Qatar’s tyre-tearing kerbs give F1 a taste of old-fashioned flat-out racing
The problem with the tyres at Qatar was announced on Saturday morning by the FIA. It would be more accurate to say it was a problem with the pyramid kerbs…
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Amid this season of Max Verstappen domination, there are still moments when the chasers get a glimpse. Ferrari of course finally broke Red Bull’s domination at Singapore before Verstappen bounced…
Although the FIA, as the sport’s governing body, has given its all-clear for Michael Andretti’s IndyCar team to join F1 from 2025 or ’26, the arguments continue to rage about…
Whoever wrote the programme notes for the 1950 GP d’Europe at Silverstone, the inaugural world championship Formula 1 race, was dearly not without a sense of humour. “Only by orderly…
In terms of world championship races, the 1962 F1 season concluded with a ‘New Year’ fixture at South Africa’s East London. But in those days there were also numerous non-title…
First we had Brad Pitt at Silverstone ahead of his upcoming F1 film and now we have Keanu Reeves ‘starring’ in a re-telling of the Brawn GP story. Brawn: The…
The final round of the F1 World Championship Grand Prix season for 1968 took place at the Mexico City circuit in the outskirts of this huge city. The cars had…
The Perez F1 party was left well and truly deflated after just one lap of the 2023 Mexico City GP
2023 Mexico City GP diary: Perez’s heartbreak, Ricciardo’s return, the need for more paddock guidelines and Brazil’s F1 scheduling problem — Chris Medland’s view from the F1 paddock
The problem with the tyres at Qatar was announced on Saturday morning by the FIA. It would be more accurate to say it was a problem with the pyramid kerbs…
Amid this season of Max Verstappen domination, there are still moments when the chasers get a glimpse. Ferrari of course finally broke Red Bull’s domination at Singapore before Verstappen bounced…
Although the FIA, as the sport’s governing body, has given its all-clear for Michael Andretti’s IndyCar team to join F1 from 2025 or ’26, the arguments continue to rage about…
Whoever wrote the programme notes for the 1950 GP d’Europe at Silverstone, the inaugural world championship Formula 1 race, was dearly not without a sense of humour. “Only by orderly…
In terms of world championship races, the 1962 F1 season concluded with a ‘New Year’ fixture at South Africa’s East London. But in those days there were also numerous non-title…
First we had Brad Pitt at Silverstone ahead of his upcoming F1 film and now we have Keanu Reeves ‘starring’ in a re-telling of the Brawn GP story. Brawn: The…
The final round of the F1 World Championship Grand Prix season for 1968 took place at the Mexico City circuit in the outskirts of this huge city. The cars had…
The Perez F1 party was left well and truly deflated after just one lap of the 2023 Mexico City GP
2023 Mexico City GP diary: Perez’s heartbreak, Ricciardo’s return, the need for more paddock guidelines and Brazil’s F1 scheduling problem — Chris Medland’s view from the F1 paddock
Mark Hughes weighs up an exceptional 2025 rookie class, dissecting four contrasting debut seasons to reveal who truly stood out the most
Mark Hughes revisits the race that gave McLaren team principal Andrea Stella a sleepless night ahead of this year’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix: how victory in 2025 was forged from a Ferrari failure 15 years earlier
Mark Hughes explains how McLaren’s pre-planned lap-one swap and split-tyre strategy blunted Verstappen’s threat and laid the groundwork for Norris’s title-winning drive
IDEC Sport Silverstone 4 Hours 14/9/25 A home win for Jamie Chadwick capped a happy return for contemporary Le Mans Prototype racing to the UK, as the European Le Mans…
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
The FIA defined clear new terminology for 2026 F1 as radical aero and power changes reshape the series
Formula 1’s two-year return to Portimao may be less a long-term endorsement than a holding pattern, as the championship keeps calendar space open for future street races
Two Australian F1 drivers who came to Europe at the same time: one became world champion, the other faded from memory. But both Alan Jones and Brian McGuire have their place in racing history
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