India’s Formula One track brings fast living and social disarray to villagers

Soaring alcoholism and domestic abuse accompany influx of cash to area which will host country’s first grand prix Until a year or so ago, Narangpura was a small village like thousands of others in northern India. Its roads were muddy troughs in the rainy season and dust in the baking summer heat. There were no [...]

McLaren to allow Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button to keep on track duel going despite runaway Red Bull

McLaren insist they will not so much as think about imposing team orders on their drivers. Jenson Button

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 [...]