News index

August 16, 2012: Our resident expert - Steven Lynch - is back to answer more of your questions including the record for the most consecutive points finishes and the best position for drivers to contest just one grand prix

May 20, 2011: Our resident expert - Steven Lynch - on Swiss drivers, the grands prix run away from home, and the Schumacher family affair

October 3, 1971: French driver Francois Cevert won the United States Grand Prix scoring his first win in the final round of the championship, at Watkins Glen

August 15, 1971: Jo Siffert upset the applecart at the Osterreichring as he won the Austrian Grand Prix for BRM but Jackie Stewart claimed his second drivers' title despite retiring from the race

August 1, 1971: Jackie Stewart's win at the German Grand Prix - his fifth victory in seven races - gave him an almost unassailable lead in the drivers' championship, and Tyrrell's superb weekend was underlined when Francois Cevert came home second

July 17, 1971: Jackie Stewart took yet another win as his Tyrrell led home the field at Silverstone to take his second and final British Grand Prix victory

May 23, 1971: Jackie Stewart the master as Ronnie Peterson shines at Monaco

January 1, 1971: A review of the 1971 season.

August 3, 1969: Jacky Ickx took victory at the German Grand Prix in what The Times described as "the most brilliant race of his career", after an epic battle with Jackie Stewart, who came second.

June 21, 1969: Jackie Stewart's third win in four races at the Dutch Grand Prix extended his lead in the drivers' championship, but as at Monaco five weeks earlier, much of the weekend was spent rowing over the cars themselves rather than the race.

May 4, 1969: Jackie Stewart won his second race in succession, but the Spanish Grand Prix will be best remembered for two almost identical crashes involving the Lotuses of Graham Hill and Jochen Rindt which could have left either dead.

March 1, 1969: The season-opener was a continuation of where 1968 had left off, with Jackie Stewart in Tyrrell's Matra-Cosworth turning the tables on Hill to win the South African Grand Prix.

November 3, 1968: Thirty-nine year-old Graham Hill secured his second world title in empathic style with victory in the season-ending Mexican Grand Prix.

September 8, 1968: Defending champion Denny Hulme secured his first win of the season with victory at the Italian Grand Prix, a result which, thanks to his steady accumulation of points in other races, lifted him back into the championship hunt.

July 20, 1968: Popular Swiss driver Jo Siffert scored his maiden victory at the British Grand Prix driving a Lotus 49 run by the privateer Rob Walker, who had backed Stirling Moss in the past.