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Who is Oliver Oakes? From karting champion to fleeting F1 team principal
Oliver Oakes briefly led the Alpine F1 team before abruptly resigning after the 2025 Miami Grand Prix. Here’s his career story so far
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Le Mans MotoGP: Fantastique Zarco makes the French sing
Johann Zarco surfed through the rainy chaos at Le Mans to take a hugely popular MotoGP victory, while Marc Márquez kept it together to take vital championship points
F1
Is Franco Colapinto an upgrade over Jack Doohan for Alpine?
Jack Doohan was replaced by Alpine after just seven races, for a man with nine grands prix under his belt. So will Franco Colapinto do better than the Australian?
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F1
MPH: Alonso’s F1 success and US funding rumours – why did Alpine boss attack team?
Laurent Rossi has not hidden his disappointment in Alpine’s start to the 2023 season – Mark Hughes has a possible reason why
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Cruel tragedy of Elio de Angelis, an F1 gentleman with the talent to take on Senna
F1 flashback: Elio de Angelis
Forty years after Elio de Angelis’ needless death, Matt Bishop asks whether Formula 1 has ever lost a more complete, or more elegant, man
MotoGP
Le Mans MotoGP: Martin ascends, Márquez descends
Jorge Martin announced himself as the new MotoGP championship favourite in France while Marc Márquez took another trip to hell, but it wasn’t all bad news for the reigning champion
F1
F1 set to abandon 50/50 power split in 2027 – what it means
Formula 1 will reduce electrification next year following the backlash against the current rules
F1
The FIA is giving Honda a helping hand, but is that right for F1?
The FIA has updated Formula 1’s regulations in what appears to be an attempt at helping Honda
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