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Tiff Needell: My life in cars
My family car as a boy was… An Austin 7. Growing up in the relatively austere ’50s, our first family cars were a series of 20-year-old Austin 7s at £10…
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Hamilton vs Alonso
2007 F1 World Championship McLaren team-mates Hamilton (109pts) and Alonso (109) took Kimi Räikkönen (110) to the wire Lewis Hamilton v Fernando Alonso 2nd Drivers’ title finish 3rd 4 Wins…
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Born winners
I worked with Lewis Hamilton at McLaren for five seasons (2008-12) and with Fernando Alonso at the same team for two and a half (2015-July 2017). But, although they are…
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Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton: rivals reunited
Sixteen years after they first got stuck into each other, Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton once again find themselves contesting the same piece of track somewhere close to the front…
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70 years of racing at Imola: the circuit’s greatest F1 races
In celebration of 70 years of racing at Imola, we look back at some of the circuit’s greatest moments – from its first F1 grand prix to Ferrari’s most recent heartbreak
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‘Cars were crashing all around’: Jody Scheckter on 1973 British GP nine-car pile-up
He’d put the wind up world champion Emerson Fittipaldi at Paul Ricard and might well have won the French Grand Prix without the Brazilian’s ill-judged lunge that led to words.…
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Murray Walker and James Hunt: F1 commentating’s odd couple
Although it’s 25 years since the television coverage of world championship grand prix races in Britain was purloined by a commercial network, many of the sport’s long-time fans will still…
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2023 Indy 500: motor sport’s most thrilling qualifying session
Qualifying for the 2023 Indy 500 takes place this weekend with the promise of two dramatic days of daredevil driving amid shootouts and eliminations. Here’s how it works, who is competing, plus the TV and live stream schedule
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Top 10 British Grands Prix at Silverstone
For 30 years from the mid-1950s, Silverstone shared the honour of hosting the British Grand Prix, first with Aintree and then with the far more inspiring Brands Hatch. Brands remains…
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Tiff Needell: My life in cars
My family car as a boy was… An Austin 7. Growing up in the relatively austere ’50s, our first family cars were a series of 20-year-old Austin 7s at £10…
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Hamilton vs Alonso
2007 F1 World Championship McLaren team-mates Hamilton (109pts) and Alonso (109) took Kimi Räikkönen (110) to the wire Lewis Hamilton v Fernando Alonso 2nd Drivers’ title finish 3rd 4 Wins…
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Born winners
I worked with Lewis Hamilton at McLaren for five seasons (2008-12) and with Fernando Alonso at the same team for two and a half (2015-July 2017). But, although they are…
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Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton: rivals reunited
Sixteen years after they first got stuck into each other, Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton once again find themselves contesting the same piece of track somewhere close to the front…
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70 years of racing at Imola: the circuit’s greatest F1 races
In celebration of 70 years of racing at Imola, we look back at some of the circuit’s greatest moments – from its first F1 grand prix to Ferrari’s most recent heartbreak
Great Read
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‘Cars were crashing all around’: Jody Scheckter on 1973 British GP nine-car pile-up
He’d put the wind up world champion Emerson Fittipaldi at Paul Ricard and might well have won the French Grand Prix without the Brazilian’s ill-judged lunge that led to words.…
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Murray Walker and James Hunt: F1 commentating’s odd couple
Although it’s 25 years since the television coverage of world championship grand prix races in Britain was purloined by a commercial network, many of the sport’s long-time fans will still…
F1
2023 Indy 500: motor sport’s most thrilling qualifying session
Qualifying for the 2023 Indy 500 takes place this weekend with the promise of two dramatic days of daredevil driving amid shootouts and eliminations. Here’s how it works, who is competing, plus the TV and live stream schedule
Archive
Top 10 British Grands Prix at Silverstone
For 30 years from the mid-1950s, Silverstone shared the honour of hosting the British Grand Prix, first with Aintree and then with the far more inspiring Brands Hatch. Brands remains…
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Miami showed Verstappen exploiting F1 rules to max – again
Max Verstappen preserved his lead at the start of the Miami GP by knowing the letter of the F1 law – probably costing Lando Norris the win
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The two key questions posed by McLaren’s Miami GP dominance
McLaren crushed the opposition in the Miami Grand Prix, with Piastri taking his third straight win in a race that looked like Norris’s to lose. Mark Hughes answers the main questions from the sixth round of the 2025 season
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MPH: Can Red Bull do a ‘McLaren’ and turn F1 on its head again?
One year ago McLaren scored a shock Miami win, but it proved a changing of the F1 guard – can Red Bull do the same to fight back in Florida this weekend, asks Mark Hughes
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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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Axe hangs over Perez as Marko jets in to discuss Red Bull replacement
Sergio Perez’s future looks bleak after another underwhelming performance, while George Russell can be upbeat despite his disqualification: 2024 Belgian GP diary
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F1’s poisoned chalice: Team boss Oakes latest to leave Alpine
Alpine has become the revolving door of F1, with team principal Oliver Oakes the latest to join a long list of senior staff shown the exit
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Franco Colapinto to replace Jack Doohan at Alpine — confirmed
After months of speculation, Jack Doohan has lost his F1 seat at Alpine to Franco Colapinto — but will it only be a temporary change?
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2025 F1 reserve drivers: the hopefuls on standby for each GP team
Every F1 team’s reserve and test drivers for the 2025 season: Zhou Guanyu and Valtteri Bottas return amid a mix of budding youngsters and experienced veterans on the grand prix substitute bench
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