Is Adrian Newey worth £30m a year? F1 drivers explain why he is
Adrian Newey will transfer to Aston Martin for an unprecedented fee – is he worth it? Current and past F1 drivers explain what makes him so valuable to any team
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Niki Lauda was on course to win the F1 title for Ferrari by the time of the 1977 Italian GP but, after announcing he’d be leaving the team, the tifosi booed him before a fascinating race as he battled Mario Andretti, team-mate Carlos Reutemann, and old foe James Hunt
Adrian Newey’s arrival at the Aston Martin F1 team makes him the biggest name in Lawrence Stroll’s recently assembled all-star engineering line-up
Adrian Newey has been at the forefront of F1 design for over forty years – Motor Sport celebrates one of grand prix racing’s greatest car designers
Having a state-of-the-art wind tunnel is still crucial to F1 development – particularly with the 2026 rule changes. McLaren’s latest facility has helped it back to the front, and Aston Martin is hoping to do the same
Red Bull finds itself with an overly complex 2024 F1 car that even Max Verstappen can’t overcome – does it turn back, or risk going into a development dead end?
The first world title 1963 The year of Profumo, great train robbers, ‘loveable mop tops’ – and the grassy knoll. In its midst, a quiet Scottish hill farmer delivered on…
We’ve noted before the potency of the motor-racing gene, the father-and-son successions such as the Hills and the Villeneuves, and dynasties from the Unsers to the Andrettis. More rarely, a…
Two drivers, almost a century apart, lit up the Monza timesheet then crashed heavily on their GP weekend debuts. Mark Hughes compares Kimi Antonelli’s spectacular drive for Mercedes with another superstar’s appearance in 1925
Adrian Newey will transfer to Aston Martin for an unprecedented fee – is he worth it? Current and past F1 drivers explain what makes him so valuable to any team
Niki Lauda was on course to win the F1 title for Ferrari by the time of the 1977 Italian GP but, after announcing he’d be leaving the team, the tifosi booed him before a fascinating race as he battled Mario Andretti, team-mate Carlos Reutemann, and old foe James Hunt
Adrian Newey’s arrival at the Aston Martin F1 team makes him the biggest name in Lawrence Stroll’s recently assembled all-star engineering line-up
Adrian Newey has been at the forefront of F1 design for over forty years – Motor Sport celebrates one of grand prix racing’s greatest car designers
Having a state-of-the-art wind tunnel is still crucial to F1 development – particularly with the 2026 rule changes. McLaren’s latest facility has helped it back to the front, and Aston Martin is hoping to do the same
Red Bull finds itself with an overly complex 2024 F1 car that even Max Verstappen can’t overcome – does it turn back, or risk going into a development dead end?
The first world title 1963 The year of Profumo, great train robbers, ‘loveable mop tops’ – and the grassy knoll. In its midst, a quiet Scottish hill farmer delivered on…
We’ve noted before the potency of the motor-racing gene, the father-and-son successions such as the Hills and the Villeneuves, and dynasties from the Unsers to the Andrettis. More rarely, a…
Two drivers, almost a century apart, lit up the Monza timesheet then crashed heavily on their GP weekend debuts. Mark Hughes compares Kimi Antonelli’s spectacular drive for Mercedes with another superstar’s appearance in 1925
Mark Hughes analyses the finely poised strategic battle that underpinned Lewis Hamilton’s landmark first Ferrari victory in Barcelona
Mark Hughes examines why Barcelona’s high-energy demands could be the perfect antidote to Russell’s Monaco misery, and why Leclerc’s brake woes are harder to solve than they appear
As Brembo pushes back against Leclerc’s public criticism, Mark Hughes traces the rift back to the moment Hamilton walked through Ferrari’s door
With apologies to David Byrne and Talking Heads: And you may find yourself Watching someone lift and coast And you may find yourself Watching cars slowly decelerate down the straights…
May 24, 2026 Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, Indiana It was a photo finish in the 110th running of the Indianapolis 500 after a one-lap shootout at the close. Mick Schumacher’s…
F1 flashback: Champions’ drives in Barcelona
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