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Senna and the other racing heroes lost on May 1
Motor sport fans will always remember Ayrton Senna on May 1, but he wasn’t the only racer to lose his life on that date. Matt Bishop looks back at four more remarkable stories
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Roland remembered
In the celebration of Ayrton Senna’s life 30 years after his fatal accident, less will have been made about another tragic death that weekend during the 1994 San Marino GP:…
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How to watch the 2024 F1 Miami Grand Prix: start time, live stream and TV schedule
F1 is set to going sprint racing for the first time around the streets of the Floridian coast: full details on how to watch the 2024 Miami Grand Prix, plus live stream, TV schedule, and highlights
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The safety car that led to another one at the 2024 Chinese GP
Safety cars occasionally create further safety cars, and that was the case in China as a nose-to-tail accident on a safety car restart compromised the races of Daniel Ricciardo, Lance…
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A room with the ultimate view? Silverstone’s Escapade complex nears completion
In the rapidly evolving world of motor sport you’ll be hard-pressed to find anywhere in Europe that has moved as fast as Silverstone. Across the last decade the rate of…
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Parting Shot
Cigar-chompin’ starter Tex Hopkins gets the 1965 United States Grand Prix underway – with Graham Hill’s BRM and Jim Clark’s Lotus on the front row and Clark’s team-mate Mike Spence,…
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June 2024: Word on the beat
λ Andretti Global, Michael Andretti’s proposed F1 team, announced its new Silverstone base last month, despite its rejection by F1 of an entry in 2025. The team is now targeting…
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Why one lost place at the start of the 2024 Chinese GP cost Sergio Perez dearly
Sergio Pérez’s third place in China, behind Lando Norris’s McLaren, has to be counted as a disappointing result for the Mexican, given how dominant his Red Bull team-mate Max Verstappen…
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Good month, bad month – June 2024
GOOD Old bull rides again Alonso’s regular heroics for Aramco Martin have been rewarded with a bumper contract extension – someone has to get the points for Team Silverstone. Liberating…
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Senna and the other racing heroes lost on May 1
Motor sport fans will always remember Ayrton Senna on May 1, but he wasn’t the only racer to lose his life on that date. Matt Bishop looks back at four more remarkable stories
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Roland remembered
In the celebration of Ayrton Senna’s life 30 years after his fatal accident, less will have been made about another tragic death that weekend during the 1994 San Marino GP:…
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How to watch the 2024 F1 Miami Grand Prix: start time, live stream and TV schedule
F1 is set to going sprint racing for the first time around the streets of the Floridian coast: full details on how to watch the 2024 Miami Grand Prix, plus live stream, TV schedule, and highlights
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The safety car that led to another one at the 2024 Chinese GP
Safety cars occasionally create further safety cars, and that was the case in China as a nose-to-tail accident on a safety car restart compromised the races of Daniel Ricciardo, Lance…
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A room with the ultimate view? Silverstone’s Escapade complex nears completion
In the rapidly evolving world of motor sport you’ll be hard-pressed to find anywhere in Europe that has moved as fast as Silverstone. Across the last decade the rate of…
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Parting Shot
Cigar-chompin’ starter Tex Hopkins gets the 1965 United States Grand Prix underway – with Graham Hill’s BRM and Jim Clark’s Lotus on the front row and Clark’s team-mate Mike Spence,…
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June 2024: Word on the beat
λ Andretti Global, Michael Andretti’s proposed F1 team, announced its new Silverstone base last month, despite its rejection by F1 of an entry in 2025. The team is now targeting…
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Why one lost place at the start of the 2024 Chinese GP cost Sergio Perez dearly
Sergio Pérez’s third place in China, behind Lando Norris’s McLaren, has to be counted as a disappointing result for the Mexican, given how dominant his Red Bull team-mate Max Verstappen…
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Good month, bad month – June 2024
GOOD Old bull rides again Alonso’s regular heroics for Aramco Martin have been rewarded with a bumper contract extension – someone has to get the points for Team Silverstone. Liberating…
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MPH: Assessing F1’s rookie class of 2025 – the Mark Hughes verdict
Mark Hughes weighs up an exceptional 2025 rookie class, dissecting four contrasting debut seasons to reveal who truly stood out the most
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Mark Hughes: Andrea Stella finally banished the ghost of 2010 Abu Dhabi disaster
Mark Hughes revisits the race that gave McLaren team principal Andrea Stella a sleepless night ahead of this year’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix: how victory in 2025 was forged from a Ferrari failure 15 years earlier
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Mark Hughes: Piastri pass on Norris was part of McLaren’s bold strategy to foil Verstappen
Mark Hughes explains how McLaren’s pre-planned lap-one swap and split-tyre strategy blunted Verstappen’s threat and laid the groundwork for Norris’s title-winning drive
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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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Martin Brundle reveals his F1 driver of 2025
Veteran broadcaster and F1 driver Martin Brundle has picked out the contender he’s been most impressed with this year
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Prost laments Renault’s ‘sad’ F1 exit: ‘It’ll be difficult to come back’
Alain Prost has given his view on Renault exiting F1 as an engine manufacturer
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Mohammed Ben Sulayem re-elected – how he became FIA president
Mohammed Ben Sulayem’s has now been re-elected as FIA president, after a controversial first term. But how did he become the first non-European president in the FIA’s history?
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