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Has Formula 1 found the answer to Mercedes’ domination?
A week on from Mercedes’ fourth victory of the season, everything pointed to the reigning champions maintaining an unbeaten record in 2020. Same venue, same car but crucially for the…
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MPH: Why Mercedes keeps struggling to get its tyres to work
Same track, seven days later and an entirely different race unfolded. Max Verstappen broke Mercedes’ dominance of the season to date, his Red Bull-Honda taking clinical advantage of severe tyre…
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2020 F1 70th Anniversary GP report: Can Verstappen win spark title challenge?
Just when Formula 1 is feeling really predictable, it serves up a reminder that nothing is a certainty in this sport. Max Verstappen reminded his race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase to…
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2020 F1 70th Anniversary GP qualifying report: Hülkenberg impresses behind brilliant Bottas
“Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. Yes!” Valtteri Bottas left nobody in any doubt as to quite how satisfying it was to beat Lewis Hamilton to Silverstone pole for the second…
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The birth of the F1 World Championship: Formula 1 Car by Car extract
Formula 1 celebrates the 70th Anniversary of the World Championship at Silverstone this weekend: where seven decades ago the first points were awarded following the Grand Prix d’Europe. The rules…
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Four teams to appeal Racing Point brake duct ruling after criticism over lenient penalty
Ferrari, McLaren, Renault have said that they will appeal the penalties given to Racing Point after it was found guilty of copying Mercedes brake ducts, following criticism that the punishment…
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Heroics, duels and a tambourine solo: the best Silverstone grands prix
Formula 1 returns to Silverstone to celebrate 70 years since its first World Championship race this weekend. The circuit has hosted many a grand prix thriller through the years —…
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‘How is something illegal still on the car?’ Unhappy F1 rivals mull appeal after Racing Point verdict
By the time first practice got underway on Friday morning at Silverstone, it felt like the full race weekend had already taken place, and not because of last weekend’s event.…
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What Racing Point did wrong: brake duct penalty explained
On August 30, the British Government changed its Covid-19 quarantine rules: anyone testing positive must self-isolate for 10 days instead of seven. Where did this leave Sergio Perez who had…
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F1 announces new seven-part ‘Race To Perfection’ series
Fresh from its success with Netflix and the Drive to Survive series, Formula 1 has announced a new seven-part documentary called Race to Perfection with Sky TV. The docuseries will…
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Racing Point fined and docked points after Renault brake duct protest
Racing Point has been fined €400,000 (£356,000) and deducted 15 points from its constructors’ total after race stewards upheld Renault’s protests over the legality of its RP20 car. Stewards found…
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Nico Hülkenberg back for Racing Point after positive Covid test for Perez
Nico Hülkenberg will be back in the Racing Point seat at Silverstone this weekend after Sergio Perez once again tested positive for Covid-19 ahead of the Formula 1 70th Anniversary…
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Perez could race this weekend at Silverstone after completing quarantine
Racing Point has confirmed that Sergio Perez is in line to return for this weekend’s 70th Anniversary Grand Prix, thanks to a technicality that means he has completed his quarantine…
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MPH: Why Mercedes keeps struggling to get its tyres to work
Same track, seven days later and an entirely different race unfolded. Max Verstappen broke Mercedes’ dominance of the season to date, his Red Bull-Honda taking clinical advantage of severe tyre…
F1
MPH: Piecing together Silverstone’s shredded tyre drama
You know all about the dramatic tyre-bursting end which crowned an otherwise predictable Mercedes demonstration. How with even just three inflated tyres for most of the last lap, Lewis Hamilton…
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Fabio’s rear-brake trick
MotoGP riders use the rear rake more than ever – Quartararo is one of the best at loading the rear tyre so he can get more stopping power from the rear of the bike
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MotoGP history-maker Binder: ‘This is insane!’
2020 MotoGP Brno GP insight: Where Brad Binder came from and why he’s winning, how KTM transformed its RC16 from midfield finisher and how Michelin’s 2020 rear slick has changed MotoGP’s balance of power
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Valtteri Bottas signs new one-year Mercedes deal for 2021
Valtteri Bottas will remain with Mercedes next season after the team confirmed the Finn has signed a new one-year deal for 2021. The 30-year-old has been with Mercedes since 2017,…
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F1 70th Anniversary Grand Prix preview: Silverstone turns up the heat
The British Grand Prix sprang into life three laps from the end as Pirelli rubber began to feel the strain of the demanding Silverstone circuit and changed the course of…
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Only one practice session before qualifying when F1 returns to Imola
Formula 1 has firmed up the timetable for its return to Imola at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix two-day race weekend, with practice cut down to one Saturday session. The…
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Silverstone tyre blowouts: what happens next?
As the camera cut from one failure to the next, there was a sense of déjà vu as drivers were forced to limp around Silverstone with deflated Pirelli tyres, causing…
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MPH: Piecing together Silverstone’s shredded tyre drama
You know all about the dramatic tyre-bursting end which crowned an otherwise predictable Mercedes demonstration. How with even just three inflated tyres for most of the last lap, Lewis Hamilton…
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2020 British Grand Prix race report: Hamilton holds on after final lap blowout
Even an eternal optimist would have struggled to see the dramatic conclusion of the British Grand Prix coming — despite the lessons learned from Austria. At the season-opener, a well-timed…
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2020 British Grand Prix qualifying report: grid set for opening lap fireworks
The two principal car requirements of Silverstone are aerodynamic efficiency and horsepower. And so, obviously, you didn’t need to look beyond the Mercedes W11. The team’s recent Silverstone record was…
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The Ferrari F1 stand-in who almost won: Mika Salo’s ’99 German GP
A seat in a top team suddenly becomes vacant mid-season and a driver whose F1 career looked to be over is called in to fill the much-envied role. Nico Hülkenberg…
History
Mercedes’ dominant 1954 return to grand prix racing: Formula 1 Car by Car extract
1954 brought the return of Mercedes to grand prix racing. In a story familiar to the hybrid era, its W196 was the class of the field. Peter Higham tells the story in an extract from Formula 1 Car by Car 1950-59
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MPH: Why Mercedes keeps struggling to get its tyres to work
Same track, seven days later and an entirely different race unfolded. Max Verstappen broke Mercedes’ dominance of the season to date, his Red Bull-Honda taking clinical advantage of severe tyre…
F1
2020 F1 70th Anniversary GP report: Can Verstappen win spark title challenge?
Just when Formula 1 is feeling really predictable, it serves up a reminder that nothing is a certainty in this sport. Max Verstappen reminded his race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase to…
F1
2020 F1 70th Anniversary GP qualifying report: Hülkenberg impresses behind brilliant Bottas
“Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. Yes!” Valtteri Bottas left nobody in any doubt as to quite how satisfying it was to beat Lewis Hamilton to Silverstone pole for the second…
F1
The birth of the F1 World Championship: Formula 1 Car by Car extract
Formula 1 celebrates the 70th Anniversary of the World Championship at Silverstone this weekend: where seven decades ago the first points were awarded following the Grand Prix d’Europe. The rules…
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