F1’s season opener where racing took a back seat: 2024 Bahrain GP diary
Christian Horner dominated the headlines in the run-up to — and during — the 2024 Bahrain GP weekend despite the best efforts of Alpine, Yuki Tsunoda and a glorious V8
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Yet another, err, ‘race’ which didn’t exactly deliver – thank goodness it’s all happening off-track then
2024 Bahrain GP analysis: Temperatures boiled over as Mercedes and Ferrari pursued Red Bull in vain, writes Mark Hughes But Verstappen’s winning margin was smaller than last year. Should it give the chasing F1 pack hope?
Red Bull’s dominance in 2023 was so complete that it shifted focus early to this year’s car, cutting back on upgrade plans and even fitting old-spec parts to conserve its resources for 2024, writes Chris Medland
It was Sakhir’s greatest F1 race to date: the 2021 Bahrain Grand Prix battle between Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen. James Elson recalls the duel that sparked an intense and unforgettable championship rivalry
Carlos Sainz is in search of a new F1 seat in 2025, while Red Bull may well have a vacancy, writes Mark Hughes. And reuniting with a top team built around Max Verstappen may look more attractive than rebuilding with Audi
Max Verstappen and Red Bull look set to continue their winning ways in 2024 just as, two decades ago, Michael Schumacher and Ferrari dominated. But, Damien Smith writes, that 2004 season showed that nothing in F1 stays the same for long
Once again, the real F1 battle looks to be for second place in 2024. Perez, Hamilton, Leclerc and Norris are seen as the favourites, but are bookmakers underestimating George Russell? asks Andrew Frankel
Damon Hill is Rob Windows’ latest guest in our special podcast series, celebrating 100 years of Motor Sport Magazine. The 1996 Formula 1 World Champion reflects on following his father’s…
Investigations involving Christian Horner and Mohammed Ben Sulayem, plus a criminal complaint by Susie Wolff, shows all is not well beneath the glitzy surface of F1, says Mark Hughes. And the series seems to have its head in the sand
We’ve talked here in the last couple of weeks about what Red Bull’s 2025 driver line-up might be. It’s a subject which has become extra complicated during that time because…
It’s been three seasons of struggle for Mercedes and Lewis Hamilton, writes Mark Hughes. But at the 2021 Saudi Arabian GP, Mercedes was on the rise. Pitted against a determined Max Verstappen, the scene was set for one of the great grands prix
Christian Horner dominated the headlines in the run-up to — and during — the 2024 Bahrain GP weekend despite the best efforts of Alpine, Yuki Tsunoda and a glorious V8
2023 US Grand Prix diary: More lengthy post-race investigations, the challenge of COTA and Ricciardo returns with the stars — Chris Medland’s view from the F1 paddock
It took the efforts of both Ferraris to win the 2023 Singapore Grand Prix, writes Mark Hughes. Carlos Sainz earned the plaudits, but Charles Leclerc also played his support role to perfection
In 2009, Brawn raced to victory on its grand prix debut in Melbourne — with no spare chassis to fall back on. 15 years later, Williams encountered a similar yet riskier problem. Mark Hughes explains
By the turn of the decade from the 1970s to ’80s, F1 was still brimming with with top class drivers – but two were head and shoulders above the rest, writes Matt Bishop
2024 Australian Grand Prix analysis: Carlos Sainz spearheaded Ferrari’s strongest race weekend yet this season, as Red Bull boss Christian Horner suggested that the Albert Park winner would be a good fit in his team
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