The Pit Straight: Finding the Greatest Racecar of All Time, Pt. 1
Jack Swansey is joined by Road and Track’s Fred Smith to debate history’s greatest racecars, the first in a two-part series.
Ayrton Senna
F1 Midweek: It’s Time to Be Done With Monaco
The quality of racing at Monaco has been a proverbial elephant in F1’s room for years.
Reel Racing: What Makes Senna So Immersive?
The camera rides alongside the yellow helmet of a Formula 1 driver, his hands furiously working the steering wheel around the bend of a straightaway. The camera shakes with the car as it bounces and suddenly goes in a straight line as the view hard-cuts to the same car violently impacting a retaining wall. Even …
Reel Racing: From the Track to the Silver Screen
Thanks to the Internet and, more specifically, the film website Letterboxd, I’ve seen almost 30 racing films in the past year. In this multi-article series, I’ll take a look at the under-appreciated world of racing films and the hidden gems that lie on streaming services and the Internet. Documentaries generally tend to be the best genre for these movies, but there are several narrative features that shine through as well.
Formula 1 Friday: The Impossible Question of the Top-10 Drivers
Following on from comments around last week’s piece I’ve been cajoled into that most subjective, most impossible of tasks. The top-10 drivers.
Formula 1 Friday: Memories of Senna
Ayrton Senna first registered on my consciousness in his debut season in F1 in 1984, driving the uncompetitive, poorly-funded Toleman car.