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Verstappen proves Russell right: Abu Dhabi GP 2024 – Up/Down
Verstappen's prang at the first corner of the F1 finale in Abu Dhabi vindicated George Russell's recent rant
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FIA president executes perfect F1 PR disaster: Up/Down Qatar
FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem seemed intent on making F1 a united front by the end of the 2024 Qatar GP – against him
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F1's toughest team-mate: Is Leclerc ready for Hamilton fight?
Leclerc erupted after feeling wronged one time too many by Sainz in Vegas – but the challenge posed by his team-mate next year, Lewis Hamilton, will be much greater writes James Elson
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Is BMW about to enter MotoGP?
BMW has never tried to win the MotoGP world championship. The German manufacturer made a vague attempt in the 1950s, with a 500cc boxer-twin four-stroke, which took second place in…
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F1 celebrates 75 years but don’t forget these other anniversaries
As we motor into another winter three variably thought-provoking anniversaries beckon. Seventy-five years ago, on December 15, 1949, a group of national and specialist motoring journalists gathered in rural Lincolnshire…
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The Editor: Importance of saving old motor racing footage
How important is it to preserve evidence of past racing glories? On this, readers of Motor Sport and I will agree. One of the biggest and best investments we have…
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F1
Verstappen embarrasses rest of F1 field: Going Up, Going Down
2024 has been Max Verstappen's masterclass – it should go down in history as one of F1's greatest titles
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Is the Las Vegas GP already a classic?
After all the pre-race noise, the 2023 Las Vegas GP turned out to be a brilliant race on an exciting track – a 2024 repeat could seal its reputation
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Andrew Frankel: McLaren’s W1 to push the hypercar limits
To McLaren for a full guided tour of its W1. This is the machine intended to occupy the same space in the market today as did the P1 nearly a…
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Doug Nye: 80th anniversary of an illicit Motor Sport road race
Eighty years ago, for the Allies, WW2 was ‘going well’ and in Britain serious planning had begun for postwar peace. Perhaps symptomatic of new-found optimism, mad keen motoring enthusiasts were…
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Mat Oxley: The daredevils who tackle the TT on three wheels
Imagine racing a 220hp superbike around the Isle of Man’s 37.73-mile TT course, hitting speeds of 200mph as you thread the eye of a needle between dry-stone walls and hedges.…
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The Editor: A visit to Prodrive’s HQ finds chief David Richards in fighting form
Drive along the M40 and approaching junction 11 your eye will be drawn to the vast white building on the western side of the motorway. Most people will hardly give…
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F1
FIA stewards react too late to save F1 2024 – Up/Down in Mexico
The stewards long overdue reaction to Max Verstappen's wild driving at the 2024 Mexican GP is too little, too late
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Norris will never win an F1 title like this – Up/Down in Austin
2024 US GP: Disappointing starts, cryptic messages and too much run-off – here's what was going up and down in the Lone Star State
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F1
FIA President MBS misses the F1 point again – Singapore Up/Down
FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem again gets worked up about an F1 non-issue, but now drivers are angrier than ever – it all felt quite familiar at the 2024 Singapore GP
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Colapinto outscores Sargeant in one race – Up/Down in Azerbaijan
The 2024 Azerbaijan GP was the gladiatorial dogfight everyone wants – no more listening to your engineer or settling for second, thanks
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The Editor: “Toto Wolff asked if she would have done the same thing in his position”
The best part of the summer holidays is getting to grips with the various books I have not had time to read in the previous six months, and this year…