MPH: The critical Red Bull flaw – with no Newey to fix it
Red Bull finds itself with an overly complex 2024 F1 car that even Max Verstappen can’t overcome – does it turn back, or risk going into a development dead end?
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The first world title 1963 The year of Profumo, great train robbers, ‘loveable mop tops’ – and the grassy knoll. In its midst, a quiet Scottish hill farmer delivered on…
We’ve noted before the potency of the motor-racing gene, the father-and-son successions such as the Hills and the Villeneuves, and dynasties from the Unsers to the Andrettis. More rarely, a…
Two drivers, almost a century apart, lit up the Monza timesheet then crashed heavily on their GP weekend debuts. Mark Hughes compares Kimi Antonelli’s spectacular drive for Mercedes with another superstar’s appearance in 1925
Lewis Hamilton made a momentous single-seater debut with Manor in 2001 – key team members remember his debut and subsequent success in Motor Sport’s October 2024 edition
An appeal lodged by the female employee who accused Red Bull team principal Christian Horner of coercive and controlling behaviour was dismissed ahead of the Dutch Grand Prix. Horner, 50,…
Sauber’s rapid junior Theo Pourchaire has set records in F2 and impressed in IndyCar – it has to give him an F1 chance, says James Elson
The dominant victory that Lando Norris secured in Zandvoort has meant that we have some great stories to follow as we head into the second half of the F1 season.…
There was something symbolic about Lando Norris’s resounding victory over Max Verstappen at the latter’s home ground of Zandvoort. The McLaren driver delivered the sort of crushing performance which has…
Red Bull finds itself with an overly complex 2024 F1 car that even Max Verstappen can’t overcome – does it turn back, or risk going into a development dead end?
The first world title 1963 The year of Profumo, great train robbers, ‘loveable mop tops’ – and the grassy knoll. In its midst, a quiet Scottish hill farmer delivered on…
We’ve noted before the potency of the motor-racing gene, the father-and-son successions such as the Hills and the Villeneuves, and dynasties from the Unsers to the Andrettis. More rarely, a…
Two drivers, almost a century apart, lit up the Monza timesheet then crashed heavily on their GP weekend debuts. Mark Hughes compares Kimi Antonelli’s spectacular drive for Mercedes with another superstar’s appearance in 1925
Lewis Hamilton made a momentous single-seater debut with Manor in 2001 – key team members remember his debut and subsequent success in Motor Sport’s October 2024 edition
An appeal lodged by the female employee who accused Red Bull team principal Christian Horner of coercive and controlling behaviour was dismissed ahead of the Dutch Grand Prix. Horner, 50,…
Sauber’s rapid junior Theo Pourchaire has set records in F2 and impressed in IndyCar – it has to give him an F1 chance, says James Elson
The dominant victory that Lando Norris secured in Zandvoort has meant that we have some great stories to follow as we head into the second half of the F1 season.…
There was something symbolic about Lando Norris’s resounding victory over Max Verstappen at the latter’s home ground of Zandvoort. The McLaren driver delivered the sort of crushing performance which has…
Max Verstappen is Interlagos’s ultimate wet-weather master, but will rain in Brazil give McLaren the edge this weekend?
Corner-cutting, confusion, and chaos – the Mexican Grand Prix’s first laps summed up F1’s rulebook issues, Mark Hughes says
A closer look at the data shows Piastri’s recent struggles have everything to do with tyre dynamics, and nothing to do with team bias, as Mark Hughes explains
IDEC Sport Silverstone 4 Hours 14/9/25 A home win for Jamie Chadwick capped a happy return for contemporary Le Mans Prototype racing to the UK, as the European Le Mans…
Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris worked together ahead of the 2025 Chinese GP, finding the pace that delivered a 1-2 finish, while Norris also prepared to attack his team-mate during the race. Brake issues denied him, says Mark Hughes but the F1 title duel is coming
Esteban Ocon’s Alpine stint ended at the 2024 Qatar GP, giving Jack Doohan a make-or-break F1 chance in Abu Dhabi. Elsewhere FIA boss Mohammed Ben Sulayem dismissed driver concerns and mechanics just wanted a kip: Chris Medland‘s paddock diary
The man who pioneered ground effect and active suspension in F1 has died at the age of 79
Alpine has become the ninth team to confirm its 2026 F1 driver line-up, but Red Bull is still leaving its drivers in the dark. Here are the contracts in place, rumoured deals and who could end up where during silly season
Gabriel Bortoleto has ended Brazil’s long wait for a new homegrown F1 driver. Will he be the quiet cornerstone of Audi’s future?
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