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And always keep a-hold of Nurse, for fear of finding something worse’… It was somewhat after his time, but Hilaire Belloc might have been writing of the neue Nürburgring. When…
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Lando Norris responded bluntly to George Russell’s complaints of struggling to adapt to this year’s Mercedes F1 car. It exposed more than just their different driving styles, says Mark Hughes; it shows where their heads are at
There are few names more steeped in Le Mans lore than Porsche, with the company firmly cemented at the top of the charts for overall wins. Yet in the first…
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Why ‘oversensitive’ officials have made a big mistake by trying to sweep Formula 1’s issues under the carpet
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Formula 1’s silly season is in full swing. But suggestions of a shock move by Max Verstappen don’t seem that daft: see the latest episode to find out why
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Max crashed out at Silverstone due to a rear wing issue. Is this the last straw that causes him to lose faith with Red Bull and look to join another team — or leave F1 altogether?
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Why ‘oversensitive’ officials have made a big mistake by trying to sweep Formula 1’s issues under the carpet
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Formula 1’s silly season is in full swing. But suggestions of a shock move by Max Verstappen don’t seem that daft: see the latest episode to find out why
Motor Sport F1 Show with Mark Hughes
Max crashed out at Silverstone due to a rear wing issue. Is this the last straw that causes him to lose faith with Red Bull and look to join another team — or leave F1 altogether?
Motor Sport F1 Show with Mark Hughes
High-speed Silverstone is an Formula 1 favourite, but this year’s British Grand Prix will see cars slowing on the straights as they run out of electrical energy. What does that mean for the race?
Long before Drive to Survive, an ex-Beatle and lifelong racing obsessive told Barry Sheene how F1 would find its biggest audience
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More than 100 cars, from Alfa Romeo to Zakspeed are set to celebrate the centenary of Britain’s first grand prix at Brooklands
Twelve months on from his last F1 win at Zandvoort when he led the World Championship, Oscar Piastri looks like McLaren’s weaker driver this year, though not all of it has been his doing
Lando Norris responded bluntly to George Russell’s complaints of struggling to adapt to this year’s Mercedes F1 car. It exposed more than just their different driving styles, says Mark Hughes; it shows where their heads are at
Hungary revealed how wind and worn tarmac are rewriting the rules of 2026 F1 performance, and why some of the grid’s best drivers are struggling to keep up. Mark Hughes explains
Aprilia’s tech chief Fabiano Sterlacchini talks Ai Ogura’s riding secrets, MotoGP budget caps, banning leg wings and why reduced front-tyre pressure issues will make the racing better from 2027
The data that reveals the shared skills and upbringings of MotoGP kings Marc Márquez and Casey Stoner – and what sets them apart
There are a small number of racing drivers whose stories only truly reveal themselves, or even make sense, when you stop thinking about lap times and start thinking about geography:…
Where do you begin when you are interviewing a man who has started 322 Formula 1 grands prix, who has won 11 of them, who has stood on 68 F1…
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Giancarlo Fisichella notched up more than 200 starts over a 14-season Formula 1 career that took him from Minardi to Ferrari via Jordan (twice), Benetton, Sauber, Renault and Force India.…
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Let us start with an audacious understatement: there are not many drivers whose Formula 1 preparation involved making coffins. Perhaps there is only one, for that is where Heinz-Harald Frentzen’s…
July 2024 at The Dorchester in Park Lane, London. The glitterati arrive for a Motor Sport celebration dinner, held in honour of the centenary of the magazine you are reading.…
Ooh la la. Since 2002, the Le Mans Classic had been a highlight of the historic racing calendar – but only in alternate years. But the biennial shackles are now…
