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The unremarkable race, on an unloved track, that quietly made F1 history
On the 15th anniversary of the 2011 European Grand Prix, Matt Bishop explains why a race almost nobody remembers deserves to be remembered
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Is it still worth racing in F1? Misery for Alonso & Verstappen at scene of great wins
F1 flashback: Champions' drives in Barcelona
Barcelona 2026 brought Lewis Hamilton his first Ferrari Formula 1 victory but offered a sobering result for Fernando Alonso and Max Verstappen, as Matt Bishop explains
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The 'practical joke' that won a GP - and the other six-wheeled cars banned by F1
F1 flashback: 1976 Swedish Grand Prix
Matt Bishop revisits one of motor sport's most extraordinary stories, 50 years on from the six-wheeled Tyrrell P34's only F1 victory
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'Brilliant! No driver has ever been so clear of the field' - Schumacher's greatest F1 victory
F1 flashback: 1996 Spanish Grand Prix
Thirty years ago, Michael Schumacher produced a performance so far beyond his rivals that it left Stirling Moss searching for superlatives. Matt Bishop argues that it was the greatest drive of his career
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Johnny Servoz-Gavin: F1's hippie racer whose career was cruelly ended by a twig
F1 flashback: Johnny Servoz-Gavin
He looked set to become one of Formula 1’s greats until a single twig in a French forest cut his career short. Matt Bishop remembers a playboy and prodigy
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'They screamed, howled or thundered': intoxicating sound of F1’s greatest age
Sixty years ago this week, Jackie Stewart claimed victory in one of the strangest grands prix to launch the finest era in Formula 1 history, as Matt Bishop recounts
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Cruel tragedy of Elio de Angelis, an F1 gentleman with the talent to take on Senna
F1 flashback: Elio de Angelis
Forty years after Elio de Angelis' needless death, Matt Bishop asks whether Formula 1 has ever lost a more complete, or more elegant, man
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When Silverstone was still gloriously mad: Graham Hill's last hurrah
An ageing champion, an ugly Brabham, and a revolutionary gas-turbine Lotus conspired to produce one of motor sport's most enchanting afternoons at the 1971 International Trophy, as Matt Bishop recounts
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The other F1 title- changing error: why James Hunt shouldn't have been champion
F1 flashback: 1976 Spanish Grand Prix
Victory at Jarama set James Hunt on course for the world championship in one of F1's greatest seasons, but only after a controversial decision that no longer sits right with Matt Bishop
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The quietly brilliant Michele Alboreto is fading into F1 history. He deserves more respect
On the 25th anniversary of Michele Alboreto's death, Matt Bishop makes a case for the former Ferrari F1 driver and Le Mans winner as one of racing's most unjustly forgotten talents
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Split by a heartbeat: Spanish GP that revealed the F1 genius of Senna, Prost and Mansell
Forty years on from the 1986 Spanish Grand Prix, Matt Bishop recalls the race that compressed the talents of three future Formula 1 legends into a winning gap of just 0.014 seconds
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That mythical fearless, fun-loving racer with God-given talent? It was Mike Hailwood
Exceptional on four wheels as well as two, in his bravery, his selflessness, and his love of a good party. The only ordinary thing about Mike Hailwood was his tragic end, writes Matt Bishop
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