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Silverstone confirmed as first sprint qualifying venue at 2021 British GP
The 2021 British Grand Prix will be the first in the history of F1 to host a sprint qualifying event
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Why F1 is striking the right calendar balance with Miami GP
Miami will join the F1 calendar next season over other iconic venues but Chris Medland argues that there's a balance to be found between old and new
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Derek Warwick on John Gentry, his favourite engineer
“John and I had ultimate trust in each other. He was a great engineer who knew what I was thinking and trying to say, and would transmit that straight to…
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Parting shot: Carlo Chiti in Monaco
May 22, 1982 Monaco Alfa Romeo technical director Carlo Chiti, who was also the designer of the Ferrari 156 ‘Sharknose’ which we celebrate in this issue, sits thoughtfully in the…
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Kimi Räikkönen: No regrets
At the Eifel GP last year Kimi Räikkönen logged his 323rd grand prix start, breaking the record held by Rubens Barrichello. Twenty years after his rookie season the Finn will…
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Now that’s what I call... F1 1990s, the decade's underrated cars
For those of a certain age, the 1990s is remembered as a halcyon period of great rivalries, epic races and dramatic deciders. The decade began with the heated relationship between Ayrton…
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John Gentry: The changing man
March, Shadow, Fittipaldi, Tyrrell, ATS, Toleman, Renault, Alfa Romeo, Brabham, Benetton; then there was a leftfield switch to Suzuki and Yamaha in motorcycling, before a return to four wheels to…
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Giancarlo Baghetti: F1's debut king
On May 13, 1950 Giuseppe Farina took the chequered flag at Silverstone, and thus by definition won a world championship race at his first attempt, for this was the first…
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Resurrecting the Sharknose Ferrari 156
After the disappointing 1962 season, Commendatore Ferrari himself ordered the cars to be cut up and the pieces to be used in the concrete of the factory forecourt. And so…
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Lost Sharknose Ferrari 156 rides again
The Ferrari 156 ‘Sharknose’ interrupted the British Formula 1 revolution led by Lotus and Cooper-BRM in the first year of the 1.5-litre engine regulations in 1961 and gave Maranello a…
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Flashback: The end of Johnny Cecotto's 1983 Monaco Grand Prix
For all its vitality and razzamatazz, Monaco can seem a solitary and hostile place. Particularly at around 8.30am on the first day of practice in 1983. As prequalifying got under…
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David Coulthard on Mika Häkkinen: My Greatest Rival
It has to be Mika Häkkinen, an opponent for seven years, with good times and bad. Good times when developing the McLaren, bad times when we ran at the front.…
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Jan Magnussen: 'I didn't realise how unhappy I was in F1'
Jackie Stewart described Jan Magnussen as “the greatest driving talent to emerge since Ayrton Senna”. The young Dane dominated the 1994 British F3 championship, winning 14 of 18 races for…
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George Russell cools after ‘heat of the moment’
George Russell has apologised for colliding with Valtteri Bottas during the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix and for the emotional comments he made afterwards.The Williams driver posted on social media that…
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Mark Hughes: 'Did murky F1 politics play a role in slowing Mercedes?'
So the season gets underway and we see a resurgent Red Bull-Honda giving the previously all-conquering Mercedes a very hard time. Then we hear from both Merc’s Toto Wolff and…
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Trackside view, June 2021
Race report All the action from a stunning start to the World Championship Profile: Yuki Tsunoda Why we’ll be hearing more from AlphaTauri’s young sensation Tactical analysis How Hamilton managed…
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Miami GP on the calendar for 2022
The addition of a Miami Grand Prix to the Formula 1 calendar from 2022 represents an important milestone – and a significant degree of face saving – for commercial rights…
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