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Will F1 movie be the most realistic racing film ever? In a way, it’s irrelevant
This month’s cover story is not your usual Motor Sport fare. It is true that we have covered films and…
July 2025
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Shock Silverstone MotoGP win for Marco Bezzecchi
British MotoGP grand Prix, Silverstone, May 25 Marco Bezzecchi pulled off a shock victory at the British MotoGP round in…
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Did McLaren design error lead it to F1 success?
Sometimes in F1 when a technical problem is encountered, the learning taken from it can be competitive gold dust. McLaren’s…
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Karun Chandhok: Verstappen is in the fight for a fifth F1 championship
With the F1 circus rolling into Europe, there have already been so many interesting storylines developing through the field in…
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Alex Palou’s Indy 500 dream comes true
Álex Palou Indianapolis 500 25/5/25 On older tyres and with less fuel, Álex Palou looked up against it to overcome…
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Jim Clark-edition Lotus Emira marks a legendary season for the racing great
Car of the month – Lotus Emira Clark Edition Undeniably a Lotus... Correct, and that’s the entire point. Lotus has…
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Top 5... Jochen Mass’s five greatest drives
1. 1976 German GP Jochen Mass took no pleasure from his only Formula 1 win, the tragic and truncated 1975…
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Anderstorp Raceway: site of Brabham F1 fan car win has now been virtually silenced
Surrounded by forest and the flatlands of rural Sweden, Anderstorp was the home of the Swedish Grand Prix from 1973…
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TAG Heuer revives Formula 1 watch
Twenty twenty-five is a renaissance year for TAG Heuer. With parent company LVMH becoming the main sponsor of Formula 1,…
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Mat Oxley: Everything else is dull in comparison to the Isle of Man TT
Many years ago it was entirely normal for motorcycle racers to split their time between Brands Hatch and the Isle…
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Andrew Frankel: ‘I was Richard Attwood’s team-mate for the weekend’
The news that the threatened 25% tariff on car exports from the UK to the US has been reduced to…
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2025 BMW M4 CS review: Time to rethink the 911?
It gives me no pleasure to say it, but the only true BMW M car of recent times to which…
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You can overtake at Monaco: Formula E showed how
May was incredibly busy for Jaguar TCS Racing with visits to arguably the two jewels in the crown of the…
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Letters: Why Piastri would be a worthy F1 champion
Niki Lauda used to say you need to know how to take risks and when to take them. Oscar Piastri’s…
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Exclusive: Inside the making of new F1 movie with director Joseph Kosinski
First F1 conquered the small screen with Drive to Survive. Now it is aiming to do the same with the…
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Will F1 Movie prove to be another racing flop?
Motor sport fans are, of course, ‘up-to-speed’ when it comes to recognising a racing stinker and although we have much…
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The real-life Lotus horror crash that plays its part in F1 Movie
From the early stages of the filming of the F1 movie it was common knowledge that Brad Pitt’s character Sonny…
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Ultimate resto-mod? The Ford Escort that costs more than a Ferrari
Four classical Smiths dials are positioned in my line of sight. Large ones for revs and miles-per-hour to the sides,…
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Mark Hughes on why no one should write off Max Verstappen
This sequence gave us three very distinct circuit characteristics to further piece together the competitive jigsaw of how the 2025…
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