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Lord Hesketh to recall Hunt’s F1 rise at Motoring Literary Festival
Lord Hesketh will be at this December’s Motoring Literary and Art Festival to discuss the rise of his inimitable F1 team and its star driver James Hunt
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Three untold stories that illustrate the real Ron Dennis
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Driving the punishing new F1 simulator – so realistic Ferrari uses it
Dynisma has created what it says is the “most realistic” F1 simulator yet, with Scuderia Ferrari among its customers – James Elson took it for a spin
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Potential new F1 teams: the most recent bids to join grand prix grid
Cadillac will join the F1 grid after reviving and rebranding the failed bid of Andretti Autosport. But there were several other outfits whose bid to join the grid was unsuccessful. Here’s what we know about each prospective entry and the FIA’s application process
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How to watch 2023 Qatar Grand Prix: start time, F1 live stream and TV schedule
Watch F1 via live stream or on TV: dates and start time for the 2023 Qatar Grand Prix from Losail, including qualifying, the sprint and the grand prix
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Johansson’s one-year hitch
Stefan Johansson never quite snatched the Formula 1 win his career deserved. His best shot should have been 1987, when he left Ferrari for McLaren – just as the Woking…
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Briatore’s finest achievement
“You’ve got 20 minutes.” My heart sank as Patrizia Spinelli, Falvio Briatore’s right hand woman, handed the phone over to him. As it turned out, I got 50. We covered…
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Benetton and its albatross
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Benetton: when F1 was in fashion
Take a step back for a moment. An Austrian company that sells a sickly sweet, fizzy energy drink is the dominant force in the world’s most technically sophisticated and complex…
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Lord Hesketh to recall Hunt’s F1 rise at Motoring Literary Festival
Lord Hesketh will be at this December’s Motoring Literary and Art Festival to discuss the rise of his inimitable F1 team and its star driver James Hunt
F1
Three untold stories that illustrate the real Ron Dennis
Ron Dennis’s calm and reserved air has led some to make entirely incorrect assumptions about him. Matt Bishop recalls experiences of working in F1 with the former McLaren boss which disprove his cold image
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Driving the punishing new F1 simulator – so realistic Ferrari uses it
Dynisma has created what it says is the “most realistic” F1 simulator yet, with Scuderia Ferrari among its customers – James Elson took it for a spin
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Potential new F1 teams: the most recent bids to join grand prix grid
Cadillac will join the F1 grid after reviving and rebranding the failed bid of Andretti Autosport. But there were several other outfits whose bid to join the grid was unsuccessful. Here’s what we know about each prospective entry and the FIA’s application process
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How to watch 2023 Qatar Grand Prix: start time, F1 live stream and TV schedule
Watch F1 via live stream or on TV: dates and start time for the 2023 Qatar Grand Prix from Losail, including qualifying, the sprint and the grand prix
Archive
Johansson’s one-year hitch
Stefan Johansson never quite snatched the Formula 1 win his career deserved. His best shot should have been 1987, when he left Ferrari for McLaren – just as the Woking…
Archive
Briatore’s finest achievement
“You’ve got 20 minutes.” My heart sank as Patrizia Spinelli, Falvio Briatore’s right hand woman, handed the phone over to him. As it turned out, I got 50. We covered…
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Benetton and its albatross
Why Benetton? That’s the question most ask when I mentioned the book I’ve written. I started to wonder myself at times. This is a team about which there is plenty…
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Benetton: when F1 was in fashion
Take a step back for a moment. An Austrian company that sells a sickly sweet, fizzy energy drink is the dominant force in the world’s most technically sophisticated and complex…
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MPH: The F1 force that could split Leclerc & Ferrari — and even McLaren
Formula 1 history shows that success and failure alike can rupture partnerships. Could Ferrari and Leclerc be next? Mark Hughes wonders
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Mark Hughes: Why McLaren team orders brought painful F1 flashback for Coulthard
In a race where McLaren colluded with Williams against Ferrari, David Coulthard was ordered to move over for team-mate Mika Häkkinen — a raw wound reopened three decades on by Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris’s Monza switch
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Mark Hughes: Monza pitstop blunder left McLaren facing a familiar headache
A slow pitstop for Lando Norris left McLaren tripping over itself at Monza, turning a straightforward race into another uneasy team orders dilemma, as Mark Hughes explains
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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
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F1 drivers who raced on weekends off — as Max Verstappen joins exclusive group
Only a few modern F1 drivers have raced outside the championship mid-season. As Max Verstappen prepares to race at the Nürburgring, here’s how his predecessors did
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Boullier recalls horror of Kubica’s 2011 crash: ‘We thought he might die’
Robert Kubica was poised to become one of F1’s leading lights when a violent rally crash during the off-season ended his hopes. Eric Boullier, his then team manager, has described the aftermath to Motor Sport
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Berger reunited with Honda F1 V12 engine 33 years on
More than 30 years after his podium at Estoril, Berger has been reunited with the very Honda V12 engine that powered his McLaren
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