David Malsher

Aug 21, 2024 | motorsportmagazine.com | Richard Williams |David Malsher |Gordon Cruickshank |Chris Nixon

During testing at Barcelona last week, Patrick Head did 27 laps in the Williams Renault FW19, returning a best time of 1min19.15sec, just 0.78sec outside Jacques Villeneuve‘s fastest lap. It never happened, of course, and it never will, because Patrick Head’s remarkable range of skills does not include those of a grand prix driver.

May 22, 2024 | lat.motorsport.com | David Malsher

La 24ª edición de las 500 Millas de Indianápolis, celebrada en 1936, fue la primera en contar con el Trofeo Borg-Warner como premio para el ganador, y la primera vez que éste recibió el pace car oficial. Pero lo que hizo el ganador Louis Meyer inmediatamente después de la carrera dio inicio a la más inusual de las tradiciones.

May 11, 2024 | motorsportmagazine.com | Preston Lerner |Damien Smith |David Malsher

The Penske team was in trouble. Firstly, its PC16 hadn’t worked in the opening rounds of 1987, and now it faced the Indy 500, running year-old March 86Cs. Then, early in practice, Danny Ongais, scheduled for a third Penske entry, put himself into the wall and out of action for the rest of May. In typical Penske style, the Chevy-engined Marches were qualified comfortably by Rick Mears (third) and Danny Sullivan (16th). But who would take the third car? Step forward Al Unser Snr.

Mar 20, 2024 | motorsportmagazine.com | Denis Jenkinson |Tim Scott |David Malsher |Matthew Franey

The most beautiful racing circuit in the world — that was the standard boast. Subjective in the extreme, for sure, but standing atop the valley slopes that tumble to the shores of Lake Garda, which glints cool blue below, we can see that the Brescian sporting authorities had a case. From the cobbled streets of the picture-postcard villages to the scented lemon and olive groves set off cypress-lined country roads, the scene is a visual aria for Italy: the Garda of Eden.

Mar 20, 2024 | motorsportmagazine.com | Matthew Franey |Tim Scott |David Malsher |Gordon Cruickshank

Senna on a hot lap. Fangio steering with the throttle. Bellof lowering the Nordschleife’s lap record, from a standing start. An awakening Chevy stock-block. These are the motor-racing things that take your breath away, cause your heart to skip a beat. In contrast, distant memories of disused tacks evoke a slippers-by-the-fire glow. True, drive Dundrod, or Montjuich, or Chimay, or Solitude, and a sense of awe does rise from the pit of your stomach to lodge uncomfortably in the back of your throat.