From fleeing communist Romania to running an F1 team From a small village in Romania, Otmar Szafnauer's family fled the communist dictatorship to begin a new life in Detroit in the 1970s. Working in the car industry led to Szafnauer meeting Adrian Reynard, who in 1999 offered him a job at his new BAR team. Ten years later, that experience made him the perfect candidate to run the day-to-day operations of Force India, which has now become Racing Point. Over lunch in Oxford, JAMES ROBERTS hears the extraordinary life story of the man whose love of classic American cars prompted him to convince his father to flee to the United States... 1558742400 F1

Indy 500 2019: The team by team guide Forget the lack of Fernando Alonso and McLaren now, focus on the quality and openness of the 33-car field that did make it onto the Indianapolis 500 grid. All the ingredients for an outstanding race are there again 1558742400 IndyCar

Why even Porsche cannot be certain of FE success Porsche's last major motorsport programme was a crushing success - three straight Le Mans 24 Hours wins and World Endurance Championship title doubles. But its new mission in Formula E will be harder 1558656000 FE

Piola selects his favourite F1 designs of all time This weekend's Monaco Grand Prix marks Giorgio Piola's 50th anniversary in the Formula 1 paddock, so we asked him to picks his 'greatest cars'. Here's his selection of revolutionary designs and personal favourites from 1969-2019 1558656000 F1