed Juan-Manuel Fangio for a sensational Silver Arrows 1-2 at the 1955 British GP OTD.

Read the intriguing story in this month's magazine: go.motorsportmagazine.com/4n...
July 16, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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Worlds apart: When IndyCar took on F1 in the same race – and won.

500 legend Jim Rathmann, born OTD in 1928, saw off F1 competition to win the 'Race of Two Worlds' at Monza in 1958: go.motorsportmagazine.com/46...
July 16, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Remembering Jules, lost OTD in 2015.

📸: Mark Thompson/Getty Images
July 17, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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John Watson took a fabulous home win at the 1981 British GP OTD.

It was the first victory for the carbon-fibre McLaren MP4/1.
July 18, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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Former McLaren F1 ace David Coulthard told James Elson about his private audience with The Beatles' George Harrison, who played him an unreleased grand prix-themed song about Bernie Ecclestone!

go.motorsportmagazine.com/44...
July 18, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Absolute scorcher on Finchley Road today
July 4, 2025 at 6:40 PM
The Mrs noired me
July 3, 2025 at 8:03 AM
“Hot car” Italian job vibes on Finchley Road
July 3, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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Heinz-Harald Frentzen took a faaantastic French GP win for Jordan OTD in 1999.

Bring back yellow F1 cars?
June 27, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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2025 is F1’s most polite title battle ever, writes James Elson.

go.motorsportmagazine.com/4e...
2025 is F1’s most polite title battle ever – Up/Down in Austria
Describing this year's championship race as a 'battle' might be slightly over-egging it, writes James Elson
www.motorsportmagazine.com
June 30, 2025 at 6:30 PM