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F1 drivers who have won BBC Sports Personality of the Year

The BBC Sports Personality of the Year for 2023 was awarded to Manchester United goalkeeper Mary Earps. The Lioness footballer beat cricketer Stuart Broad, golfer Roary McIlroy, jockey Frankie Dettori, wheelchair tennis player Alfie Hewett and athlete Katarina Johnson-Thompson to win the title. 

Autosport · Dec 19, 2023

Verstappen Rejects Idea Of Hamilton Move To Red Bull

Max Verstappen on Thursday rejected the notion, rumoured and reported in recent days, that his Red Bull team were considering approaching Lewis Hamilton to partner him in a dream line-up.

International Business Times · Nov 24, 2023

Why is the Las Vegas Grand Prix on a Saturday?

There is a huge buzz around F1 at the moment in America. The Vegas grandstands are up, the crowd has been partying to a live performance from Kylie Minogue, while colourful fireworks are popping ahead of a weekend like no other.

Autosport · Nov 16, 2023

Ashland is now home to an image of Henry Clay's enslaved valet Aaron Dupuy

Ashland, the Henry Clay Estate, is now home to a rare stereograph of the attorney and statemen’s enslaved valet. The transfer of Aaron Dupuy's picture from the University of Kentucky Libraries Special Collections Research Center to the Henry Clay Memorial Foundation took place Monday.

WEKU · Jun 13, 2023

When bad weather caused F1 chaos

Events in Italy’s Emilia Romagna region this week have rightly resulted in the cancellation of the Grand Prix at Imola. At the point the decision was taken, it was entirely feasible that the race could have taken place, but the importance of saving lives – and livelihoods – in the…

Autosport · May 18, 2023

The American muscle car that changed British touring car racing forever

In April 1963, a Jaguar was the only car to have if you wanted to win races outright in the British Saloon Car Championship. Since the series now known as the British Touring Car Championship began in 1958, Big Cats from Coventry had won 43 races, spread across the legendary Mk1…

Autosport · May 11, 2023

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…

Autosport · Apr 27, 2023

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 · Apr 27, 2023

The latest enthralling chapter to the Autosport 3 Hours story

A pole position margin of 2.6 seconds does not usually bode well for a race, particularly one scheduled to last for 180 minutes. But those hardy few who stayed at Snetterton last Sunday to see the revived Autosport 3 Hours were rewarded with an exciting and unpredictable contest.

Autosport · Apr 26, 2023

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 · Apr 7, 2023