The punishing 1978 French GP: James Hunt’s greatest race?
1978 was heavy going for both James Hunt and McLaren – but at that year’s French GP, the British hero delivered a scintillating drive for his final career podium
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The thrilling lead battle in Austria gave 2024 British Grand Prix ticket sales an immediate boost, with fans hoping for more drama at Silverstone this weekend and just a few hundred tickets remaining
Will F1 drivers ever just zip it and race? The 2024 Austrian GP didn’t give us much hope
Mixed reactions after Norris and Verstappen’s controversial crash; further frustrations with track limits; F1 drivers eager for a decision from Sainz; and the effect of F1’s relentless calendar. Chris Medland’s diary from the 2024 Austrian GP paddock
The battle for the lead of the 2024 Austrian Grand Prix ended abruptly when Max Verstappen squeezed Lando Norris. The World Champion blamed Red Bull’s strategy, but Mark Hughes says that the F1 team was virtually faultless
The death of a 9-year-old motorbike rider has highlighted the risks of children racing. We ask Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen, Fernando Alonso, and other F1 drivers who started young, whether junior karting should have a higher age limit
F1 gravel traps are back in favour after years of being replaced by asphalt run-offs and there’s hope that they’ll halt track limit breaches at the Austrian Grand Prix. Here’s the story of their rise, fall, and reintroduction
Lando Norris could already have three F1 wins in 2024, had it not been for tiny errors that handed Max Verstappen victory. Mark Hughes looks at the fine details that separating McLaren from the championship-tested Red Bull
Is it time to create your ultimate line-up? Here are our F1 Fantasy tips and predictions for the 2024 Austrian Grand Prix
1978 was heavy going for both James Hunt and McLaren – but at that year’s French GP, the British hero delivered a scintillating drive for his final career podium
The thrilling lead battle in Austria gave 2024 British Grand Prix ticket sales an immediate boost, with fans hoping for more drama at Silverstone this weekend and just a few hundred tickets remaining
Will F1 drivers ever just zip it and race? The 2024 Austrian GP didn’t give us much hope
Mixed reactions after Norris and Verstappen’s controversial crash; further frustrations with track limits; F1 drivers eager for a decision from Sainz; and the effect of F1’s relentless calendar. Chris Medland’s diary from the 2024 Austrian GP paddock
The battle for the lead of the 2024 Austrian Grand Prix ended abruptly when Max Verstappen squeezed Lando Norris. The World Champion blamed Red Bull’s strategy, but Mark Hughes says that the F1 team was virtually faultless
The death of a 9-year-old motorbike rider has highlighted the risks of children racing. We ask Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen, Fernando Alonso, and other F1 drivers who started young, whether junior karting should have a higher age limit
F1 gravel traps are back in favour after years of being replaced by asphalt run-offs and there’s hope that they’ll halt track limit breaches at the Austrian Grand Prix. Here’s the story of their rise, fall, and reintroduction
Lando Norris could already have three F1 wins in 2024, had it not been for tiny errors that handed Max Verstappen victory. Mark Hughes looks at the fine details that separating McLaren from the championship-tested Red Bull
Is it time to create your ultimate line-up? Here are our F1 Fantasy tips and predictions for the 2024 Austrian Grand Prix
As George Russell takes F1 sprint pole in China, Mark Hughes wonders whether Mercedes has a bigger advantage than we’re seeing, and if Red Bull finally has a solution to a long-standing problem
Outspoken drivers say that F1’s new rules are an accident waiting to happen — and there are signs that they are being listened to. Mark Hughes examines the
unrest beneath the Australian GP spectacle
The 2026 Formula 1 season roared into life with a whirlwind of overtaking at the front. But, in the excitement of the lead battle between George Russell and Charles Leclerc, one key element looks to have been lost
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…
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
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
Two team principals with history, a minority stake, multiple bidders, and a governance question without a proper answer – here’s what the race for the future of the Alpine Formula 1 team actually looks like
Fernando Alonso has seen enough difficult F1 seasons to know there are no shortcuts for Aston Martin, but he hasn’t lost hope
it’s leading more and more to the idea that we need to have more power from the internal combustion engine
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