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Toto Wolff admits: ‘We made a mistake with George Russell’
“We have to take our disqualification on the chin,” read a statement from Toto Wolff, after George Russell’s Belgian Grand Prix-winning Mercedes was found to be 1.5kg underweight after the…
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Mercedes and McLaren take the Bull by the horns: British, Hungarian and Belgian GP report
The last three races before Formula 1’s summer break were a confirmation of the new competitive hierarchy, one in which McLaren was the team to beat after years of Red…
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Karun Chandhok: ‘It’s been brilliant to see seven different F1 winners’
The Formula 1 season heads into the summer break after a demanding run of five races in six weekends. While 2024 started off in a dominant way for Max Verstappen,…
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MPH: Why Sainz couldn’t wait on the whim of Verstappen any longer
With uncertainty at Red Bull and Mercedes, Carlos Sainz stalled his F1 contract negotiations for as long as he could. In the end, writes Mark Hughes, he had to sign with Williams or risk seeing Valtteri Bottas take the seat
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Showboating and ‘water-cooled brakes’ — when F1 had to clamp down on weight limits
George Russell’s disqualification from the 2024 Belgian GP showed there’s no leeway when it comes to F1 weight limits. As Mark Hughes recalls, it’s been that way since the shenanigans of 1982 which were tinged with tragedy
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Emerson Fittipaldi: The worst car I ever drove – Lotus 56B
When a driver has raced at the highest level for more than a quarter of a century, choosing his least favourite car is not easy. But Emerson Fittipaldi ponders our…
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Niki Lauda: The worst car I ever drove – March 721X
It was the one time I needed not to get into a bad car. It was 1972 and I’d bought my way into Formula 1 with March; I’d agreed to…
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Troubled soul Luigi Musso: ‘the only Italian who mattered in GP racing’
On Sunday, while George Russell was apparently winning the Belgian Grand Prix, albeit soon to be disqualified with the result that Lewis Hamilton would inherit the victory, those of you…
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Word on the beat
There is a proposal for a junior driver F1 race to take place at Abu Dhabi after the final grand prix of the year. It would be an extension of…
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Toto Wolff admits: ‘We made a mistake with George Russell’
“We have to take our disqualification on the chin,” read a statement from Toto Wolff, after George Russell’s Belgian Grand Prix-winning Mercedes was found to be 1.5kg underweight after the…
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Mercedes and McLaren take the Bull by the horns: British, Hungarian and Belgian GP report
The last three races before Formula 1’s summer break were a confirmation of the new competitive hierarchy, one in which McLaren was the team to beat after years of Red…
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Karun Chandhok: ‘It’s been brilliant to see seven different F1 winners’
The Formula 1 season heads into the summer break after a demanding run of five races in six weekends. While 2024 started off in a dominant way for Max Verstappen,…
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MPH: Why Sainz couldn’t wait on the whim of Verstappen any longer
With uncertainty at Red Bull and Mercedes, Carlos Sainz stalled his F1 contract negotiations for as long as he could. In the end, writes Mark Hughes, he had to sign with Williams or risk seeing Valtteri Bottas take the seat
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Showboating and ‘water-cooled brakes’ — when F1 had to clamp down on weight limits
George Russell’s disqualification from the 2024 Belgian GP showed there’s no leeway when it comes to F1 weight limits. As Mark Hughes recalls, it’s been that way since the shenanigans of 1982 which were tinged with tragedy
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Emerson Fittipaldi: The worst car I ever drove – Lotus 56B
When a driver has raced at the highest level for more than a quarter of a century, choosing his least favourite car is not easy. But Emerson Fittipaldi ponders our…
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Niki Lauda: The worst car I ever drove – March 721X
It was the one time I needed not to get into a bad car. It was 1972 and I’d bought my way into Formula 1 with March; I’d agreed to…
F1
Troubled soul Luigi Musso: ‘the only Italian who mattered in GP racing’
On Sunday, while George Russell was apparently winning the Belgian Grand Prix, albeit soon to be disqualified with the result that Lewis Hamilton would inherit the victory, those of you…
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MPH: Verstappen’s powers are blunted, now Leclerc is the F1 driver with a magic touch
Charles Leclerc has mastered F1’s new regulations by rooting out the best deployment tricks, while Max Verstappen has been stripped of his advantage, writes Mark Hughes
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Mercedes seizes early 2026 F1 advantage as Russell and Antonelli dominate opening two races
China March 13–15 Like Round 1, the season’s second race was another Mercedes lockout, but the outcome at Shanghai differed from Albert Park: a 2-1 rather than a 1-2. Make…
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MPH: Antonelli vs Russell – is this F1’s next epic title battle?
He’s only 19, but Kimi Antonelli has shown F1 championship-winning pace and may never get a better title shot. The ingredients are there for another historic battle between one experienced team-mate and a thrusting newcomer, says Mark Hughes
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Katsuta triumphs in Safari Rally as Toyota driver ends 94-start wait with grit and resilience
He wasn’t the fastest driver in Kenya – he failed to win a single stage – but traditionalists will tell you that speed is not the most important thing on…
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Verstappen’s Nürburgring pole and battle overshadowed by tyre rule exclusion in NLS2
March 21, 2026 Nürburgring, Germany A hero’s welcome for Max Verstappen in the Nürburgring pitlane after what appeared to have been victory in NLS2 as the four-time Formula 1 champion…
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Porsche Penske’s Sebring win marred by team orders dispute in Florida endurance double
March 21, 2026 Sebring, Florida, USA Porsche Penske Motorsport trio Felipe Nasr, Julien Andlauer and Laurin Heinrich completed a double in the ‘36 Hours of Florida’ when they added Sebring…
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The false ceiling: why F1’s 2026 rules are hiding its best drivers
The 2026 regulations have not just changed how Formula 1 cars are driven, they have changed what it is possible to see
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McLaren’s systematic dismantling of Red Bull’s F1 team
McLaren has quietly acquired a significant part of the human architecture behind Red Bull’s F1 dynasty
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The question remaining after Lambiase’s shock Red Bull exit
For a decade, Lambiase was the fixed point around which Verstappen’s career at Red Bull turned. Now the race engineer is leaving
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