Blazing sunshine over a mesmerising, daunting circuit with Murray Walker calling the action. Has there ever been a more glorious start to the F1 season?

South Africa's Prince George circuit hosted the dramatic 1962 F1 title showdown between Jim Clark and Graham Hill in late December. It's time the World Championship returned to Africa, so why not make it a Christmas race weekend?

Two Australian F1 drivers who came to Europe at the same time: one became world champion, the other faded from memory. But both Alan Jones and Brian McGuire have their place in racing history

A harmonious McLaren beat the brute brilliance of Max Verstappen in 2025, but its collaborative approach hasn't always succeeded against the razor-sharp focus of a one-driver F1 team

Behind the noise over Adrian Newey’s new job title lies the real story: Aston Martin has quietly built a structure designed to unleash his genius

Lost alongside Graham Hill on a foggy November night 50 years ago, Tony Brise was already seen as "something special" in F1. All that's left is the hint of what might have been

One of the worst circuits ever to appear on the F1 calendar was never likely to produce a classic race; the 1981 Caesars Palace Grand Prix in Las Vegas delivered absurdity, mystery and — for Carlos Reutemann — tragedy

Careening through Californian desert, Riverside was a wild test of skill and courage, with merciless consequences for drivers who got it wrong. Now under a shopping mall, it defined F1's soul, writes Matt Bishop

Some circuits resemble corporate theme parks, but that could never be said about Interlagos: wild, untamed and challenging to its core, the Brazilian GP venue is a monument to the F1 greats past and present

Formula 1's brief three-year stint in India promised so much but delivered little - a fleeting spectacle that failed to take root in the world's most populous nation. It more than deserves another shot, says Matt Bishop

Accompanied by a yellow-suited mechanic, third-placed Patrick Depailler was the only driver on the podium after James Hunt won the 1977 Japanese Grand Prix: an F1 moment that sums up the unpredictable, magnificent and tragic F1 circus of the 1970s

McLaren's victory celebrations, after winning its tenth F1 constructors' championship in Singapore, sent Matt Bishop contemplating its very first title — in 1974 — that was formed from the tragedy of founder Bruce McLaren's death