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Audi has given an update in the development of its 2026 F1 power unit. It has reportedly completed race distance stints on the test bench in Audi’s facility in Neuburg,…
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Mercedes is flying with new F1 front wing
After a very difficult start to the season – its third in the last three years – Mercedes suddenly hit form in Canada as George Russell took pole position and…
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Mercedes returns to front of the F1 pack: 2024 Canadian, Spanish and Austrian GP report
As McLaren and Lando Norris established themselves at the front, apparently ready at any track to challenge Red Bull and Max Verstappen on raw performance, so the differences in detail…
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Karun Chandhok: ‘F1 has missed the buzz of true competition. Why will the rules change so soon?’
As we get over the first third of the 2024 F1 season I think it’s fair to conclude that the chasing pack has started to make inroads into the Red…
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ExCel Formula 1 Exhibition to focus on British talent
The Formula 1 Exhibition, an official show which has proven popular with fans around the world, is coming to London for the first time next month. The exhibition will open…
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Hamilton F1 fairytale beats any film fiction – British GP Up/down
Lewis Hamilton absolutely Crypto.com-Qatar-Airways-Workday’d his way to a 2024 British GP F1 win that would warm the cockles of even the frostiest rockstars
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Wolff’s muted congratulations shows Hamilton relationship has changed
Wolf’s reaction to Hamilton’s fairytale victory; McLaren’s struggles; F1’s new movie attention; Perez’s poor form; and Silverstone’s room for improvement. Chris Medland’s diary from the 2024 British GP paddock
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Hamilton gave his all as McLaren dithered: British GP analysis
Lewis Hamilton’s 2024 British Grand Prix victory was hard-fought and deserved. But, writes Mark Hughes, this was another F1 race where McLaren mistakes cost it the win
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Lewis Hamilton considered retiring from F1 before 2024 British GP win
Lewis Hamilton has said he considered calling time on his F1 career during the period since his last win
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Word on the beat
Audi has given an update in the development of its 2026 F1 power unit. It has reportedly completed race distance stints on the test bench in Audi’s facility in Neuburg,…
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Mercedes is flying with new F1 front wing
After a very difficult start to the season – its third in the last three years – Mercedes suddenly hit form in Canada as George Russell took pole position and…
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Mercedes returns to front of the F1 pack: 2024 Canadian, Spanish and Austrian GP report
As McLaren and Lando Norris established themselves at the front, apparently ready at any track to challenge Red Bull and Max Verstappen on raw performance, so the differences in detail…
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Karun Chandhok: ‘F1 has missed the buzz of true competition. Why will the rules change so soon?’
As we get over the first third of the 2024 F1 season I think it’s fair to conclude that the chasing pack has started to make inroads into the Red…
Archive
ExCel Formula 1 Exhibition to focus on British talent
The Formula 1 Exhibition, an official show which has proven popular with fans around the world, is coming to London for the first time next month. The exhibition will open…
Opinion
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Hamilton F1 fairytale beats any film fiction – British GP Up/down
Lewis Hamilton absolutely Crypto.com-Qatar-Airways-Workday’d his way to a 2024 British GP F1 win that would warm the cockles of even the frostiest rockstars
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Wolff’s muted congratulations shows Hamilton relationship has changed
Wolf’s reaction to Hamilton’s fairytale victory; McLaren’s struggles; F1’s new movie attention; Perez’s poor form; and Silverstone’s room for improvement. Chris Medland’s diary from the 2024 British GP paddock
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Hamilton gave his all as McLaren dithered: British GP analysis
Lewis Hamilton’s 2024 British Grand Prix victory was hard-fought and deserved. But, writes Mark Hughes, this was another F1 race where McLaren mistakes cost it the win
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Lewis Hamilton considered retiring from F1 before 2024 British GP win
Lewis Hamilton has said he considered calling time on his F1 career during the period since his last win
Standings – 2026 F1 World Championship
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MPH: Decoded – why Russell and Piastri can’t keep up with their F1 team-mates
Hungary revealed how wind and worn tarmac are rewriting the rules of 2026 F1 performance, and why some of the grid’s best drivers are struggling to keep up. Mark Hughes explains
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Formula 1 2026 half-term report. Every driver rated – who deserves an A+?
Kimi Antonelli Astonishing progression from his patchy and underprepared rookie season. Yes, he’s in the best car but he’s doing things with it that stand comparison with the finest. In…
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‘Kimi Antonelli was 11 when I saw him race. He amazed me’: when Mercedes’ talent scout discovered the F1 sensation
To call Gwen Lagrue a ’scout’ is reductive. Identifying talent is just part of the equation; he supplements that by developing it, playing a central role in nurturing a plethora…
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Kimi Antonelli’s mid-season charge reshapes Formula 1’s 2026 title fight
Monaco Lewis Hamilton Many had written off Lewis Hamilton in F1 – too long in the tooth at 41, a poor fit with Ferrari, the rise of rivals, and so…
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Madring’s La Monumental gives Madrid’s new F1 circuit a distinctive challenge
There was a time when circuit corner names were utilitarian labels, nothing more. Even for the greatest curves, inspiration was drawn from local landmarks or topography: think of Eau Rouge…
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Scott Dixon leaves Ganassi after 25 years as Arrow McLaren reshapes its IndyCar future
The 2025 IndyCar championship was a snoozer, as Álex Palou clinched the title with several rounds remaining. The most compelling storyline in the closing weeks of the season was whether…
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‘It was the day Niki Lauda almost died. Who remembers a frightened James Hunt’s brilliant win?’
Niki Lauda’s blazing Ferrari cast a pall over the 1976 German Grand Prix, so it’s easy to overlook what happened in the F1 race. Matt Bishop recognises James Hunt’s masterful and brave victory at the Nürburgring
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The Beatle who predicted F1’s TV boom decades early
Long before Drive to Survive, an ex-Beatle and lifelong racing obsessive told Barry Sheene how F1 would find its biggest audience
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The bizarre bug that cost Frentzen his F1 title shot – and why he’s made peace with it
A software bug cost Heinz-Harald Frentzen his best shot at the world title, but he explains why it never actually cost him much at all
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