F1
Aston Martin the only choice if Vettel still wants to win
Ferrari has flat rejected (and ejected) him; Renault has favoured old flame Fernando Alonso; Mercedes appears to be politely looking the other way; but Racing Point, soon to be Aston…
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2020 Hungarian Grand Prix preview: Red Bull fightback or Mercedes walkover?
Red Bull is confident of taking the fight to Mercedes at the Hungaroring this weekend, as the team looks to halt Mercedes’ momentum, following two ‘home’ defeats at the Red…
F1
Sebastian Vettel reportedly considering Aston Martin contract for 2021
Sebastian Vettel has reportedly been offered a contract with Aston Martin for 2021, as rumours build that the four-time world champion will remain on the grid with the rebranded Racing…
F1
‘Enzo’s way was seeing who came out of the knife fight best’
When John Barnard arrived at Ferrari from McLaren for the 1987 Formula 1 season, he found a team in desperate need of fixing. By season’s end the Scuderia had achieved…
F1
Was Hamilton’s Styrian GP pole one of the great qualifying laps?
Through the spray at the Red Bull Ring, Lewis Hamilton took the 89th pole position of his career at last weekend’s Styrian Grand Prix and it was undoubtedly one of…
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MPH: How Hamilton’s challengers crumbled: Styrian GP analysis
Lewis Hamilton’s epic qualifying lap for the 2020 Styrian Grand Prix set up an ‘easy’ win on Sunday – by F1 standards. Mark Hughes examines the factors that gave him a clear run
F1
2021 F1 driver line-up: latest news and rumours
Fernando Alonso will return to Formula 1 next year, as he rejoins Renault. It’s the latest shake-up to the 2021 driver line-up, which also includes Carlos Sainz moving to Ferrari —…
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2020 F1 Styrian Grand Prix report: Hamilton in command ahead of midfield drama
Lewis Hamilton notched up his first win of the 2020 season in a comfortable 2020 F1 Styrian Grand Prix for the Mercedes driver – as drama unfolded behind
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2020 Styrian Grand Prix qualifying: Hamilton leaves the rest in a cloud of spray
You get funny weather in the mountains but, strangely enough, you’ve got to go back to the seventies for a rain-afflicted race at what was then the Osterreichring. The older…
F1
Verstappen fastest on Friday as rain looms over Styrian GP qualifying
Max Verstappen beat Valtteri Bottas by just 0.043sec to top Friday practice in a session that could potentially set the grid for Sunday’s Styrian Grand Prix. The weather forecast makes…
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F1
Red Bull won’t offer Sebastian Vettel an F1 lifeline
Hopes of a return to Red Bull for Sebastian Vettel appear to be over as the team confirmed it would not be making an offer for the four-time world champion…
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F1 confirms Mugello race as part of revised 2020 calendar
The next two races of the 2020 Formula 1 season have been confirmed and will include a trip to Mugello. Following the first eight rounds of the season, F1 will…
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Podcast: John Barnard, Engineering the Greats
https://youtu.be/86ZDexFKKuM John Barnard wasn’t just headhunted by Ferrari. Such was his clout that Enzo allowed him to set up his own design operation in Guildford, well away from the scrutiny…
Mark Hughes
MPH: How Hamilton’s challengers crumbled: Styrian GP analysis
Lewis Hamilton’s epic qualifying lap for the 2020 Styrian Grand Prix set up an ‘easy’ win on Sunday – by F1 standards. Mark Hughes examines the factors that gave him a clear run
F1
MPH: The bullets Bottas dodged to win in Austria
“We dodged some bullets there,” said a relieved Valtteri Bottas after climbing out of his Mercedes the victor of the opening round of the 2020 world championship, a thrilling and…
MotoGP
“I’m happy I don’t race with Marc!”
Five-time World Superbike king Jonathan Rea evaluates the talent of six-time MotoGP champion Marc Márquez as the Spaniard aims to continue his march into history at Jerez on Sunday
MotoGP
MotoGP’s 2020 rear slick – will it really be good for inline-fours and bad for V4s?
Who will Michelin’s new rear slick help and who will it hinder in the battle for the 2020 MotoGP championship? Because nothing has a bigger effect on a racing motorcycle…
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Vettel says he would welcome Red Bull F1 reunion offer
Sebastian Vettel says a return to Red Bull in 2021 would be a difficult proposition to turn down. The four-time champion told media ahead of the Styrian Grand Prix that…
F1
Styrian Grand Prix preview: Déjà vu at the Red Bull Ring
The Austrian Grand Prix provided Formula 1 with the unforgettable restart it needed, with excitement and action up and down the field for almost every one of the 71 laps.…
F1
Will anything change for race two in Austria?
Formula 1 is about to host back-to-back races at the same circuit for the first time in its history, and with that comes some trepidation about what – if anything,…
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Why Alonso — and not youth — was the answer for Renault
He’s soon to turn 39 and isn’t known for tolerating a mediocre car. So why did Renault hire Fernando Alonso over a younger driver? asks Chris Medland
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The Alonso-Renault relationship: championships and controversy
It was hailed as a changing of the guard when a young Fernando Alonso claimed back-to-back championships, triumphing over Michael Schumacher in 2005 and ’06. The old power that was…
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Confirmed: Fernando Alonso to make F1 return with Renault in 2021
Fernando Alonso will make his Formula 1 comeback next season, with Renault announcing he will replace Daniel Ricciardo for 2021. In what will be the two-time F1 champion’s third stint…
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How F1 can make every race as entertaining as the Austrian GP
It was nice to have some normality back in our lives on Sunday afternoon. Twenty Formula 1 cars on a grid ready for a real life motor race that kicked…
F1
Ferrari fast-tracking aero updates for Styrian Grand Prix
Ferrari is making efforts to bring forward planned updates to arrive in time for the second race of the 2020 season having slipped into the midfield during the Austrian Grand…
F1
Was the Austrian Grand Prix as good as the 2020 F1 season gets?
It was, I think, better than any of us expected and all but the most dreamy of optimists hoped. Formula 1’s return to racing after seven months away produced an…
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F1
2020 Hungarian Grand Prix preview: Red Bull fightback or Mercedes walkover?
Red Bull is confident of taking the fight to Mercedes at the Hungaroring this weekend, as the team looks to halt Mercedes’ momentum, following two ‘home’ defeats at the Red…
F1
Sebastian Vettel reportedly considering Aston Martin contract for 2021
Sebastian Vettel has reportedly been offered a contract with Aston Martin for 2021, as rumours build that the four-time world champion will remain on the grid with the rebranded Racing…
F1
‘Enzo’s way was seeing who came out of the knife fight best’
When John Barnard arrived at Ferrari from McLaren for the 1987 Formula 1 season, he found a team in desperate need of fixing. By season’s end the Scuderia had achieved…
F1
Was Hamilton’s Styrian GP pole one of the great qualifying laps?
Through the spray at the Red Bull Ring, Lewis Hamilton took the 89th pole position of his career at last weekend’s Styrian Grand Prix and it was undoubtedly one of…
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