April 2024

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Flashback: Jordan’s 1993 F1 telemetry analysis — two laptops

When Formula 1 teams carried out pre-season tests in Bahrain recently, there would have been more people monitoring progress from…

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Letters- April 2024

As a long-time American F1 fan and Motor Sport magazine reader, I find the Andretti rejection insulting, condescending and arrogant.…

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F1 2024 preview: Same cast, different script?

With Hamilton to Ferrari for 2025 – and the avalanche of driver moves likely to follow, is the upcoming 2024…

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Radical Red Bull puts champions on the front foot in 2024 F1 pre-season testing

Tech focus A Sharp intake of air Aerodynamicist Chris Bull takes us through Red Bull’s cooling system It would be…

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2024 F1 drivers and teams: release the stats!

Red Bull RB20 A near-whitewash in 2023. Can anyone lay a glove on the team in 2024? Max Verstappen…

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Why McLaren could be Red Bull’s greatest F1 threat in 2024

F1 2024: McLaren After roaming Formula 1’s wilderness for more than a decade, McLaren is finally going places. It’s not…

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How Aston Martin’s plan to win the F1 championship is starting to fall into place

Can Aston Martin break away from the chasing pack and lead the pursuit of expected F1 pacesetters Red Bull in…

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Karun Chandhok: 'Five F1 drivers who need to get it right in 2024'

Carlos Sainz Lewis Hamilton’s shock move to Ferrari has thrown a real curveball at Carlos Sainz. The Spaniard has done…

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Our verdict on every circuit on the 2024 F1 race calendar

1 Bahrain Sakhir / February 29-March 2 Twentieth anniversary of its first GP. Yes, really. Much better now it’s a…

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Historic win for Porsche at 2024 Daytona 24 Hours

Daytona 24 hours 2024 It was a case of about time too, or at least it felt that way to…

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The Motor Sport Interview: Derek Warwick

Derek Warwick did it the hard way. He starting in stock cars, winning the British title in 1971 and World…

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Aston Martin Vantage rolls into new GT3 era

What a beast. This is the new Aston Martin Vantage GT3 upon which Britain’s great sports car maker has pinned…

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WEC’s GT3 grid flares into life

Gt3 2024 Team Preview McLaren The British-based United Autosports squad looked as though it wouldn’t be represented in the WEC…

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Slot racing: Even better than the real thing?

You can find a wealth of humorous social media posts that give examples of ‘things men do to avoid therapy’.…

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Collectors’ editions — the Hot Wheels cars too good to crash

As endorsements go, it’s a pretty good one. American driver Patrick Long has winners’ trophies from 24-hour races at Daytona,…

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Lewis Hamilton’s leap of faith to Ferrari

The news that Lewis Hamilton is leaving Mercedes for Ferrari in 2025 came as a shock even to Formula 1…

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Hamilton: ‘What I’d really like to do, one day, is to drive for Ferrari’

Although Mercedes has won only one grand prix in the past two seasons, it notched up 111 GP victories in…

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Lotus 49: Revolutionary car with era-defining engine

The Lotus 49 has been voted Motor Sport's Race Car of the Century. Read more about the results from our…

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Porsche 917: Endurance racing's monster

Voting has now closed in our Race Car of the Century poll and the winner will be announced later this…

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McLaren MP4/4: Sleek F1 machine that won 15 races out of 16