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Mercedes’ F1 bounce back
After two painful years, a lot of soul-searching and a fair few blind alleys, Mercedes has finally seen the light at the end of the tunnel in Formula 1. In…
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Pierre Gasly in Ayrton Senna’s first Toleman: Always meet your heroes
The tension’s almost unbearable as a chilling breeze sweeps down the old Silverstone pitlane. Will it, won’t it? Silence descends for a second, and the atmosphere ratchets up one more…
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Senna v Scooby: How F1 drivers voted for their Race Car of the Century
In the end it came down to a two-car race between cult heroes. In the red corner was the car many regard as the ultimate expression of 1980s simplicity and…
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Driving the Lotus 49: Grand Prix Crown Jewel
The era that made me fall in love with Formula 1 was the late 1980s and early 1990s. People often ask me about my favourite F1 cars at which point…
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Flashback: Peugeot and Renault V10 Formula 1 engines compared
Ask any F1 engine designer for their name these days and chances are the management of the team concerned will need to hold an urgent meeting before giving any consent.…
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Mercedes’ first GP comeback
F1 Retro – October 2014 Click here to read After a couple of lacklustre seasons, the Mercedes F1 team now looks to be back on track with recent podium finishes.…
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Good month, bad month – August 2024
Good Month Flav’s back Controversial playboy team boss Flavio Briatore has returned to Alpine as a special adviser – and is already rumoured to be engineering a final-hour Carlos Sainz…
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Verstappen too hasty to blame Red Bull for getting ‘everything wrong’ in Austrian GP
At the end of the first stint, I caught quite a bit of traffic and we should have just boxed because I gave up free lap time,” complained Max Verstappen…
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Word on the beat
Audi has given an update in the development of its 2026 F1 power unit. It has reportedly completed race distance stints on the test bench in Audi’s facility in Neuburg,…
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Mercedes’ F1 bounce back
After two painful years, a lot of soul-searching and a fair few blind alleys, Mercedes has finally seen the light at the end of the tunnel in Formula 1. In…
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Pierre Gasly in Ayrton Senna’s first Toleman: Always meet your heroes
The tension’s almost unbearable as a chilling breeze sweeps down the old Silverstone pitlane. Will it, won’t it? Silence descends for a second, and the atmosphere ratchets up one more…
Archive
Senna v Scooby: How F1 drivers voted for their Race Car of the Century
In the end it came down to a two-car race between cult heroes. In the red corner was the car many regard as the ultimate expression of 1980s simplicity and…
Great Read
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Driving the Lotus 49: Grand Prix Crown Jewel
The era that made me fall in love with Formula 1 was the late 1980s and early 1990s. People often ask me about my favourite F1 cars at which point…
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Flashback: Peugeot and Renault V10 Formula 1 engines compared
Ask any F1 engine designer for their name these days and chances are the management of the team concerned will need to hold an urgent meeting before giving any consent.…
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Mercedes’ first GP comeback
F1 Retro – October 2014 Click here to read After a couple of lacklustre seasons, the Mercedes F1 team now looks to be back on track with recent podium finishes.…
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Good month, bad month – August 2024
Good Month Flav’s back Controversial playboy team boss Flavio Briatore has returned to Alpine as a special adviser – and is already rumoured to be engineering a final-hour Carlos Sainz…
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Verstappen too hasty to blame Red Bull for getting ‘everything wrong’ in Austrian GP
At the end of the first stint, I caught quite a bit of traffic and we should have just boxed because I gave up free lap time,” complained Max Verstappen…
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Word on the beat
Audi has given an update in the development of its 2026 F1 power unit. It has reportedly completed race distance stints on the test bench in Audi’s facility in Neuburg,…
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Podcast: ‘Having the best AI in F1 may be more important than the best engine’
Motor Sport F1 Show with Mark Hughes
Why AI is set to become a major factor in F1. Plus: Adrian Newey’s extraordinary Aston Martin; Christian Horner’s potential comeback; and what the drivers really make of their new cars
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MPH: ‘Speed chess’ and the new DNA of F1 racing
F1’s new ’50/50′ power units bring the fiendish problem of how to deploy and harvest electrical energy. It’s the ideal scenario for AI, writes Mark Hughes. F1 is on the brink of a significant evolution
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MPH: F1’s big fears fade as a new era begins smoothly
Mark Hughes dissects F1’s first shakedown, revealing why the opening signs are far more positive than expected
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Jamie Chadwick shines at the Silverstone 4 Hours
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…
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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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Bahrain 2026 F1 testing: How to watch and who is driving each day
A guide to Formula 1’s 2026 pre-season testing schedule, including dates, venues and how the winter running is structured
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Matt Bishop: What Jenson Button really brings to Aston Martin
Drawing on a quarter-century of shared history, Matt Bishop explains why Jenson Button is exactly the ambassador Aston Martin needs now
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Bahrain F1 test will expose Barcelona’s illusions
Barcelona proved Formula 1’s radical 2026 cars can run, but only Bahrain’s tests will reveal who’s genuinely quick and who’s in trouble
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