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What is an F1 aero rake?
All of the F1 teams use the fence-like metal structures, but what is an aero rake and how does it actually work?
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2024 F1 pre-season testing in Bahrain: schedule, times and how to watch
The 2024 F1 season is underway and this week’s pre-season testing in Bahrain will provide the first indication of which outfit could end up on top. Red Bull is once…
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How can you tell who’s really quickest in F1 testing?
The timesheets at the end of the day tell one story… but it’s unlikely to be the full truth of F1 testing in Bahrain. Chris Medland explores how to get a better idea of who’s on top — and who’s not
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‘Is this thing working?’ What F1 teams actually do in pre-season testing
Three days of pre-season testing will officially kick off the 2025 F1 campaign. Chris Medland breaks down what could be on each team’s testing schedule as well as what their number one priority will be
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Jessica Hawkins will never race in F1. But she might find a woman who will
Three years on from her ground-breaking F1 test, Jessica Hawkins is still determined to normalise women’s place in an F1 cockpit. Matt Bishop speaks with the Aston Martin development driver on what the future may hold
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F1 testing disasters: Renault’s terrible turbo & Honda’s horror show
The F1 pre-season test offers new hope to those further down the grid – but sometimes, as history has shown, it all goes wrong from the off
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MPH: New F1 cars resemble old Red Bull, but Newey’s changed the game again
We have now seen nine of the 10 new cars (the Williams has yet to be revealed) and given that they have been released approximately in reverse order of the…
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F1 circuits: every track on the 2024 calendar
From Bahrain to Abu Dhabi, here is every F1 circuit on the record-breaking 2024 grand prix calendar
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Plant-based diet & mental prep: how drivers are preparing for gruelling 24-race F1 season
Are you ready? More importantly, are they? Formula 1 is taking a collective deep breath before diving into a record-breaking 24-race season, and the drivers know their stamina and ability…
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What is an F1 aero rake?
All of the F1 teams use the fence-like metal structures, but what is an aero rake and how does it actually work?
F1
2024 F1 pre-season testing in Bahrain: schedule, times and how to watch
The 2024 F1 season is underway and this week’s pre-season testing in Bahrain will provide the first indication of which outfit could end up on top. Red Bull is once…
F1
How can you tell who’s really quickest in F1 testing?
The timesheets at the end of the day tell one story… but it’s unlikely to be the full truth of F1 testing in Bahrain. Chris Medland explores how to get a better idea of who’s on top — and who’s not
F1
‘Is this thing working?’ What F1 teams actually do in pre-season testing
Three days of pre-season testing will officially kick off the 2025 F1 campaign. Chris Medland breaks down what could be on each team’s testing schedule as well as what their number one priority will be
F1
Jessica Hawkins will never race in F1. But she might find a woman who will
Three years on from her ground-breaking F1 test, Jessica Hawkins is still determined to normalise women’s place in an F1 cockpit. Matt Bishop speaks with the Aston Martin development driver on what the future may hold
F1
F1 testing disasters: Renault’s terrible turbo & Honda’s horror show
The F1 pre-season test offers new hope to those further down the grid – but sometimes, as history has shown, it all goes wrong from the off
F1
MPH: New F1 cars resemble old Red Bull, but Newey’s changed the game again
We have now seen nine of the 10 new cars (the Williams has yet to be revealed) and given that they have been released approximately in reverse order of the…
F1
F1 circuits: every track on the 2024 calendar
From Bahrain to Abu Dhabi, here is every F1 circuit on the record-breaking 2024 grand prix calendar
F1
Plant-based diet & mental prep: how drivers are preparing for gruelling 24-race F1 season
Are you ready? More importantly, are they? Formula 1 is taking a collective deep breath before diving into a record-breaking 24-race season, and the drivers know their stamina and ability…
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MPH: The F1 force that could split Leclerc & Ferrari — and even McLaren
Formula 1 history shows that success and failure alike can rupture partnerships. Could Ferrari and Leclerc be next? Mark Hughes wonders
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Mark Hughes: Why McLaren team orders brought painful F1 flashback for Coulthard
In a race where McLaren colluded with Williams against Ferrari, David Coulthard was ordered to move over for team-mate Mika Häkkinen — a raw wound reopened three decades on by Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris’s Monza switch
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Mark Hughes: Monza pitstop blunder left McLaren facing a familiar headache
A slow pitstop for Lando Norris left McLaren tripping over itself at Monza, turning a straightforward race into another uneasy team orders dilemma, as Mark Hughes explains
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McLaren drivers swapped tips ahead of Chinese GP. Norris also quietly planned attack
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
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One race to prove himself at Alpine? Heat is on Jack Doohan as Ocon signs off
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
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Axe hangs over Perez as Marko jets in to discuss Red Bull replacement
Sergio Perez’s future looks bleak after another underwhelming performance, while George Russell can be upbeat despite his disqualification: 2024 Belgian GP diary
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F1 drivers who raced on weekends off — as Max Verstappen joins exclusive group
Only a few modern F1 drivers have raced outside the championship mid-season. As Max Verstappen prepares to race at the Nürburgring, here’s how his predecessors did
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Boullier recalls horror of Kubica’s 2011 crash: ‘We thought he might die’
Robert Kubica was poised to become one of F1’s leading lights when a violent rally crash during the off-season ended his hopes. Eric Boullier, his then team manager, has described the aftermath to Motor Sport
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Berger reunited with Honda F1 V12 engine 33 years on
More than 30 years after his podium at Estoril, Berger has been reunited with the very Honda V12 engine that powered his McLaren
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