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The Lotus 72 was "an extension of my body," Emerson Fittipaldi reveals

Emerson Fittipaldi doesn’t hesitate when naming the best car he ever drove: the Lotus 72.

Motorsport

These are America’s five F1 race winners

Formula 1 has a turbulent history with drivers from the US, with some struggling to score a point while others claimed world titles. Here are the five American drivers who managed to win in F1

Motorsport

Reliving Ford's F1 rollercoaster

From powering 13 drivers’ and 10 constructors’ championships to selling its own team for £1, the Blue Oval has tasted the highs and lows of competition over six decades in F1

Motorsport

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Peter Wright obituary

Other lives: Racing car engineer who worked for the Lotus Formula One team and later improved F1 safety regimes

The Guardian - UK

What to look out for at the 2025 Silverstone Festival

This year’s Silverstone Festival takes place this weekend and will celebrate 75 years of F1, the return of Group C and plenty more

Autosport

Autosport magazine: 75 years of motorsport game-changers

We celebrate 75 years of Autosport in a special 196-page Summer edition of the magazine, out today (24 July).

Autosport

Spaggiari repeats Miles’ F3 Lotus win at Brands Hatch

Colin Chapman’s Lotus marque, immortalised as winner of Brands Hatch’s first British Grand Prix in 1964 with Jim Clark and subsequent world championship counters with Jo Siffert (1968), Jochen Rindt (1970) and Emerson Fittipaldi (1972), took centre stage anew at the Kentish venue last weekend.

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Watch a Can-Am UTV Race a Trophy Truck Across the Desert, and Win

The great Lotus designer Colin Chapman once remarked, "Adding power makes you faster on the straights. Subtracting weight makes you faster everywhere. Simplify, then add lightness."

RideApart

F1 constructors: Which team has the most titles, 2024 prize money and more

The 2024 Formula 1 constructors’ championship battle was one of the best in recent history, with McLaren beating Ferrari to the top spot in Abu Dhabi. McLaren entered the weekend on top with 640 points, leaving it 21 points ahead of its Italian rival, while the previous weekend’s Qatar Grand Prix saw…

Motorsport

F1 constructors: Which team has the most titles, 2024 prize money and more

The 2024 Formula 1 constructors’ championship battle was one of the best in recent history, with McLaren and Ferrari still in contention going into the season finale in Abu Dhabi. McLaren entered the weekend on top with 640 points, leaving it 21 points ahead of its Italian rivals, while the…

Autosport

Pocket rocket: Lotus Emira i4

CAR REVIEW: Given it’s likely to be the Norfolk-based brand’s last all-petrol sports car, Sean O’Grady climbs into the cockpit and is pleased to find this luxurious machine firmly takes its place in the great tradition

The Independent UK

Who are the greatest F1 team principals in history?

F1 has long been raged with a debate over who the greatest driver in history is and that is something which will continue to happen for as long as the series exists.

Autosport

Lotus Will Now Build the One-Off Car of Your Dreams

If you want a new Emira painted gold with green stripes and white wheels, Lotus Chapman Bespoke can make it happen.

Motor1

Magazine: Newey interview and Verstappen picks his 10 best F1 wins

Is Newey the greatest F1 designer ever? Fans of Colin Chapman and Gordon Murray would doubtless disagree but, given Newey has produced dominant cars for three different teams across four decades, he has to be in the debate.

Autosport

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Hangover-banishing pills are trending on TikTok - ever the sceptical, I tested them before a night of drinking

Don’t worry guys, I’ll be the guinea pig.

Motor1

Lotus Debuts “Lost” Type 66 Track Car For Limited Production, Costs $1.3M

Only 10 examples will be built, each with an 830-horsepower V8 engine.

Autosport

Grand prix racing’s battle against weight

When Mercedes launched its 2023 W14 there were a lot of comments about the return to a black livery. The base colour is that of the naked carbon fibre structure, with no paint applied at all. And the reason? To save weight.

Autosport

The 10 greatest sportscars never to race at Le Mans

Endurance racing is enjoying a boom period as manufacturers flock to build cars for the new Hypercar class regulations with the aim of winning the Le Mans 24 Hours.

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Indy 500 retrospective: When Jones beat Clark and paused a revolution

Jim Hurtubise was the man who warned them all. He set a four-lap qualifying average of 149.056mph on the fourth day of time trials for the 1960 Indianapolis 500 – a new record and about 2.5mph faster than Eddie Sachs’s polewinning average from a week earlier. Then he informed anyone…

Motorsport

1963 Indy 500: When Jones beat Clark and paused a revolution

Jim Hurtubise was the man who warned them all. He set a four-lap qualifying average of 149.056mph on the fourth day of time trials for the 1960 Indianapolis 500 – a new record and about 2.5mph faster than Eddie Sachs's pole-winning average from a week earlier. Then he informed anyone…

Motorsport

How Jim Clark's stats still hold up, 55 years on

In these days of 20-plus race Formula 1 seasons, it’s astonishing that any driving career from the 10-Grands-Prix-per-year era – in Jimmy Clark’s case, only for seven complete seasons – could amass statistics that still stand strong in the F1 history books.

Motorsport

Ranked! The legendary Jim Clark’s top 10 drives

Formula 1 lost its benchmark driver of the era when double world champion Jim Clark was killed in a Formula 2 race at Hockenheim on 7 April 1968

Liverpool Echo

'Nice guy' robber and bullying thug among crooks jailed this week

These are the criminals from our region who were locked up over the past seven days

Liverpool Echo

Bus driver accused girlfriend of spiking his food and bit her on the nose

Abuser left partner bloodied and bruised after "prolonged and persistent" drunken attack

Motorsport

F1 team principals: Who are they and what do they do?

Red Bull announced today that team boss Christian Horner has been relieved of his duties after 20 years at the helm of the reigning constructors’ champions. As Laurent Mekies prepares to fill Horner’s shoes, here is a roundup of who helms each team on the F1 grid and a look…

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