A new slant on the greatest F1 era debate

Autosport asked its magazine and online readers to vote for their favourite era in Formula 1 history, with each poll producing a different result. But applying a rating system employed to judge every race so far throws up a third winner

Author Kevin Turner

Published Jan 27, 2020, 2:28 PM

Trying to judge when Formula 1 was at its best is almost impossible and depends very much on who you are asking.

What do you care about more: close racing, great characters or spectacular cars? What about technical innovation versus a pack of snarling Cosworth DFV 'kit cars'?

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Author Kevin Turner

Kevin Turner is Autosport’s Chief Editor. While studying History at the University of York, Kevin began covering UK club events as a freelance reporter for Autosport and Motorsport News. He joined the Autosport staff as Editorial Assistant on the magazine in 2006, winning what is now known as the Motorsport UK Young Journalist of the Year Award. He became National Editor in 2008 and over the next few seasons covered a range of international events, including the Le Mans 24 Hours, as well as the British Touring Car Championship and British GT. Kevin became Features Editor before switching to edit Motorsport News in 2014.

He returned to Autosport in 2016 to become editor of the magazine, a dream job that is still part of his role.

He became Chief Editor in 2020, helping to plan content for autosport.com and Autosport’s podcast as well as seeing the magazine through the coronavirus pandemic. Kevin also led work on the special publication celebrating 70 years of Autosport and has been a judge on the Aston Martin Autosport BRDC Young Driver Award, formerly known as the McLaren Autosport BRDC Award, since 2008. He lives in Warboys with his wife and two children.