Motorsport.com's most read stories of 2019
After another exciting year in the racing world, Motorsport.com brings you a list of the 25 most read stories on our website this year. Thanks for reading and see you in 2020.
25. Leclerc hits back at Verstappen’s Ferrari allegations
24. Mercedes was ready to replace ill Hamilton for qualifying
23. Ricciardo hit with £10 million claim from ex-advisor
22. NTSB reveals cause of Dale Earnhardt Jr. plane crash
21. Mercedes to pay highest ever F1 entry fee in 2020
Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes AMG F1, Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes AMG F1
Photo by: Daimler AG
20. Verstappen ran on wrong torque mode for most of Monaco GP
19. Hamilton wary of squandering F1 chances by retiring early
18. Norris: Vettel “screwed over” Grosjean in penalty incident
17. What the new Cup Series sponsorship model means for NASCAR
16. Risk of electrocution led to Ricciardo infringement
Daniel Ricciardo, Renault R.S.19
Photo by: Jerry Andre / Motorsport Images
15. Niki Lauda passes away aged 70
14. Hamilton’s shock fastest lap made data look silly – Wolff
13. Kobayashi’s team explains bizarre wet tyre strategy
12. Haas names three candidates to partner Magnussen in 2020
11. Tyler Dippel has been indefinitely suspended by NASCAR
Tyler Dippel, Young's Motorsports, Chevrolet Silverado Lobas! Productions
Photo by: Nigel Kinrade / NKP / Motorsport Images
10. Spa F2 race cancelled after horrific accident
9. Ferrari engine under scrutiny as F1 teams chase FIA
8. Honda facing “very complicated” Red Bull penalty call
7. F1/NASCAR Texas clash “asinine”, says Tony Stewart
6. Top Ford GT disqualified from Le Mans results
#68 Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Ford GT: Joey Hand, Dirk Müller, Sébastien Bourdais
Photo by: Paul Foster
5. McLaughlin’s Bathurst engines to be stripped
4. Daley Mathison killed in Isle of Man TT Superbike crash
3. What next for Lewis Hamilton after F1 retirement?
2. Pictured: The missing part of Lewis Hamilton’s floor
1. F2 driver Hubert killed in Spa-Francorchamps crash
A sticker in tribute to Anthoine Hubert on a Haas F1 Team VF-19 nose
Photo by: Andy Hone / Motorsport Images
Williams agrees sale of Williams Advanced Engineering stake
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Rating the best drivers of the century so far
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The best motorsport moments of 2021
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The racing comeback artists who resurrected long-dormant careers
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The one-time Schumacher rival rebooting his career Down Under
Joey Mawson made waves in the middle of the last decade, beating future Haas Formula 1 driver Mick Schumacher - among other highly-rated talents - to the 2016 German F4 title. A run in F1's feeder GP3 category only caused his career to stall, but now back in Australia Mawson's S5000 title success has set that to rights
Why Todt’s FIA successor could be cut from the same cloth
Jean Todt has signalled that he will not stand for re-election as FIA president. Mark Gallagher analyses the strong credentials of one potential successor…
The lesson football’s would-be wreckers could learn from racing
OPINION: The greed-driven push for a European Super League that threatened to tear football apart is collapsing at the seams. Motor racing's equivalent, the football-themed Superleague Formula series of 2008-11, was everything that the proposed ESL never could be.
The real-life racing rogues stranger than fiction
The forthcoming Netflix film linking the world of underworld crime and motorsport plays on a theme that isn't exactly new. Over the years, several shady figures have attempted to make it in racing before their dubious dealings caught up with them.
The cherished curios kept by motorsport's professionals at home
Keeping trophies and momentos of key triumphs is par for the course for motorsport professionals, but what are the most cherished souvenirs picked up by the drivers and engineers who have seen and done it all?