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Ron's way
Nigel Roebuck on Ron Dennis, the fallout, and the fallings out The rumours had been circulating for a long time that moves were afoot to remove Ron Dennis from the…
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Precision needs to be rewarded – not by run-off
In the aftermath of the Mexican Grand Prix, Nigel Roebuck asks whether drivers should be penalised on track rather than in the stewards' office My, my, what a collection of…
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The most dramatic F1 race of all time? Mansell loses title to Prost at 1986 Australian GP
“It’s a long way down here, isn’t it?” said Alain Prost. “I must say I’m glad to have a chance of winning the title, even if it’s a small one…”…
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3 – 1961 Monaco GP
Rob Walker, his team owner, always reckoned that Stirling Moss’s victory at the Nürburgring in 1961 was his greatest drive, but Moss himself opts for Monaco the same year: “Without…
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4 – 1957 German GP
In August 1954 Juan Manuel Fangio won the German Grand Prix in a Mercedes-Benz W196. The following year the race was cancelled, following the Le Mans disaster, but in 1956…
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F1, Liberty and the USA
Why Formula 1 and Liberty Media must make the most of America – and what must be learned from the history of the rocky relationship
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9 – 1976 Japanese GP
The first World Championship Grand Prix to be run in Japan was the final act in one of the most tumultuous seasons on record. On the surface it seemed simple…
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10 – 1958 Argentinian GP
The 1958 Argentine Grand Prix is rightly regarded as one of Moss’s greatest races, but until late in the day it had seemed as if Stirling would not even be…
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The big question surrounding F1 in 2017
Funny now, is it not, to look back a decade or so and remember what the powers-that-be were saying about Formula 1, and the way it needed to change? According to…
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The enigmatic Kimi Räikkönen
A couple of my colleagues were looking rather doleful, I thought, as I walked into the Silverstone press room on the Thursday before the British Grand Prix. When I asked…
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The open cockpit must remain
First things first. I must begin this returning piece for the Motor Sport website – as in my column in the magazine – by offering grateful thanks to all those who sent…
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The trouble with Dr Marko…
Boy, Helmut Marko never lets up, does he? Having devoted – like his Red Bull colleagues, including Dietrich Mateschitz – the whole of last year publicly to slagging off Renault,…
