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What is the fastest F1 car of all time?
Current grand prix machines are some of the most advanced ever seen. But that doesn’t mean that they are the fastest F1 cars of all time…
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F1 has made a big mistake in starting the 2027 calendar with a sprint race
Formula 1’s 2027 season-opener will be a sprint in Bahrain. Does the decision devalue the one weekend when fans most want a clean answer?
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MPH: Lando Norris’s F1 magic deserves more appreciation
Lando Norris’s soaring confidence and an improved McLaren mean we’re witnessing a Formula 1 driver at his outer limits, Mark Hughes argues
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2026 F1 calendar: The revised schedule and start times
Where will Formula 1 end the 2026 season? The final two races of this year’s calendar remain in doubt as the Iranian conflict continues to cast a shadow over the Middle East – and racing schedules
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Formula 1 2027 calendar: full schedule of 24 races and TEN sprints
The F1 2027 calendar has been confirmed with 24 grands prix and ten sprint races on the schedule. Here’s where Formula 1 plans to be racing next year
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Otto Stuppacher, laughing stock? Why one of F1’s slowest drivers deserved better
Fifty years on, Matt Bishop revisits the 1976 Italian Grand Prix – the scene of Niki Lauda’s miraculous comeback, Ronnie Peterson’s sole March win, and Otto Stuppacher’s sad overreach
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An F1 circuit of two halves: What Madring can and can’t easily fix
Drivers and fans want the Madring rebuilt for 2027 – but half the circuit is built around a fixed exhibition centre, so what are the viable changes?
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The worst F1 race of 2026 – why Madring got it so wrong
Madring promised spectacle and delivered a procession, as the new Spanish GP venue exposed just how little racing today’s Formula 1 cars and track designs actually allow
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Alex Wurz on Benetton’s plan to shorten his legs in 1999: “F**** off!”
“I replied with two words: one began with an ‘f’ and the other began with an ‘o’.”
F1
What is the fastest F1 car of all time?
Current grand prix machines are some of the most advanced ever seen. But that doesn’t mean that they are the fastest F1 cars of all time…
F1
F1 has made a big mistake in starting the 2027 calendar with a sprint race
Formula 1’s 2027 season-opener will be a sprint in Bahrain. Does the decision devalue the one weekend when fans most want a clean answer?
F1
MPH: Lando Norris’s F1 magic deserves more appreciation
Lando Norris’s soaring confidence and an improved McLaren mean we’re witnessing a Formula 1 driver at his outer limits, Mark Hughes argues
F1
2026 F1 calendar: The revised schedule and start times
Where will Formula 1 end the 2026 season? The final two races of this year’s calendar remain in doubt as the Iranian conflict continues to cast a shadow over the Middle East – and racing schedules
F1
Formula 1 2027 calendar: full schedule of 24 races and TEN sprints
The F1 2027 calendar has been confirmed with 24 grands prix and ten sprint races on the schedule. Here’s where Formula 1 plans to be racing next year
F1
Otto Stuppacher, laughing stock? Why one of F1’s slowest drivers deserved better
Fifty years on, Matt Bishop revisits the 1976 Italian Grand Prix – the scene of Niki Lauda’s miraculous comeback, Ronnie Peterson’s sole March win, and Otto Stuppacher’s sad overreach
F1
An F1 circuit of two halves: What Madring can and can’t easily fix
Drivers and fans want the Madring rebuilt for 2027 – but half the circuit is built around a fixed exhibition centre, so what are the viable changes?
F1
The worst F1 race of 2026 – why Madring got it so wrong
Madring promised spectacle and delivered a procession, as the new Spanish GP venue exposed just how little racing today’s Formula 1 cars and track designs actually allow
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Mass frustration at the US GP – but Kimi just looked like a kid having fun
Kimi Antonelli all but secured the Formula 1 title with a champion’s drive at the 2026 United States Grand Prix, writes Mark Hughes. Behind him, forlorn rivals failed to make their superior pace stick
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MPH: The revelation in Horner’s book – how he turned Red Bull from no-hopers into F1 winners
Christian Horner details how he rebuilt Red Bull from the ashes of Jaguar, and hired F1’s greatest designer from under the noses of rivals in his new autobiography, Drive. Mark Hughes found it fascinating
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Mark Hughes: Did Ferrari have pace to beat Red Bull? We’ll never know…
Mark Hughes analyses how Max Verstappen beat Charles Leclerc to victory in Singapore, and how Lewis Hamilton’s strategic gamble turned a promising Ferrari result into a costly disappointment
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Jackie Stewart wins at the Nürburgring as Fittipaldi finishes sixth
August 5, 1973 Nürburgring, West Germany A busy scene in the Lotus garage at the 1973 German Grand Prix, Round 11 of 15 of the F1 World Championship. Drivers Emerson…
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Do safety cars make races boring or more exciting? Dilemma for US series as it considers cutting back cautions
When it comes to sports car racing, it’s not just the American tracks that are markedly different from most of their international counterparts. The overall philosophy used by the FIA…
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Two corners from becoming champion: Oliver Solberg’s heartbreaking crash tops the most thrilling WRC deciders
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Felipe Massa’s 2009 crash tested the resilience of a Richard Mille watch
It was back in 2009 when Felipe Massa suffered life-threatening injuries during qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix, losing control of his Ferrari at 175mph as a result of being…
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Desiré Wilson’s battle to be F1’s first female winner: ‘Sponsors couldn’t accept their star men being beaten by a woman’
Desiré Wilson is the only woman ever to have won a Formula 1 race, and for all I know she may always carry that mantle. OK, her famous victory in…
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Enzo Ferrari: the making of a legend
Where their sons are concerned, mums have much to answer for. Certainly none other than Enzo Ferrari was deeply influenced, indeed in many ways shaped, by his formidable mother, Adalgisa…
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