In the build-up to the 25th anniversary of Ayrton Senna's death, we're paying tribute to his achievements and reassessing his career with new articles and classic material from the Autosport archive.
Five years ago, as Formula 1 marked 20 years without Senna, Jonathan Noble heard Ron Dennis's personal stories of working with the man who defined his time at the head of McLaren more than anyone else.
How the hidden side of being fast has been exposed 'Natural talent' is one of the biggest misnomers going in motorsport, and that is being proven by the way real life racers aren't immediately getting on the pace with the sim racing experts in virtual contests. To change that, they are having to apply the same tools required to be quick in real life Gaming
How F1's biggest strength is now its biggest weakness The Formula 1 travelling circus is a pan-global monolith that can lay claim to being one of the biggest sporting series going. But in the current COVID-19 pandemic-induced hiatus, that could count against it staging any races at all in 2020, with the fate of Australia's cancelled GP a stark warning to other promoters F1
Why F1's showman is the big winner of its enforced hiatus Prominent showings - not entirely for the reasons he planned - in the F1 Esports Virtual GP and Veloce's #NottheBahGP were a perfect illustration of how Lando Norris has assumed the role of F1's poster boy in a tough period for the championship, and ought to give him a far greater following when on-track racing resumes F1
Liberty's F1 reign will be judged on current global crises, not 2021 After taking on F1's ownership, Liberty Media's biggest project was defining a new image for the 2021 season. But as the world teeters on the precipice of a pandemic, with political machinations at play, Liberty has major decisions to make F1
Why pro success in historics shouldn't be taken for granted High-profile cameos at top historic events are increasingly common. ELMS champion and historic ace Sam Hancock explains why they can't be expected to jump straight in at the sharp end Historics
The F1 tracks that work in reverse The idea of reversing Silverstone to add events to the delayed and shortened 2020 Formula 1 calendar gained traction this week after comments from the circuit's boss. So, Autosport took a look to see at which circuits this might just be possible F1
Why Vettel's Ferrari mission isn't over yet A lot has changed since Sebastian Vettel won titles with Red Bull and set himself the goal of winning with Ferrari. There have been a lot of mistakes too, but he's not ready to give up F1
How Monaco 1996 typified a hard-charger’s F1 career A race that is best remembered for a shock victory by Olivier Panis on home soil could easily have been won by his compatriot Jean Alesi were it not from a suspension failure while clearly in the lead. It was to prove entirely fitting of a promising yet often unfulfilled F1 career F1
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