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Ferrari’s power unit gets a boost
When Ferrari introduced a revised spec of power unit at the Russian Grand Prix, with a switch from a 400v to 800v system and battery, it played it down. The…
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Max leads F1's battle of the Americas in 2021
USA GP | Mexican GP | São Paulo GP This three-race run, with just three more to go, put a very different complexion on the championship contest. Coming in, Max Verstappen…
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'F1 teams for the first time can look at being very profitable': Mark Hughes
Last month the news was that the proposed Michael Andretti buyout of the Sauber F1 team had hit the rocks and would no longer be happening. This month the speculation…
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The compromised car that made Red Bull second-best: Qatar GP analysis
It was probably the least exciting race in a season where the bar has been set high, as Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes disappeared into the floodlit evening. But there were reasons…
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Time for F1 referees who can black-flag dirty driving — no appeals: MPH
As we wait for the stewards to decide if there is any basis for Mercedes’ request for a right to review the Brazil Hamilton/Verstappen incident, so F1 finds itself trapped…
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'Hamilton tore through the field then wore down Verstappen' — Brazilian GP analysis
An extraordinary performance from Lewis Hamilton saw him overcome being thrown to the back of the grid for the Saturday sprint race, taking a five-place grid drop for the main…
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Interlagos hills can be level playing field for Hamilton vs Verstappen battle — MPH
Interlagos is perfectly configured to equalise a low-drag-favouring car like the Mercedes with a high-downforce-favouring car like the Red Bull (unless of course it rains heavily, in which case downforce…
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Why Max Verstappen disappeared into thin air: Mexican GP analysis
Red Bull came to Mexico expected to dominate and backed up that expectation throughout Friday when it was at times up to 0.5sec quicker than Mercedes. But Mercedes locked out…
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Toto Wolff launches mind games in anticipation of F1 title showdown – MPH
Toto Wolff has said that if the title fight between his driver Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen goes down to the wire in Abu Dhabi, whichever of them is in…
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Alonso's 'competitive paranoia' fuels his fight against stewards – MPH
Fernando Alonso's one-man war against the stewards has built up throughout the season, spilling over in Sochi and Austin – but, as Mark Hughes writes, this apparent campaign for on-track justice makes him who he is
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Lewis Hamilton's 10 greatest F1 wins
We have already rated Lewis Hamilton's F1 wins from 100 to 90 in order of greatness, and now comes the top 10: the finest victories from Hamilton's grand prix career.…
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Hamilton U-turn after Istanbul team radio outburst
You may have heard Lewis Hamilton’s laments on the radio to his Mercedes team for bringing him in for fresh intermediate tyres in the Turkish Grand Prix with just eight…
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Nice one, centurion: Hamilton hits 100 wins at 2021 Russian Grand Prix
2021 Russian GP | 2021 Turkish GP There was a remarkable synergy about this pair of races out beyond eastern Europe. Each of the two title contenders took grid penalties…
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Why Max Verstappen isn't affected by the fear of failure: Mark Hughes
The stresses and strains of a very tight championship battle inevitably expose the personality traits of those in the hot centre of it all. The competitive make-up of top-class athletes…
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The Hamilton vs Verstappen battle you saw... and what was really going on at the US GP
What the record Austin crowd saw was a brilliantly vivid see-sawing contest between Max Verstappen’s Red Bull and Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes in which the former prevailed – just. What was…
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Colton Herta could be F1's code to crack America – MPH
Formula 1 might not have always appreciated Indycar and its stars, but Liberty's keenness for success in the US – and Colton Herta's eye-catching performances – could be about to change that
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Can Hamilton's Mercedes engines last the rest of the season? – MPH
Lewis Hamilton is now on his fourth Mercedes engine – with strange noises coming from its power units, can he make it through six more races without using another? asks Mark Hughes