As Jenson Button moves inexorably closer towards this year’s Formula One drivers’ title, so things are beginning to fall into place as to who will be driving where next year.

The name Ferrari stirs many emotions in racing and road car enthusiasts around the world. No other marque has ever enjoyed the continual loyal support of such a massive fan base, through good times and bad. Nothing quite like them, is there? And the Ferrari story is one very much of good and bad times. [...]

It’s not very often that the FIA court of appeal overturns a decision taken by its own race stewards. In fact, there was a time when appealing meant that you’d probably be hit by an even heftier penalty just for having the temerity to question the decision in the first place.

Nelson Piquet, who has been dropped from the Renault Formula One team for the rest of the season, has issued a hard-hitting statement criticising Flavio Briatore, head of the Renault team, for his treatment of the young Brazilian driver. Got a job mister? On his website, Piquet says: “I have received notice from the Renault [...]

Each year, around about this time, a strange edifice appears peeking over the trees near Chichester, in West Sussex. As you drive around the area, you can just catch a momentary glimpse of it; a flash of steel caught in the sunlight, a regular form against irregular foliage and the rolling downs. It must be [...]

So which is the fastest road car in the world then? Well I must confess that the term is a bit meaningless as far as I’m concerned. Do you mean fastest production road car, or do you count one-offs that have been built just for the purpose of setting a record?