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Parting shot: September 2024
August 27, 1990 Birmingham The crowds are out on a Bank Holiday Monday as Eddie Irvine, in the Reynard of Eddie Jordan Racing, leads the DAMS Lola of Érik Comas…
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The car that made BRM a winner again
The BRM P153, designed by new recruit Tony Southgate, represented a conscious (and visual) break from the company’s dwindling 1960s fortunes and kicked off the new decade with a rejuvenating…
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Emerson Fittipaldi: ‘McLaren has strong leaders — just like when I won in ‘74’
The McLaren M23 gleams on the Goodwood start line, radiant in its red and white livery. The Cosworth DFV engine lets out a familiar guttural bark as Emerson Fittipaldi floors…
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Lando Norris: I’m fed up of the excuses
Building a frontrunning car is one thing, but converting that into regular victories is another. McLaren’s recent strike rate isn’t good enough and Lando Norris’s exhortation after finishing third at…
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McLaren’s F1 revolution, the inside story: from rock bottom to title contenders
McLaren has travelled far since hitting rock bottom in 2018. Ditching its ill-starred Honda partnership at vast expense to switch to Renault propulsion was supposed to prove the team’s greatness,…
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Flashback : September 2024
Flavio Briatore was in the news for reasons good and bad in 1994. Thirty years on, nothing has changed. This is in the Benetton motorhome two days before the 1994…
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McLaren’s first flush
F1 Retro – april 2015 Some Formula 1 designers are like rock stars. Along with the wins and trophies, they suck up all the adulation and limelight too. Chapman, Murray…
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Good month, bad month
Good Month Radio drama Verstappen is the mouthy throwback beige F1 needs – the world champ said anyone who doesn’t like his radio messages can do one. Excellent. Privateer power…
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Why Norris accepts Piastri deserved to win the Hungarian GP
What was McLaren protecting at the Hungarian Grand Prix that it inverted the order at the race’s second stops? Lando Norris was undercut ahead of Oscar Piastri, with the team’s…
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Parting shot: September 2024
August 27, 1990 Birmingham The crowds are out on a Bank Holiday Monday as Eddie Irvine, in the Reynard of Eddie Jordan Racing, leads the DAMS Lola of Érik Comas…
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The car that made BRM a winner again
The BRM P153, designed by new recruit Tony Southgate, represented a conscious (and visual) break from the company’s dwindling 1960s fortunes and kicked off the new decade with a rejuvenating…
Archive
Emerson Fittipaldi: ‘McLaren has strong leaders — just like when I won in ‘74’
The McLaren M23 gleams on the Goodwood start line, radiant in its red and white livery. The Cosworth DFV engine lets out a familiar guttural bark as Emerson Fittipaldi floors…
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Lando Norris: I’m fed up of the excuses
Building a frontrunning car is one thing, but converting that into regular victories is another. McLaren’s recent strike rate isn’t good enough and Lando Norris’s exhortation after finishing third at…
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McLaren’s F1 revolution, the inside story: from rock bottom to title contenders
McLaren has travelled far since hitting rock bottom in 2018. Ditching its ill-starred Honda partnership at vast expense to switch to Renault propulsion was supposed to prove the team’s greatness,…
Archive
Flashback : September 2024
Flavio Briatore was in the news for reasons good and bad in 1994. Thirty years on, nothing has changed. This is in the Benetton motorhome two days before the 1994…
Archive
McLaren’s first flush
F1 Retro – april 2015 Some Formula 1 designers are like rock stars. Along with the wins and trophies, they suck up all the adulation and limelight too. Chapman, Murray…
Archive
Good month, bad month
Good Month Radio drama Verstappen is the mouthy throwback beige F1 needs – the world champ said anyone who doesn’t like his radio messages can do one. Excellent. Privateer power…
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Why Norris accepts Piastri deserved to win the Hungarian GP
What was McLaren protecting at the Hungarian Grand Prix that it inverted the order at the race’s second stops? Lando Norris was undercut ahead of Oscar Piastri, with the team’s…
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MPH: Newey isn’t being demoted. Here’s what’s actually happening at Aston Martin
The real story behind Adrian Newey’s changing role at Aston Martin has nothing to do with the F1 team’s struggles, as Mark Hughes explains
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MPH: Entertainment and old-school racing!? China showed F1 the way
The Melbourne spectacle was tough to digest, but Shanghai exposed an upside to Formula 1’s new rules, showing that the series can deliver racing that’s thrilling and skilful, as Mark Hughes explains
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Epic racing in Chinese GP was boosted by F1’s new button
After artificial-looking overtaking in Melbourne, the 2026 Chinese Grand Prix saw a return to F1 drivers following closely and then out-braking each other. Mark Hughes on the Shanghai spectacle
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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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Suzuka is Verstappen’s stage, but he’s never faced a challenge like this
Japanese Grand Prix briefing
Max Verstappen is chasing a fifth successive Japanese Grand Prix win at Suzuka, an F1 circuit where his talent has always stood out. Even he will struggle to make the difference in this year’s Red Bull, however
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F1’s home win heroes: the brilliant drives and historic victories
The best Formula 1 home race wins, roared on by partisan crowds: these are the moments when racing legends achieve their childhood ambitions
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When F1 cracked the US with soul: the glamorous and sleazy Long Beach GP
A stunning victory from Clay Regazzoni, in a Ferrari that oozed style, on a sun-baked street circuit: Formula 1’s first visit to Long Beach in 1976 was extraordinary — and still significant, says Matt Bishop
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