Architects of F1

Having fallen in love with motorsport by chance when his wife was given tickets to the British Grand Prix, the then law student could not have envisaged the role he would play in shaping modern-day Formula 1.

A profile of Gordon Murray, a pioneer of F1 engineering during the 1970s and 1980s. He thrived in an era when designers were limited only by their imaginations rather than the rule book.

Steve Rider meets Jo Ramirez, the former team coordinator of McLaren. Ramirez was charged with keeping the peace between bitter rivals Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna during the late 1980s.

Steve Rider looks at the career of legendary Formula 1 designer John Barnard. He was man behind some of F1's biggest innovations and played a big part in McLaren's success in the 1980s.

Steve Rider looks at the career of Fabio Briatore, the Managing Director of Benetton's Formula One Team and later on Renault's F1 Team.