When Martin Birrane suddenly passed away last weekend, his family, friends and the motorsport community were united in grief. The only vestige of salvation is he did not suffer.
In his plush office in the Hop Exchange in central London, among the trophies and photographs of his family and mementos of his motor racing career, hung a framed copy of the old Irish blessing 'May the road rise with you' wishing travellers a safe journey.
Promising young Spanish Moto3 rider Andreas Perez has died from injuries sustained in a crash in Barcelona over the weekend.
Model Winnie Harlow blamed race officials after she brought a premature end to the Canadian Grand Prix. Harlow, a close friend of Lewis Hamilton,...
Sebastian Vettel capped an emotional weekend for Ferrari with a clinical pole-to-flag win at the Canadian Grand Prix yesterday to retake the lead in the Formula One world championship from...
Max Verstappen has threatened to "headbutt someone" following further questions about his dismal F1 campaign.
Daniel Ricciardo brought back memories of Formula One great Michael Schumacher in his prime as he nursed a wounded Red Bull to Monaco Grand Prix victory in the team's 250th race.
Monaco's famed casino holds no attractions for Max Verstappen but the 20-year-old Dutchman is much more willing to take a high-speed gamble on the unforgiving streets of the Mediterranean principality.
Lewis Hamilton won the Spanish Grand Prix in a commanding Mercedes one-two yesterday to stretch his Formula One championship lead over Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel from four to 17 points.
Lewis Hamilton took pole for the Spanish Grand Prix, securing a front row lock-out for Mercedes, with his team-mate Valtteri Bottas in second. Ferrari had looked strong but could not quite...
Lewis Hamilton will start from pole position in Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix after edging out Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas by just four hundredths of a second.
Fernando Alonso is hopeful that McLaren can gain ground on their Formula One rivals at this weekend's Spanish Grand Prix, and that the upgrades introduced among their rivals "don't...
Lewis Hamilton admitted he was lucky to win an eventful Azerbaijan Grand Prix as he ended his six-race victory drought in spectacular fashion.
Jenson Button will take on former McLaren team-mate Fernando Alonso after securing a drive at this year's Le Mans 24 Hours with the Russian-backed SMP Racing outfit.
FIA race director Charlie Whiting has defended the use of the safety car during Sunday's dramatic Chinese Grand Prix after Sebastian Vettel claimed that it took him "out of the race" due to the...
Lewis Hamilton will start the Chinese Grand Prix with an improbable dream; to win every Formula One race from here until the last round in Abu Dhabi.
Valentino Rossi has reignited his rivalry with reigning MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez...
Sebastien Ogier claimed a dominant 36.1-second victory at the Tour de Corse with his third win from the opening four rounds of the World Rally...
Ferrari's Formula One world championship leader Sebastian Vettel held on to win a nail-biting Bahrain Grand Prix yesterday in the German's 200th race start.
A Ferrari mechanic is being treated in hospital after suffering a suspected broken leg during today's Bahrain Grand Prix.
Lewis Hamilton felt only "disbelief" after an almost certain victory under pristine Melbourne skies was derailed by a major Mercedes error, which team principal Toto Wolff attributed to a software...
Lewis Hamilton had to settle for second at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix after an apparent error by Mercedes gift-wrapped victory...
The Formula One season got up and running this morning in Melbourne. The problem with winter testing and predictions is they often gave false positives. All sorts of stealth involving fuel...
Lewis Hamilton lit the blue touch paper on his rivalry with Sebastian Vettel by storming to pole position before goading the Ferrari driver by...
Lewis Hamilton is relishing his forthcoming battle of "the best against the best" as he and rival Sebastian Vettel prepare for an historic shoot-out for the Formula One world championship.
Barely had the gates opened at Melbourne's Albert Park than Lewis Hamilton had stirred up a race row by characterising Formula One as a white-only environment.
Ireland's Craig Breen has achieved a career-best second-placed finish in Rally Sweden.
Ireland's Craig Breen is lying second, just nineteen seconds behind the leader, after the Day 2 of Rally Sweden, the second round of the 2018 World Rally Championship.
Formula One has announced "grid kids" will be used this season after the sport controversially abolished its long-standing association with grid girls.
Walk-on grid girls will no longer be used before Formula One races, the sport's organisers have announced.
Former Chelsea and Tottenham boss Andre Villas-Boas has been forced to pull out of the Dakar Rally after suffering a back injury during a crash.
The fourth anniversary of Michael Schumacher's tragic skiing accident has just passed and although details of the former F1 star's condition remain...
Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton has issued an apology after sharing a video on Instagram of him chastising his nephew for...
Michael Schumacher is "still fighting", his former Ferrari boss said, four years after a skiing accident left the Formula 1 legend critically injured.
Valtteri Bottas won the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix yesterday as Mercedes wrapped up the Formula One season with a one-two finish and four-times world champion Lewis Hamilton had to settle for second.
Lewis Hamilton moved to the top of the order in second practice for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix after trading blows with Sebastian Vettel at the final round of the season.
Lewis Hamilton aimed a jibe at Sebastian Vettel after the German joked his rival did not have to overtake anyone en route to winning his fourth World Championship.
Lewis Hamilton delivered a world champion's fightback as he came from last to finish fourth in the Brazilian Grand Prix.
Members of Lewis Hamilton's world-championship winning Mercedes team were robbed at gunpoint as they left the Interlagos circuit on Friday night.
Lewis Hamilton bagged his fourth world championship title in Mexico last weekend, a feat that is nothing short of extraordinary.
Ferrari could quit F1 if the sport's new owners take it in a direction contrary to the Italian sportscar maker's interests, chairman Sergio Marchionne has warned.
Lewis Hamilton was crowned Formula One world champion for a fourth time despite a dramatic opening-lap collision with rival Sebastian Vettel at the Mexican Grand Prix yesterday.
Lewis Hamilton said it felt unreal to become Formula One champion for a fourth time following a dramatic Mexican Grand Prix in which he...
Finland's Valtteri Bottas kept team-mate and title favourite Lewis Hamilton off the top of the first-practice timesheets yesterday as champions Mercedes made a quick start to the Mexican...
Lewis Hamilton took one look at Sebastian Vettel and decided, in the finest Texan tradition, that this town was not big enough for the both of them. No wonder he wore a stetson as he leapt atop the...
For the first time this season, Lewis Hamilton's mother, the publicity-shy Carmen, has turned up to watch him race. So, too, has his brother Nicolas, famously a picture of emotion at his maiden...
Dungannon's Kris Meeke and his Killarney co-driver Paul Nagle triumphed at the Rally of Spain-Catalunya for Citroen yesterday while reigning world champion Sebastien Ogier moved closer to a fifth...
When the Formula One circus struck camp and set sail for Singapore a few weeks ago, the last thing it expected was for the drivers' championship to be all over by Japan.
Williams have confirmed that they will give Robert Kubica a test drive in the coming weeks as they aim to complete their driver line-up for 2018.
Sitting in Mercedes' motor home in the sweltering Sepang paddock a couple of hours after the denouement to yesterday's last ever Malaysian Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton was clearly...
It remains one of the great anomalies...
Leaving Cusack Park yesterday, having...
Exactly 20 years ago a Galway team...
