Category: PAST FEATURES

In our previous feature on ground effect last month we touched on the innovations of Team Lotus. For this month’s spotlight feature we focus on the man behind one of motorsports most famous teams, Colin Chapman. Colin Chapman was born in North London in 1928. He studied structural engineering at University College London, where he [...]

In our March Spotlight Feature we paid tribute to Sir Stirling Moss, one world motorsport greatest ever drivers, who passed away in April this year. While he raced at the very highest level in Formula 1 for 10 years, he won 16 races out of 66 starts, and was a runner up in the world [...]

If you ask many Formula 1 enthusiasts who is their favourite team a majority are likely to say Williams. If it’s not, its usually in their top 2 or 3 preferred teams. So why is there an affection for the Oxfordshire racers? Many inside and out of the paddock cite a certain ethos to racing [...]

During the COVID-19 pandemic there has been a lot of focus on how it will affect the racing, travel around the globe, and also how we will view motorsport and all other sports for the foreseeable future. McLaren recently let us see behind the scenes the other ways the CoronaVirus has impacted on their operations. [...]

Since 2018 Formula 1 has had the spectre of dramatic tyre regulation changes for 2021 hanging over its head. The changes are significant but the added complication of COVID-19 Lockdown has meant little time has been available to understand in detail the impact these tyres will have on performance. What we know at the moment [...]

In all likelihood, some or maybe all of the 2020 season of F1 will be raced behind closed doors. Whilst this means that some aspects of a team’s operations will be affected, such as corporate hospitality, much of what a team does on a normal race weekend will still need to take place. If you [...]

So, it’s the end of the season and as a Formula 1 driver whose just completed a gruelling season, you’re rightly looking forward to some well-earned “RnR” with sun, great food that’s not on your trainers regular menu, and perhaps even a glass or two of your favourite liquid refreshment. However, once the batteries have [...]

It’s been said in motor sport circles before that Colin Chapman had a lot to answer for. Take that as you wish, but what is undeniable was his single-minded approach to engineering innovation that made Lotus a dominant team through numerous eras of Formula 1. Some innovations were more successful than others. Lotus’ forays into [...]

If you’ve already read our feature on Ground Effect, you will remember we mentioned how the introduction of more powerful turbocharged engines was a contributing factor to the banning of ground effect at the end of the 1982 season. However, that was only part one of the story as we will explain in this feature [...]