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Miami bounce leaves Mercedes baffled
After going fastest in FP2 in Miami in his Mercedes, George Russell, below, was puzzled. “I don’t understand why we have hit the ground running here. We knew coming into…
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Word on the beat, July 2022
Lawrence Stroll, top, has apparently dismissed the prospect of Audi buying out his Aston Martin F1 team, but not totally. “Have we been approached by Audi?” he posed. “Yes. And…
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Cultured to cocksure: the two sides of F1 in Imola and Miami
🇮🇹 2022 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix 🇺🇸 2022 Miami Grand Prix The contrast between venues could hardly have been more extreme; the beautiful old park circuit of Imola, a former…
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Trackside view: July 2022
Race report F1’s contrast: from the historic, yet muddy, Imola to the polished show of Miami Word on the beat Stroll not selling... yet, Piastri attracting attention and Mercedes may…
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F1 awash with celebrities at the Miami Grand Prix
Awesome foursome: in an image seen as confirmation of F1’s growing profile Lewis Hamilton was joined at the Miami GP by basketball legend Michael Jordan, former footballer David Beckham and…
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Tony Brooks: last of the '50s greats
Tony Brooks, who died on May 3, aged 90, was one of the truly great F1 drivers. From his debut win in the 1955 non-championship Syracuse Grand Prix for Connaught…
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Tony Brooks: A winner — but he didn't like the fuss
I’ll miss the phone calls from Tony Brooks. Sometimes it was to clarify something we had written in the magazine, sometimes just to get some information and then discuss Verstappen…
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Spiky attitude can swing F1 title for Red Bull — but how will Porsche work with F1's most aggressive team?
Pacifying and managing the no-compromise expectations of Max Verstappen must be at times exasperating and exhausting. You’d almost be moved to feel sorry for Christian Horner and Helmut Marko if……
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Hamilton faster than Russell? – team-mate battles pointing to a vintage 2022 F1 season
Comparing team-mates' qualifying performances shows the detail behind what could be a classic 2022 F1 season
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You were there: 1987 British Grand Prix
As Goodyear’s technical director, Peter Bradbury arrived early at Silverstone for the 1987 Grand Prix “to help the Stringfellow F3 team settle in, and somehow we overstayed our tickets…” But…
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Mercedes can look to win in Monaco: its Red Bull-rivalling pace analysed
From the start of the F1 season, Mercedes has been adamant that its 2022 car has strong underlying pace: it just hasn’t been able to find the key to unlock…
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Tony Brooks at Monaco: Parting Shot
May 19,1957 Monaco Tony Brooks proved that his Vanwall VW 5 could last the distance at the first European Grand Prix of 1957, finishing second at Monaco behind Juan Manuel…
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'Beneath Tony Brooks’s quiet humility was a core of tempered steel': Doug Nye
A former racing driver pal remarked recently “Many of this new generation of F1 drivers seem to be quite good blokes”. He spoke in wonderment, but the likes of Charles Leclerc,…
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'Andretti is serious about a bid to bring a racing dynasty into F1': Mark Hughes
There’s a dissatisfaction brewing between Formula 1 and the FIA. And it is about money. And it is colouring everything. As always in such matters, personal dynamics assume huge significance…
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Binotto says Sainz can't handle 2022 Ferrari — what you missed at the Spanish GP
Mattia Binotto has said that Carlos Sainz is struggling to get his head around the Ferrari F1-75's idiosyncrasies, Lance Stroll knocked off course and history for Jamie Chadwick
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Was Russell's Barca performance one of the great defensive drives? – Up and down in Spain
Exploding Ferrari engines, incredible defensive drives and Sainz in the gravel – there was much to mull on in Barcelona
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Verstappen wins Spanish GP battle, but is Leclerc winning the war?
Charles Leclerc couldn’t believe his beautiful day could be coming to such a brutal conclusion as the Ferrari lost power 27 laps into a race which he’d dominated from pole.…
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