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Generate a funny F1 Fantasy team name for your 2025 squad. We’ve got suggestions for every team and driver on the current grid, as well as a few legends of Formula 1
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Rain, thunder and Piastri’s chance to make history: Australian GP preview
On Sunday morning, Melbourne will thunder to the sound of 20 F1 cars, as well as…thunder. There’s rain predicted for the 2025 Australian Grand Prix where Oscar Piastri has high hopes for a win. Here’s what to watch out for
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McLaren united: ‘the F1 team that nobody wants to leave’
McLaren has locked both of its F1 drivers into long-term contracts as it looks to build on last year’s constructors’ championship success. But key to its plans is to make it into a team that nobody wants to leave — contract or not
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Jonathan Wheatley: New Audi F1 team principal served long Red Bull apprenticeship
He was the calm conductor of Red Bull’s precise F1 teamwork. Now Jonathan Wheatley has been announced as the new team principal of Audi’s grand prix team. Here’s everything you need to know about the former mechanic turned boss
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When non-championship races gave F1’s B-list a chance to shine
Gamston, Cadours and Caen: Matt Bishop looks back on when non-championship F1 races were a significant part of the motor sport calendar
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Cadillac vows ‘truly American’ F1 team: ‘we can hire a US driver on merit’
Now Formula 1’s 11th team entry is confirmed, Cadillac F1 boss Graeme Lowden can hire drivers and ramp up development of its 2026 car, as he describes the “limitless ambition” of a new outfit “raised under an American flag”
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Liam Lawson is the ‘punk’ driver Red Bull – and F1 – needs
Red Bull has a new team-mate for Max Verstappen in 2025 – punchy F1 firebrand Liam Lawson could finally be the raw racer it needs in the second seat
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MPH: Next F1 megastar could emerge in days thanks to season start in Melbourne
Years after Melbourne lost its opening slot, it’s back as the first F1 race of the 2025 season. It gives this year’s F1 rookies the chance to follow in the footsteps of F1 winners who shone on their debut amid the formidable challenge of Albert Park
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What happens in Drive to Survive Season 7? Episode Synopsis
The wildly successful Netflix F1 series Drive to Survive has returned for Season 7 – we run through what features in the new show
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Best 2025 F1 Fantasy team names
Generate a funny F1 Fantasy team name for your 2025 squad. We’ve got suggestions for every team and driver on the current grid, as well as a few legends of Formula 1
F1
Rain, thunder and Piastri’s chance to make history: Australian GP preview
On Sunday morning, Melbourne will thunder to the sound of 20 F1 cars, as well as…thunder. There’s rain predicted for the 2025 Australian Grand Prix where Oscar Piastri has high hopes for a win. Here’s what to watch out for
F1
McLaren united: ‘the F1 team that nobody wants to leave’
McLaren has locked both of its F1 drivers into long-term contracts as it looks to build on last year’s constructors’ championship success. But key to its plans is to make it into a team that nobody wants to leave — contract or not
F1
Jonathan Wheatley: New Audi F1 team principal served long Red Bull apprenticeship
He was the calm conductor of Red Bull’s precise F1 teamwork. Now Jonathan Wheatley has been announced as the new team principal of Audi’s grand prix team. Here’s everything you need to know about the former mechanic turned boss
F1
When non-championship races gave F1’s B-list a chance to shine
Gamston, Cadours and Caen: Matt Bishop looks back on when non-championship F1 races were a significant part of the motor sport calendar
F1
Cadillac vows ‘truly American’ F1 team: ‘we can hire a US driver on merit’
Now Formula 1’s 11th team entry is confirmed, Cadillac F1 boss Graeme Lowden can hire drivers and ramp up development of its 2026 car, as he describes the “limitless ambition” of a new outfit “raised under an American flag”
Opinion
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Liam Lawson is the ‘punk’ driver Red Bull – and F1 – needs
Red Bull has a new team-mate for Max Verstappen in 2025 – punchy F1 firebrand Liam Lawson could finally be the raw racer it needs in the second seat
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MPH: Next F1 megastar could emerge in days thanks to season start in Melbourne
Years after Melbourne lost its opening slot, it’s back as the first F1 race of the 2025 season. It gives this year’s F1 rookies the chance to follow in the footsteps of F1 winners who shone on their debut amid the formidable challenge of Albert Park
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What happens in Drive to Survive Season 7? Episode Synopsis
The wildly successful Netflix F1 series Drive to Survive has returned for Season 7 – we run through what features in the new show
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MPH: Decoded – why Russell and Piastri can’t keep up with their F1 team-mates
Hungary revealed how wind and worn tarmac are rewriting the rules of 2026 F1 performance, and why some of the grid’s best drivers are struggling to keep up. Mark Hughes explains
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Formula 1 2026 half-term report. Every driver rated – who deserves an A+?
Kimi Antonelli Astonishing progression from his patchy and underprepared rookie season. Yes, he’s in the best car but he’s doing things with it that stand comparison with the finest. In…
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‘Kimi Antonelli was 11 when I saw him race. He amazed me’: when Mercedes’ talent scout discovered the F1 sensation
To call Gwen Lagrue a ’scout’ is reductive. Identifying talent is just part of the equation; he supplements that by developing it, playing a central role in nurturing a plethora…
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Kimi Antonelli’s mid-season charge reshapes Formula 1’s 2026 title fight
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…
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Madring’s La Monumental gives Madrid’s new F1 circuit a distinctive challenge
There was a time when circuit corner names were utilitarian labels, nothing more. Even for the greatest curves, inspiration was drawn from local landmarks or topography: think of Eau Rouge…
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Scott Dixon leaves Ganassi after 25 years as Arrow McLaren reshapes its IndyCar future
The 2025 IndyCar championship was a snoozer, as Álex Palou clinched the title with several rounds remaining. The most compelling storyline in the closing weeks of the season was whether…
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‘It was the day Niki Lauda almost died. Who remembers a frightened James Hunt’s brilliant win?’
Niki Lauda’s blazing Ferrari cast a pall over the 1976 German Grand Prix, so it’s easy to overlook what happened in the F1 race. Matt Bishop recognises James Hunt’s masterful and brave victory at the Nürburgring
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The Beatle who predicted F1’s TV boom decades early
Long before Drive to Survive, an ex-Beatle and lifelong racing obsessive told Barry Sheene how F1 would find its biggest audience
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The bizarre bug that cost Frentzen his F1 title shot – and why he’s made peace with it
A software bug cost Heinz-Harald Frentzen his best shot at the world title, but he explains why it never actually cost him much at all
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