After a strong showing in pre-season testing, McLaren looks to pick up where it left off last year — unless its F1 rivals can pull something out of the bag between now and the Australian Grand Prix, writes Chris Medland
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Matt Bishop foresaw future world championship success when Red Bull finished in the points at its first grand prix, 20 years ago. Unfortunately, he was backing the wrong horse
Daniel Ricciardo returned to Red Bull’s junior team in the hope of making it the main squad – the new season of Drive to Survive shows just how close that came to happening, before he let it slip through his fingers
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Marc Márquez was playing with his rivals at Buriram, said team-mate Pecco Bagnaia. Now the eight-time champ has the best bike, could this be his greatest season yet?
Major mishaps were few and far between for the new 2025 cars in F1 pre-season testing. But there was plenty in the paddock that caught the eye of Chris Medland
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F1’s frontrunners were so closely matched last year that minor gains could give one team an advantage in 2025, says Mark Hughes. Where might that leave Ferrari which believes it’s significant advances after an extensive rethink?
MotoGP’s struggling Japanese manufacturers looked like they’d taken a step forward during pre-season testing, so what did the reality of the season-opening Thai GP reveal?
Marc Márquez was playing with his rivals at Buriram, said team-mate Pecco Bagnaia. Now the eight-time champ has the best bike, could this be his greatest season yet?
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We only had an hour, so buckle in for a whirlwind recap of Sir Jackie Stewart’s dazzling career on and off the race track as he joins us to celebrate 100 years of Motor Sport
Le Mans legend Derek Bell commemorates 100 years of Motor Sport on this special edition podcast
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Emerson Fittipaldi joins Rob Widdows in the latest episode of our centenary series, celebrating 100 years of Motor Sport through the eyes of some of its greatest characters. In a little over…
We only had an hour, so buckle in for a whirlwind recap of Sir Jackie Stewart’s dazzling career on and off the race track as he joins us to celebrate 100 years of Motor Sport
Le Mans legend Derek Bell commemorates 100 years of Motor Sport on this special edition podcast
Three-time Indy 500 champion Dario Franchitti commemorates 100 years of Motor Sport on this special edition podcast
Damon Hill is Rob Widdows’ 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…
Christian Horner marks 20 years as team principal of the Red Bull Formula 1 team this year, flying high off four consecutive driver’s world championships for Max Verstappen. But we’re…
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Even before you meet Mario Andretti, the bare statistics tell you this man is unique. In a full-time career lasting an astonishing 35 seasons, he was a winner in F1,…
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There was a lot to think about. But Bruce Leslie McLaren — boss / designer / engineer / tester / racer — preferred it that way. Three years of his…
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Emerson Fittipaldi’s language dates him, reminding you of a time in motor-racing more violent and dangerous, yet also gentler, less hard-nosed. ‘Dice’, for example, is a favourite word of his,…
Österreichring, austria, August 13, 1972 It is easy to forget that the permanent race-track, in the hills overlooking the village of Zeltweg, was opened only three years ago. Even before…
