Peugeot’s Le Mans withdrawal a blow to team but the race will endure | Richard Williams
Peugeot’s new hybrid 908 is destined to make its only journey straight to the company’s museum, a casualty of the recession A group of Peugeot Sport engineers and mechanics had barely touched down in the United States on Wednesday, on their way to a test session at the Sebring circuit, when they were given the [...]
Fast on the track and faster off it: Is Lewis Hamilton losing his grip? | Richard Williams
The child prodigy Lewis Hamilton is a man now but needs a guiding hand more than ever Tiger Woods lost his father, slewed off the rails, and has so far been unable to find his way back. Mike Tyson lost his mentor and surrogate parent, Cus D’Amato, and slipped his emotional moorings, never to recover. [...]
Bernie Ecclestone’s Formula One architect is off on the wrong track | Richard Williams
There are good reasons why Spa has become a favourite of recent generations of grand prix drivers The majestic circuit of Spa-Francorchamps looked much the same at the weekend as it did the last time I visited it in 1967 – the year of Sgt Pepper and the assassination of Che Guevara. But that’s one thing [...]
Fernando Alonso relaxed and sensing a ‘perfect moment’ with Ferrari | Richard Williams
The Spanish driver has never been happier and still believes he can win the Formula One world championship this season This is a good time to be a Spanish sporting hero, a thought that brings a sudden smile to the face of Fernando Alonso as he sits in the Ferrari motorhome in the rainswept paddock [...]
