How Michael Schumacher made Top Gear’s The Stig look “like an idiot”

“Britain’s least successful grand prix driver.”
With that headline, running in 40-odd-point text on the right-hand side of a double-page spread, readers of the August 1992 edition of Car magazine were introduced to Perry McCarthy. On the opposite side, in a singularly ‘route one’ piece of art direction, McCarthy was photographed in his regular clothes – apart from a crash helmet – at …Keep reading

Fewest mistakes takes the F1 title? The Piastri-Norris errors in 2025 so far

As Formula 1’s calendar has ballooned over the past couple of decades, it’s a bit easier to get away with an off-weekend – nonetheless, championship credentials are still awarded to those who make the least mistakes.
With just nine points between Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris at this stage in the season, the final 10 rounds effectively work as a shootout. Thus, each error carries a bit more …Keep reading