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Brilliant Norris deserved better stage than soulless Yas Marina: Up/Down in Abu Dhabi
Lando Norris and McLaren made F1 history in the desert – shame about the track though...
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Doug Nye: The 1963 meeting that decided F1’s future
As this year’s Formula 1 subsides into silence we are into a few months when the engineering pace accelerates to produce next year’s cars. This winter sees the first significant…
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Elkann’s F1 comments shows where Ferrari is going wrong
Lewis Hamilton is not having a happy time at Ferrari. But we should celebrate another British driver who is having the time of his life at the Italian marque. James…
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Horner & Newey reunited in Aston 'dream team'? Up/Down in Vegas
Could it be 'Meet the new boss, same as the old boss' for Max Verstappen at Aston Martin?
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Brazil was F1's real 2025 finale – Going Up, Going Down
The 2025 Sao Paulo GP demonstrated F1 at its brilliant best – showing just how important racing at the right venue is
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Get the picture
Every issue of Motor Sport is packed with incredible imagery – whether commissioned from our roster of brilliant photographers or those that have been ferreted out from the archives to…
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Verstappen's saving F1 from papaya coporate protocol: Up/Down in Austin
Could F1 2025 be about to wake from its slumber? James Elson identifies the culprit poking the bear
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The challengers to FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem
As we were putting the finishing touches to this issue a Swiss racing driver caused a minor storm within the tightly controlled world of FIA communications with a surprise announcement…
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Oscar Piastri is F1's luckiest man – Up/Down in Azerbaijan 2025
Lando Norris managed to snatch victory form the jaws of defeat in Baku, writes James Elson
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Lance Stroll gives best ever F1 interview: Up/Down 2025 Italian GP
A new F1 star was born at the 2025 Italian GP
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Will Oscar Piastri become Australia's greatest F1 driver?
Oscar Piastri is now racking up the F1 wins in McLaren's dominant car – will he become the best ever from Down Under?
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Williams: the team we love to love
There’s are a certain symmetry to the fact that this issue contains both a celebration of Renault’s pioneering turbo era and also of the sleeping Formula 1 giant that is…
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'F1 must rotate classic European tracks – for fans and the sport'
Zandvoort is set to dissapear off the F1 calendar after 2026 – Katy Fairman argues F1 should bring in new measures to give fans what they want and protect the championship's history
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Is 2025 F1's most boring title battle ever?
The 2025 F1 title is as close as it gets – James Elson asks why it all feels so uneventful
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Rating every 2025 F1 driver so far: the good, the bad and the lovely
James Elson runs the slide rule over the performances of the 2025 F1 grid so far – who's impressed, and who's flopped?
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Has Lewis lost it? Going up, going down in Hungary
Lewis Hamilton will hope to use the F1 summer break to regroup and turn his ailing season around
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Will a Lotus still be a Lotus if its Hethel factory closes?
Is Lotus really going to shut its Hethel factory? Personally, and despite the company saying it has “no plans” to do so, I would not bet against it. We had…
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