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FIA to change 2021 F1 regulations to avoid copying conflict
Formula 1 teams will be banned from following the lead of Racing Point’s ‘Pink Mercedes’ under plans to prevent the copying of an entire car from next season. Aside from…
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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.…
F1
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…
F1
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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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…
F1
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…
F1
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…
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…
Mark Hughes
The data that shows this year’s Mercedes is the most dominant yet
Mercedes has won every championship in the hybrid era, and nothing’s likely to change this season. Analysis by Mark Hughes suggests the 2020 car is the most dominant of the current generation
MotoGP
Could Quartararo be MotoGP’s first non-factory champ?
Any talk of Fabio Quartararo winning the 2020 MotoGP world title is hugely premature, because things can change more instantly and more drastically in motorcycle racing than in just about…
Road Racing
Revealed: plans for an Isle of Wight ‘TT’ road race
Britain’s first-ever roadraces are planned to take place on the Isle of Wight in October 2021. A team of promoters and racers has been working for many months on the…
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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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Confirmed: Nico Hülkenberg replaces Sergio Perez for the British GP
Nico Hülkenberg will race in this weekend’s British Grand Prix for Racing Point, taking the place of Sergio Perez who has tested positive for coronavirus. The German driver, who was…
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The data that shows this year’s Mercedes is the most dominant yet
Mercedes has won every championship in the hybrid era, and nothing’s likely to change this season. Analysis by Mark Hughes suggests the 2020 car is the most dominant of the current generation
F1
Sergio Perez becomes first F1 driver to test positive for coronavirus
Sergio Perez has tested positive for coronavirus ahead of the British Grand Prix and will miss this weekend’s race. He is the first Formula 1 driver to test positive for…
F1
8 British GPs which have turned the F1 championship on its head
You think you know how a title race is going and then you get to the British Grand Prix. In its long and storied history, the race has frequently altered…
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The most iconic cars in F1’s history?
Formula 1 celebrates seven decades of the World Championship next weekend with the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix at Silverstone, and is marking the occasion with a series of posters, featuring…
F1
2020 British Grand Prix preview: Seven at Silverstone for Hamilton?
Formula 1 returns after a one week break following its whirlwind triple header to kick-off the 2020 season and there is a sense of inevitability heading into Silverstone this weekend.…
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A Bridge to the past: Silverstone’s lost great corner
Silverstone is unrecognisable as the circuit that hosted the first F1 Championship race but still retains its old glory, writes Damien Smith. If only there had been a way to keep Bridge Corner
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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.…
F1
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…
F1
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…
F1
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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