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How Alain Prost nearly returned… with Ferrari
Alain Prost was 38 when he retired from Formula 1 at the end of 1993. But much like Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton today, he really wasn’t ready to. That’s…
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Alain Prost: ‘It sounds like a joke but I’m completely underrated’
He divides opinion. Always has done. And it tends to distil to a single, fundamental question: are you for Senna, or are you for Prost? Even Motor Sport can’t resist.…
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Flashback: Lotus launches its 1990 F1 car with Warwick and Donnelly
It may have been necessary to leave home at some unearthly hour to reach Ketteringham Hall by 10am, but the trip was worth it. Never having been to the legendary…
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The Motor Sport Interview: Otmar Szafnauer
Otmar Szafnauer’s journey from a small village in Romania to the Formula 1 paddock, where he’s been team principal at Force India, Aston Martin and Alpine, is one of the…
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Chase the Red Bull: 2024 F1 season approaches
Sakhir, Bahrain, February 29-March 2 For a fourth consecutive year, Bahrain hosts the Formula 1 season opener. The 2023 race set the tone for the season to come, with a…
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Doug Nye: How motor racing thrived during the ‘three-day week’
It’s always been a happy – and attractive – feature of anyone’s absorbing interest that it provides each of us with a comfy sanctuary from reality. Certainly that appears to…
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Mark Hughes: Firing an F1 team boss won’t suddenly bring success
When Gene Haas opted not to renew the contract of his team principal Guenther Steiner just before New Year, it made Mike Krack – who joined Aston Martin in 2022…
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The Editor: Jackie Stewart’s surprising admission
It’s not often you can get excited about some scaffolding going up around a shed and workmen stripping out an asbestos roof. But last month the team here at Motor…
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Can Red Bull be beaten to F1 title in 2024? Why history suggests not
Red Bull has gone from strength to strength in the past three F1 seasons, but will 2024 be the year where it’s beaten in the championship? History offers a strong suggestion…
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How Alain Prost nearly returned… with Ferrari
Alain Prost was 38 when he retired from Formula 1 at the end of 1993. But much like Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton today, he really wasn’t ready to. That’s…
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Alain Prost: ‘It sounds like a joke but I’m completely underrated’
He divides opinion. Always has done. And it tends to distil to a single, fundamental question: are you for Senna, or are you for Prost? Even Motor Sport can’t resist.…
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Flashback: Lotus launches its 1990 F1 car with Warwick and Donnelly
It may have been necessary to leave home at some unearthly hour to reach Ketteringham Hall by 10am, but the trip was worth it. Never having been to the legendary…
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The Motor Sport Interview: Otmar Szafnauer
Otmar Szafnauer’s journey from a small village in Romania to the Formula 1 paddock, where he’s been team principal at Force India, Aston Martin and Alpine, is one of the…
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Chase the Red Bull: 2024 F1 season approaches
Sakhir, Bahrain, February 29-March 2 For a fourth consecutive year, Bahrain hosts the Formula 1 season opener. The 2023 race set the tone for the season to come, with a…
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Doug Nye: How motor racing thrived during the ‘three-day week’
It’s always been a happy – and attractive – feature of anyone’s absorbing interest that it provides each of us with a comfy sanctuary from reality. Certainly that appears to…
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Mark Hughes: Firing an F1 team boss won’t suddenly bring success
When Gene Haas opted not to renew the contract of his team principal Guenther Steiner just before New Year, it made Mike Krack – who joined Aston Martin in 2022…
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The Editor: Jackie Stewart’s surprising admission
It’s not often you can get excited about some scaffolding going up around a shed and workmen stripping out an asbestos roof. But last month the team here at Motor…
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Can Red Bull be beaten to F1 title in 2024? Why history suggests not
Red Bull has gone from strength to strength in the past three F1 seasons, but will 2024 be the year where it’s beaten in the championship? History offers a strong suggestion…
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Mark Hughes: The knife-edge strategy that delivered Hamilton’s Barcelona win
Mark Hughes analyses the finely poised strategic battle that underpinned Lewis Hamilton’s landmark first Ferrari victory in Barcelona
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Mark Hughes: Barcelona offers Russell the reset he desperately needs
Mark Hughes examines why Barcelona’s high-energy demands could be the perfect antidote to Russell’s Monaco misery, and why Leclerc’s brake woes are harder to solve than they appear
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MPH: Ferrari brake changes delight Hamilton but leave Leclerc angry and without feel
As Brembo pushes back against Leclerc’s public criticism, Mark Hughes traces the rift back to the moment Hamilton walked through Ferrari’s door
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Mark Hughes: why F1’s 50/50 hybrid rules were doomed by conflicting priorities
With apologies to David Byrne and Talking Heads: And you may find yourself Watching someone lift and coast And you may find yourself Watching cars slowly decelerate down the straights…
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Felix Rosenqvist edges David Malukas in closest Indianapolis 500 finish on record
May 24, 2026 Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, Indiana It was a photo finish in the 110th running of the Indianapolis 500 after a one-lap shootout at the close. Mick Schumacher’s…
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Is it still worth racing in F1? Misery for Alonso & Verstappen at scene of great wins
F1 flashback: Champions’ drives in Barcelona
Barcelona 2026 brought Lewis Hamilton his first Ferrari Formula 1 victory but offered a sobering result for Fernando Alonso and Max Verstappen, as Matt Bishop explains
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Mercedes’ Achilles heel is becoming too costly
From Antonelli’s shutdown in Barcelona to McLaren’s double DNS in China, Mercedes’ power unit-related failures are threatening to compromise its and its customer teams’ season
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Why the Monaco pitlane saga may outlast its verdict
Pierre Gasly has his Monaco podium back, for now. But the measurement failure might need more answers before the issue is settled
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