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Hamilton swallowed by ‘old school’ Ferrari chaos – Up/Down at the Australian GP
Hamilton toiled in Australia as his new Ferrari team looked clueless – but were there promising signs in amongst the misery?
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Mark Hughes: McLaren found sweet spot in Australian GP. But its car has Achilles heel
McLaren had the fastest car at the 2025 Australian GP and found the elusive perfect tyre balance, says Mark Hughes. But Lando Norris still had his work cut out to win — and warned that the car will struggle later this season
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Ben Sulayem on back foot as Thai GP edges closer: what you missed from Australian GP
F1 looked to the future at the 2025 Australian GP, with the leaders of next year’s Cadillac team on the grid; F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali extending contract and agreeing a new commercial rights deal with teams, plus Thai visitors, planning to bid for a race
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‘We need a better way to communicate’ – how Hamilton radio issues added to Ferrari struggle
Ferrari will improve communications after Lewis Hamilton’s sharp exchanges with new F1 race engineer Riccardo Adami at the Australian Grand Prix. But there’s much more than just radio messages to fix
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What happened in the Australian Grand Prix: rain claims big F1 names as Lando fends off Max
Lando Norris claimed victory over Max Verstappen in an action-packed 2025 Australian Grand Prix that saw rookies and world champions alike struggle in wet weather; Oscar Piastri go off from second; and tense radio messages from Lewis Hamilton
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2025 Australian Grand Prix start time: how to watch, live stream and F1 schedule
Watch F1 via live stream or on TV: dates and start time for the 2025 Australian Grand Prix, including all sessions, plus F2, F3, Carrera Cup and Supercars support races
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Brutal F1 reality for rookies: qualifying bites hard ahead of wet Australian GP
Qualifying bit hard for most of 2025’s F1 rookies, who now face trying to recover their weekends in a wet Australian Grand Prix. Here’s how they are placed ahead of the race
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What happened in Australian GP qualifying: McLaren top, Ferrari dips and tough F1 debut for rookies
Lando Norris will start on pole after qualifying for the 2025 Australian Grand Prix. Team-mate Oscar Piastri will start alongside, with the Ferraris several rows back — there’s also a Racing Bull and Williams among the frontrunners
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Is the ‘Flavio effect’ real? Gasly explains Briatore’s Alpine impact
Flavio Briatore left F1 in controversy – but his return to Enstone team Alpine coincided with a strong upturn in fortunes. James Elson speaks to Pierre Gasly and Oliver Oakes about whether the outspoken ‘executive advisor’ is really having an impact
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Hamilton swallowed by ‘old school’ Ferrari chaos – Up/Down at the Australian GP
Hamilton toiled in Australia as his new Ferrari team looked clueless – but were there promising signs in amongst the misery?
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Mark Hughes: McLaren found sweet spot in Australian GP. But its car has Achilles heel
McLaren had the fastest car at the 2025 Australian GP and found the elusive perfect tyre balance, says Mark Hughes. But Lando Norris still had his work cut out to win — and warned that the car will struggle later this season
F1
Ben Sulayem on back foot as Thai GP edges closer: what you missed from Australian GP
F1 looked to the future at the 2025 Australian GP, with the leaders of next year’s Cadillac team on the grid; F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali extending contract and agreeing a new commercial rights deal with teams, plus Thai visitors, planning to bid for a race
F1
‘We need a better way to communicate’ – how Hamilton radio issues added to Ferrari struggle
Ferrari will improve communications after Lewis Hamilton’s sharp exchanges with new F1 race engineer Riccardo Adami at the Australian Grand Prix. But there’s much more than just radio messages to fix
F1
What happened in the Australian Grand Prix: rain claims big F1 names as Lando fends off Max
Lando Norris claimed victory over Max Verstappen in an action-packed 2025 Australian Grand Prix that saw rookies and world champions alike struggle in wet weather; Oscar Piastri go off from second; and tense radio messages from Lewis Hamilton
F1
2025 Australian Grand Prix start time: how to watch, live stream and F1 schedule
Watch F1 via live stream or on TV: dates and start time for the 2025 Australian Grand Prix, including all sessions, plus F2, F3, Carrera Cup and Supercars support races
F1
Brutal F1 reality for rookies: qualifying bites hard ahead of wet Australian GP
Qualifying bit hard for most of 2025’s F1 rookies, who now face trying to recover their weekends in a wet Australian Grand Prix. Here’s how they are placed ahead of the race
F1
What happened in Australian GP qualifying: McLaren top, Ferrari dips and tough F1 debut for rookies
Lando Norris will start on pole after qualifying for the 2025 Australian Grand Prix. Team-mate Oscar Piastri will start alongside, with the Ferraris several rows back — there’s also a Racing Bull and Williams among the frontrunners
F1
Is the ‘Flavio effect’ real? Gasly explains Briatore’s Alpine impact
Flavio Briatore left F1 in controversy – but his return to Enstone team Alpine coincided with a strong upturn in fortunes. James Elson speaks to Pierre Gasly and Oliver Oakes about whether the outspoken ‘executive advisor’ is really having an impact
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MPH: Antonelli is ravaging Russell’s golden chance of F1 title — Canada is critical
Outperformed in Miami, George Russell fell further behind his teenage team-mate Kimi Antonelli in the F1 title race. It makes the upcoming Canadian Grand Prix vital for his championship hopes, says Mark Hughes, even though there’s a long season ahead
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Mark Hughes: Miami’s F1 team-mate divide – why driver pace made the difference
With the leading Formula 1 cars closely matched on pace, the 2026 Miami Grand Prix delivered an exciting race where driver pace and team strategy made the difference. But why the big gap between front-running team-mates?
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Mark Hughes: Ever-more complex F1 rules expose just how flawed they are
The F1 season resumes in Miami this weekend with an even more complex set of rules. It’s a welcome attempt to improve the racing, but just goes to show that the fundamental problems remain unsolved. Mark Hughes explains
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Nico Rosberg celebrates victory at Suzuka in 2016
October 7, 2016 Suzuka, Japan By Round 17, Nico Rosberg led Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton by 23 points. Here’s Rosberg in practice dramatically demonstrating the concept of lateral load transfer.…
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Derek Daly: why the numbers prove Williams sabotaged my 1982 F1 season for Rosberg
I raced in Formula 1 for five years at a dangerous time when you knew that at least one driver on average would probably be killed or maimed each year.…
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Ferrari’s bid for four straight Le Mans wins faces a tougher field and stricter BoP rules
Ferrari is bidding for a fourth consecutive Le Mans 24 Hours win this year. Or to put it another way, to continue an unbeaten run since it ended its 50-year exile from…
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When Silverstone was still gloriously mad: Graham Hill’s last hurrah
An ageing champion, an ugly Brabham, and a revolutionary gas-turbine Lotus conspired to produce one of motor sport’s most enchanting afternoons at the 1971 International Trophy, as Matt Bishop recounts
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Antonelli has entered the F1 title conversation, and Wolff can’t stop it
After three grand prix wins from three poles, Mercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff is struggling to contain expectations about Kimi Antonelli
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Pressure mounts on Kimi Antonelli as he’s compared to Italy’s greatest-ever F1 driver
Seventy-three years since Alberto Ascari became the last Italian F1 driver to win the world championship, expectations of title leader Kimi Antonelli are growing — but the teenager isn’t flinching under the pressure
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