F1 tactics: tyre headaches trip up Ferrari in Hungary
Ferrari got itself into an awkward interference pattern with the strategies of its two cars in the Hungarian Grand Prix. Partly this came about through the experimental tyre allocation for…
Clive Rose/Getty Images
There were pleasing aspects to the British Grand Prix. One was Alexander Albon’s drive to eighth for Williams. I saw Alex as he was leaving the circuit on the Sunday…
Lewis Hamilton reckons the forthcoming Formula 1 movie starring Brad Pitt could have an even bigger impact on grand prix racing than Netflix’s divisive Drive to Survive series. Filming for…
Harvey Postlethwaite, captured in the Hungaroring car park early on race day in 1988. After seven years with Ferrari, Harvey had become technical director at Tyrrell; the equivalent today of…
My family car as a child… The first family car I remember was my Father’s DeSoto in the 1940s, an American car. In the war years they had a bag…
F1 Retro – May 2001 F1 seemingly used to have a select yet steady flow of drivers like René Arnoux on tap – charisma-bottled with talent to spare, but a…
Good Month F1 star power Sell-out Silverstone, drivers treated like rock stars, the British GP gripped by its own Hollywood fever – F1 really has hit the ‘big time’. Saturday…
Lewis Hamilton at the Austrian Grand Prix: “I think the FIA should probably put a time when everyone is allowed to start developing next year’s car. Say August 1. That’s…
There were a total of 1200 possible track limit breaches during the Austrian Grand Prix. They were occurring faster than race control could keep up with and although several penalties…
Ferrari got itself into an awkward interference pattern with the strategies of its two cars in the Hungarian Grand Prix. Partly this came about through the experimental tyre allocation for…
There were pleasing aspects to the British Grand Prix. One was Alexander Albon’s drive to eighth for Williams. I saw Alex as he was leaving the circuit on the Sunday…
Lewis Hamilton reckons the forthcoming Formula 1 movie starring Brad Pitt could have an even bigger impact on grand prix racing than Netflix’s divisive Drive to Survive series. Filming for…
Harvey Postlethwaite, captured in the Hungaroring car park early on race day in 1988. After seven years with Ferrari, Harvey had become technical director at Tyrrell; the equivalent today of…
My family car as a child… The first family car I remember was my Father’s DeSoto in the 1940s, an American car. In the war years they had a bag…
F1 Retro – May 2001 F1 seemingly used to have a select yet steady flow of drivers like René Arnoux on tap – charisma-bottled with talent to spare, but a…
Good Month F1 star power Sell-out Silverstone, drivers treated like rock stars, the British GP gripped by its own Hollywood fever – F1 really has hit the ‘big time’. Saturday…
Lewis Hamilton at the Austrian Grand Prix: “I think the FIA should probably put a time when everyone is allowed to start developing next year’s car. Say August 1. That’s…
There were a total of 1200 possible track limit breaches during the Austrian Grand Prix. They were occurring faster than race control could keep up with and although several penalties…
Formula 1 history shows that success and failure alike can rupture partnerships. Could Ferrari and Leclerc be next? Mark Hughes wonders
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
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
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
Sergio Perez’s future looks bleak after another underwhelming performance, while George Russell can be upbeat despite his disqualification: 2024 Belgian GP diary
Max Verstappen has earned the licence that will allow him to race at the Nürburgring 24 Hours, and could compete in the 2026 running of the historic race
Poised with a commanding points lead, McLaren is on the brink of securing the 2025 title in Baku
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
Every word and picture published by us since 1924