Mika Häkkinen: one of the greatest F1 drivers of all time?
A qualifying demon who hid his intelligence — and fun side — Mika Häkkinen won his first world championship 25 years ago. Does he qualify as one of the all-time F1 greats, asks Matt Bishop?
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Watch F1 via live stream or on TV: dates and start time for Brazil’s 2023 Sao Paulo Grand Prix from Interlagos, including qualifying, the sprint and the grand prix
Turn 1 There’ll be some good action going into the first turn on the race start because it’s so wide – now would be the time to overtake. After slamming…
The best street circuits require three defined sequences to offer a proper challenge for teams and drivers. So says Clive Bowen, left, founder of Apex Circuit Design that counts the…
Williams isn’t at Formula 1’s cutting edge performance-wise, but it is one of the most active teams in the United States. And not just because it has F1’s only American…
The house always wins in Las Vegas. That’s why Formula 1 is the house for its return to Sin City, four decades on from its forgettable first foray to the Nevada desert…
Colin Chapman was very irritated. He was a day late arriving at the 1977 Belgian Grand Prix and during Friday qualifying, in Chapman’s absence, Mario Andretti had lapped 1.54sec faster…
Sergio Pérez has a contract with Red Bull Racing until the end of next year. But is he safe from being bumped? If you look at this team historically you’d…
Race report All the action from Lusail and Circuit of the Americas, including a win for Oscar Piastri Word on the beat McLaren £19m compensation claim and COTA blows cold…
A qualifying demon who hid his intelligence — and fun side — Mika Häkkinen won his first world championship 25 years ago. Does he qualify as one of the all-time F1 greats, asks Matt Bishop?
Watch F1 via live stream or on TV: dates and start time for Brazil’s 2023 Sao Paulo Grand Prix from Interlagos, including qualifying, the sprint and the grand prix
Turn 1 There’ll be some good action going into the first turn on the race start because it’s so wide – now would be the time to overtake. After slamming…
The best street circuits require three defined sequences to offer a proper challenge for teams and drivers. So says Clive Bowen, left, founder of Apex Circuit Design that counts the…
Williams isn’t at Formula 1’s cutting edge performance-wise, but it is one of the most active teams in the United States. And not just because it has F1’s only American…
The house always wins in Las Vegas. That’s why Formula 1 is the house for its return to Sin City, four decades on from its forgettable first foray to the Nevada desert…
Colin Chapman was very irritated. He was a day late arriving at the 1977 Belgian Grand Prix and during Friday qualifying, in Chapman’s absence, Mario Andretti had lapped 1.54sec faster…
Sergio Pérez has a contract with Red Bull Racing until the end of next year. But is he safe from being bumped? If you look at this team historically you’d…
Race report All the action from Lusail and Circuit of the Americas, including a win for Oscar Piastri Word on the beat McLaren £19m compensation claim and COTA blows cold…
After artificial-looking overtaking in Melbourne, the 2026 Chinese Grand Prix saw a return to F1 drivers following closely and then out-braking each other. Mark Hughes on the Shanghai spectacle
As George Russell takes F1 sprint pole in China, Mark Hughes wonders whether Mercedes has a bigger advantage than we’re seeing, and if Red Bull finally has a solution to a long-standing problem
Outspoken drivers say that F1’s new rules are an accident waiting to happen — and there are signs that they are being listened to. Mark Hughes examines the
unrest beneath the Australian GP spectacle
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
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Twelve months after Eddie Jordan’s untimely death, Matt Bishop recalls his friendship with the relentless, and occasionally outrageous, former F1 team owner, pundit and force of nature
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