Every year when Formula 1 cars are launched there is a collective outcry of how ugly the beasts are, but as the eyes adjust to the new shapes the anger dissipates and acceptance descends on the eager masses. The cool thing about the new cars breaking cover is that it...

This weekend the Dubai Kartdrome hosts the final round of the Endurance Championship driven by Mini, an event which has been a mainstay of the venue since the inception in 2004. The December edition is invariably one of the most anticipated as it draws not only the...

Sad beyond words. Death is always unacceptable. Death in a high profile sport is shocking, and alas by its nature motor racing too often grabs headlines for fatalities. The motorsport world was deeply saddened to learn of the death of a marshal during race day at the...

Back in 2007 when the powers that be decreed that Formula One testing was to be limited to 30,000km, and that a strict curb on in-season testing would be enforced, it seemed like a good idea at the time. Apparently it would address the issue of massive expenditure at...

I have a soft spot for Romain Grosjean, in a Formula fan kind of way, since the first time I saw him in action in 2008 when he raced in the GP2 Asia Series at our very own Dubai Autodrome. In my position as communications manager for the venue I got to chat with him a...

In the aftermath of an intriguing and incident packed Monaco Grand Prix we should be talking about Nico Rosberg’s splendid win and history being made on the streets where he grew up. It should be on some of the big overtaking moves that worked and others that didn’t,...

Ferrari are undoubtedly the most popular team in Formula One, perhaps even in the whole motorsport world. However, as an avid F1 follower since the early seventies, my allegiance has never really been with the teams, but rather with the drivers. To me, they are the...

I had the good fortune of accompanying the UAE contingent to the SWS Grand Finals at Circuit du RKC in France this past weekend. The world’s best SWS leisure kart drivers and teams were in action to decide the best of the best during a two-day contest. In the SWS...

With hostilities set to resume this weekend at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona, I am going to be a party-pooper and say that the 2013 Formula 1 season is already done and dusted. Although my heart says: ‘Silly call, as the season is only four races old’; my head...

In every sport there comes a time when a special talent emerges. There are many ways to describe them: prodigy, phenomenon, genius, whizkid or wunderkind. These huge talents sometimes fizzle out or prove a false alarm, but on the rare occasions an individual does...