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0Report: F1's 'Professor' Sid Watkins, dead at 84 1347543180
Neurosurgeon Dr. Sid Watkins, always known as "The Professor" in the Formula One paddock, has died at the age of 84. Before he became the face and the leader of F1's on-track medical response team and made a massive push to increase safety, Watkins spent nearly two decades in motorsport, including ...
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Official: Lotus custom channels the Esprit of Ayrton Senna 1335878940
These days it seems like the dream of a new Lotus Esprit is getting nothing but further away, while the troubled company responsible for it applies the classic black and gold livery to everything it produces – and many things produced by others. But there was a time when the original Esprit ...
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Ayrton Senna's rookie-season F1 racer heads to auction 1332622980
Motorsports history buffs take note: an important piece of racing nostalgia has come up for auction. The Toleman TG184-2 Formula One Car Ayrton Senna drove in his rookie season is available for bid in the Silverstone Auctions Spring Sale. This is the car that carried Senna to his second-place ...
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Official: Williams aims to restore former glory with new FW34 1329087600
If there's ever been an example of a hero fallen from grace, surely it's Williams. Once dominant in Formula 1, it's been relegated to "also ran" status, but the privateer entry is intent on clawing its way back up to the top. Williams has infused its management, technical staff and its driver ...
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Official: Bruno Senna signs with Williams F1 1326841080
Formula One is no stranger to motion. But as fast as these drivers in their cars move during the regular season, it's in the off-season when things really get shaken up. Drivers change teams. Teams change names. Personnel come and go. Contracts are signed and terminated. But while most of the top ...
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Senna back on Netflix Instant Streaming, available for rent in iTunes 1324422120
The award-winning documentary Senna has been elusive for many American fans to see. It's had a limited release in theaters on the coasts, and even popped up in Netflix's Instant Streaming queue for a few accidental days, but otherwise us Yanks have had to watch from afar as everyone's been ...
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Motor Press Guild honors Senna documentary and Brock Yates, among others 1323961020
The Motor Press Guild (MPG), the largest automotive media association in North America, held its 17th annual Dean Batchelor Award banquet at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles this week. The association's awards honored those with outstanding automotive contributions in the areas ...
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Official: Senna in, Grosjean up, Heidfeld out at Lotus Renault GP 1315396680
The sidelining of Robert Kubica left big shoes to fill at the Lotus Renault GP team. After the Polish driver crashed out in a pre-season rally, the team was left scrambling to find a replacement. But rather than dip into its own considerable reserve of back-up drivers, the higher-ups opted to ...
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Bruno Senna to take Heidfeld's place at Renault for Spa 1314275280
Most drivers who fail in F1 fail downwards – that is, they drop down to another form of motorsport and change focus. But if your name is Senna, you fail up. Having tested for Honda before it closed up shop and quit F1, Bruno Senna took the only chance he had to get onto the grid when he ...
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Report: Senna races to the top with best documentary debut of the year 1313582460
Still haven't managed to see Senna? Then you are, first of all, missing out, because it's one of the all-time great racing films in the history of cinema. You're also part of a narrowing group of outsiders, as moviegoers flock to see Asif Kapadia's masterpiece in greater numbers than any other ...

