Readers recall Graham Hill, Alex Zanardi and the sport’s more human age
Your article about the Lotus 49 brought back memories [Rebirth of an F1 wonder, June]. In the 1990s I lived in a small village outside Northampton. On Sunday afternoons I…
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To spend time with Jean Alesi is to be reminded that Formula 1, for all its modern sheen of algorithmic optimisation, was once populated – perhaps even defined – by…
Pondering on Kimi Antonelli’s precocious run of early Grand Prix successes this year highlights the Italian’s youth at the time of his first World Championship-qualifying Grand Prix victory at Shanghai,…
Trips down the more arcane and lesser-trodden byways of Formula 1 history are always a treat. So this book, which tells the stories of the efforts of numerous South Africans…
This month we feature two anniversaries, both of them significant and yet shrouded in incertitude. The first forms the basis of our cover story which celebrates 75 years since Ferrari,…
The assembly area at the Goodwood Festival of Speed was packed with cars. But one driver was missing. Fans were around Tom Wheatcroft’s pale-green BRM V16. Argentine great José Froilán…
Hamilton drove Montreal like his old self, but two favourite circuits, one off-form team-mate, and 18 years of history mean the real test is still to come
In Montreal, Formula 1 got its clearest look yet at a championship battle being fought in completely different ways
The backlash against the Ferrari Luce, its first electric car is not really about the vehicle, but about identity, and Formula 1 could learn from it
Your article about the Lotus 49 brought back memories [Rebirth of an F1 wonder, June]. In the 1990s I lived in a small village outside Northampton. On Sunday afternoons I…
To spend time with Jean Alesi is to be reminded that Formula 1, for all its modern sheen of algorithmic optimisation, was once populated – perhaps even defined – by…
Pondering on Kimi Antonelli’s precocious run of early Grand Prix successes this year highlights the Italian’s youth at the time of his first World Championship-qualifying Grand Prix victory at Shanghai,…
Trips down the more arcane and lesser-trodden byways of Formula 1 history are always a treat. So this book, which tells the stories of the efforts of numerous South Africans…
This month we feature two anniversaries, both of them significant and yet shrouded in incertitude. The first forms the basis of our cover story which celebrates 75 years since Ferrari,…
The assembly area at the Goodwood Festival of Speed was packed with cars. But one driver was missing. Fans were around Tom Wheatcroft’s pale-green BRM V16. Argentine great José Froilán…
Hamilton drove Montreal like his old self, but two favourite circuits, one off-form team-mate, and 18 years of history mean the real test is still to come
In Montreal, Formula 1 got its clearest look yet at a championship battle being fought in completely different ways
The backlash against the Ferrari Luce, its first electric car is not really about the vehicle, but about identity, and Formula 1 could learn from it
Mark Hughes crunches the numbers on Aston Martin’s big upgrade for the Hungarian Grand Prix – and asks whether it can be enough to close a four-second deficit to near the front of the F1 pack
George Russell’s Belgian Grand Prix was wrecked by a software fault buried deep in Mercedes’ code. Mark Hughes explains what really happened
Kimi Antonelli delivered his sixth F1 victory of 2026 at the Belgian Grand Prix, writes Mark Hughes. But this year’s cars and their energy limitations made Spa-Francorchamps a shadow of the challenge it usually is
June 7, 1970 Spa-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium By F1’s Round 4 at Spa in 1970, Jack Brabham was at the top of the standings with eventual title winner Jochen Rindt trailing by…
Toyota returned to the top step of the podium at the Le Mans 24 Hours after a three-year absence. Finally, the Japanese manufacturer triumphed against factory opposition, which was not…
When Ford turned to Andy Rouse to spearhead its British Touring Car Championship ambitions in the 1990s, a return to the glory days of the RS500 seemed on the cards.…
As F1’s power units run out of energy, the series’ response has been to hide the evidence rather than explain it, and fans are noticing
The 18-3 scoreline looks decisive, but a closer look at Haas’s season shows a car that hasn’t been giving both drivers the same chance to score
A three-way fight for the final point at Spa, decided in a small picture-in-picture window – is F1’s world feed built for the racing it actually has now?
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