When Alonso threw out Sainz’s lucky charm during his F1 rookie year
A ‘lucky hat’ had brought Sainz great results across his junior career and into F1, until his hero Fernando Alonso chucked it into a crowd of Spanish fans
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This weekend, the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya will host its last Spanish Grand Prix, but it will also be on the F1 calendar next year, along with Madrid. Its future looks less certain after 2026, however
Hamilton’s challenging adaptation to life at Ferrari was on full display in Monaco, where a series of confusing radio exchanges highlighted ongoing communication issues between the seven-time world champion and his engineer
Formula 1 descends at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya for the 2025 Spanish Grand Prix, with McLaren’s Oscar Piastri narrowly leading the drivers’ championship and Lando Norris hot on his heels…
There’s plenty to love about Monaco — just don’t expect it to serve up a thrilling F1 race says Matt Bishop who, in 1995, discovered an alternative — and unrepeatable — way to experience the grand prix weekend
The two-stop experiment didn’t make much of a difference to the racing as Lando Norris produced his most convincing weekend of 2025. Here’s what we learned from the Monaco Grand Prix
For all the huff-and-puff about strategy at the 2025 Monaco GP, the race showed pitstops aren’t F1’s main problem there
The race win that wasn’t: Chris Medland on the bits you missed from Monaco, including the latest on an African race and why Cadillac’s entry might Monte Carlo over the limit
Lando Norris realised his dream of winning the Monaco Grand Prix in 2025, as the new mandatory two-stop rule brought creative strategies in the midfield, writes Mark Hughes
A ‘lucky hat’ had brought Sainz great results across his junior career and into F1, until his hero Fernando Alonso chucked it into a crowd of Spanish fans
This weekend, the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya will host its last Spanish Grand Prix, but it will also be on the F1 calendar next year, along with Madrid. Its future looks less certain after 2026, however
Hamilton’s challenging adaptation to life at Ferrari was on full display in Monaco, where a series of confusing radio exchanges highlighted ongoing communication issues between the seven-time world champion and his engineer
Formula 1 descends at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya for the 2025 Spanish Grand Prix, with McLaren’s Oscar Piastri narrowly leading the drivers’ championship and Lando Norris hot on his heels…
There’s plenty to love about Monaco — just don’t expect it to serve up a thrilling F1 race says Matt Bishop who, in 1995, discovered an alternative — and unrepeatable — way to experience the grand prix weekend
The two-stop experiment didn’t make much of a difference to the racing as Lando Norris produced his most convincing weekend of 2025. Here’s what we learned from the Monaco Grand Prix
For all the huff-and-puff about strategy at the 2025 Monaco GP, the race showed pitstops aren’t F1’s main problem there
The race win that wasn’t: Chris Medland on the bits you missed from Monaco, including the latest on an African race and why Cadillac’s entry might Monte Carlo over the limit
Lando Norris realised his dream of winning the Monaco Grand Prix in 2025, as the new mandatory two-stop rule brought creative strategies in the midfield, writes Mark Hughes
The power unit, the passing zones, the red flag – strip them all away and what’s left is still one of the greatest drives in F1 history. Mark Hughes analyses Kimi Antonelli’s Monza masterclass
Under 2026’s energy-starved rules, Monza’s tow is way too valuable, and that, Mark Hughes writes, is set to make controversial qualifying shenanigans for the 2026 Italian Grand Prix almost inevitable
A season that opened with total Mercedes dominance is turning into a three-way fight for the fastest car in F1. Mark Hughes explains why
Two consecutive victories from pole for McLaren’s Lando Norris to bring him within 83 points of Kimi Antonelli’s championship lead with half the season still to go had Mercedes’ Toto…
The Dutch Grand Prix was an exciting way to kick off the second half of the season after the summer break. Following on from Lando Norris’s dominant victory in Budapest…
Monaco Lewis Hamilton Many had written off Lewis Hamilton in F1 – too long in the tooth at 41, a poor fit with Ferrari, the rise of rivals, and so…
Kimi Antonelli’s stunning Monza victory sent Matt Bishop back to 1971’s legendary five-car photo finish – and to Howden Ganley, the last man alive from that
Kimi Antonelli’s F1 victory from 19th on the grid at Monza was sensational. Now John Watson, who won a grand prix after starting a record-breaking 22nd, rates the drive
Lewis Hamilton called Monza “a bit devastating.” But a self-inflicted collision and a missed pit window don’t change the fact that Ferrari hasn’t looked like a real title contender for a while
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