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Why has Valtteri Bottas lost his F1 race pace? The ‘million-dollar question’
Miles behind his Cadillac team-mate in the last few races, Valtteri Bottas is struggling to understand the gap
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Speed over experience: what Haas sees in Rafael Câmara
Haas is replacing a driver with 200 GP starts with a rookie who has never raced in Formula 1. The bet is that speed can’t be taught, and that everything else can
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Podcast: Ferrari F1 comms blunders – ‘Hamilton asked a really easy question!’
Motor Sport F1 Show with Mark Hughes
After a painful radio exchange with Lewis Hamilton at the Singapore GP, Ferrari’s F1 communication problems are back in the spotlight. Mark and Bryn Lucas explore more than a decade of interference
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Nyck de Vries on his brutal F1 exit and ‘being chosen’ for Le Mans glory
Dropped by McLaren, then by AlphaTauri after 10 grands prix, Nyck de Vries has since won Formula E and Le Mans
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MPH: Did Ferrari politics get to Leclerc in F1 fight with carefree Verstappen?
Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen were side-by-side at the start of the Singapore GP, but off-track Formula 1 politics meant the power dynamic was very much in favour of the Red Bull driver, Mark Hughes believes
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Why Rwanda beat Kyalami to F1’s African return
Rwanda has secured Africa’s first grand prix since 1993 even though it has no circuit, unlike South Africa and Kyalami. The deal says a lot about what F1 wants from a host now
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When F1 really was better: Mosport, Watkins Glen and Hunt’s great double
Fifty years on from James Hunt’s back-to-back victories at Mosport and Watkins Glen, Matt Bishop revisits two races that remind us why F1’s past can still outshine its present
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Hamilton, Ferrari and the complications of second-guessing F1 calls
Ferrari’s run of strategic misjudgements may have given Hamilton reason to doubt the pitwall, but Singapore showed that it can often backfire
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Mark Hughes: Did Ferrari have pace to beat Red Bull? We’ll never know…
Mark Hughes analyses how Max Verstappen beat Charles Leclerc to victory in Singapore, and how Lewis Hamilton’s strategic gamble turned a promising Ferrari result into a costly disappointment
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Why has Valtteri Bottas lost his F1 race pace? The ‘million-dollar question’
Miles behind his Cadillac team-mate in the last few races, Valtteri Bottas is struggling to understand the gap
F1
Speed over experience: what Haas sees in Rafael Câmara
Haas is replacing a driver with 200 GP starts with a rookie who has never raced in Formula 1. The bet is that speed can’t be taught, and that everything else can
F1 Show
Podcast: Ferrari F1 comms blunders – ‘Hamilton asked a really easy question!’
Motor Sport F1 Show with Mark Hughes
After a painful radio exchange with Lewis Hamilton at the Singapore GP, Ferrari’s F1 communication problems are back in the spotlight. Mark and Bryn Lucas explore more than a decade of interference
F1
Nyck de Vries on his brutal F1 exit and ‘being chosen’ for Le Mans glory
Dropped by McLaren, then by AlphaTauri after 10 grands prix, Nyck de Vries has since won Formula E and Le Mans
F1
MPH: Did Ferrari politics get to Leclerc in F1 fight with carefree Verstappen?
Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen were side-by-side at the start of the Singapore GP, but off-track Formula 1 politics meant the power dynamic was very much in favour of the Red Bull driver, Mark Hughes believes
F1
Why Rwanda beat Kyalami to F1’s African return
Rwanda has secured Africa’s first grand prix since 1993 even though it has no circuit, unlike South Africa and Kyalami. The deal says a lot about what F1 wants from a host now
F1
When F1 really was better: Mosport, Watkins Glen and Hunt’s great double
Fifty years on from James Hunt’s back-to-back victories at Mosport and Watkins Glen, Matt Bishop revisits two races that remind us why F1’s past can still outshine its present
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Hamilton, Ferrari and the complications of second-guessing F1 calls
Ferrari’s run of strategic misjudgements may have given Hamilton reason to doubt the pitwall, but Singapore showed that it can often backfire
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Mark Hughes: Did Ferrari have pace to beat Red Bull? We’ll never know…
Mark Hughes analyses how Max Verstappen beat Charles Leclerc to victory in Singapore, and how Lewis Hamilton’s strategic gamble turned a promising Ferrari result into a costly disappointment
Standings – 2026 F1 World Championship
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Mass frustration at the US GP – but Kimi just looked like a kid having fun
Kimi Antonelli all but secured the Formula 1 title with a champion’s drive at the 2026 United States Grand Prix, writes Mark Hughes. Behind him, forlorn rivals failed to make their superior pace stick
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MPH: The revelation in Horner’s book – how he turned Red Bull from no-hopers into F1 winners
Christian Horner details how he rebuilt Red Bull from the ashes of Jaguar, and hired F1’s greatest designer from under the noses of rivals in his new autobiography, Drive. Mark Hughes found it fascinating
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Mark Hughes: Did Ferrari have pace to beat Red Bull? We’ll never know…
Mark Hughes analyses how Max Verstappen beat Charles Leclerc to victory in Singapore, and how Lewis Hamilton’s strategic gamble turned a promising Ferrari result into a costly disappointment
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Max Verstappen: ‘Why I’m staying to rebuild Red Bull rather than quitting’
The first few months of this season were nervous ones for the bosses of Red Bull’s Formula 1 team. Victories were not on the agenda. The car Red Bull had…
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The wreck of Red Bull… and how the F1 team is fixing it
Who knows what riches Max Verstappen was offered to lure him away from Red Bull Racing? A blank cheque, the keys to any kingdom he might desire and all the…
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VR46 Academy’s latest title hope: how Marco Bezzecchi found his MotoGP edge
Valentino Rossi’s VR46 Riders Academy – established a decade ago by the seven-times MotoGP king to create a new generation of Italian talent – has so far produced one MotoGP…
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‘Nothing worked’ – The string of problems that sank Red Bull in Austin
A slow stop, a wrong tyre, a failing radio and a car that wouldn’t behave: how Red Bull’s day came apart in small pieces in the US GP
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When will Kimi Antonelli win the 2026 F1 championship? How he’s set to be crowned in Mexico
Kimi Antonelli is likely to win the Formula 1 title at the Mexican Grand Prix. With a lead of 123 points, he’s on the cusp of becoming F1’s youngest-ever world champion. Just two drivers remain in mathematical contention. Here are the permutations
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The fastest F1 car at COTA? Everyone is pointing somewhere else
Mark Hughes on why the usual pre-race denials have reached a new dimension in Austin, with Red Bull, Ferrari and Mercedes each insisting someone else will be the team to beat
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