MPH: Mercedes mystery – F1 drivers can’t explain pace swings
Lewis Hamilton has a clear margin oover George Russell in F1 points this year – but their pace is closely matched, despite the advantage changing race to race, and neither can explain it
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Before Lawrence, Lance and Fernando – and even the DBR4 – Aston Martin placed world championship aspirations behind an experimental car that barely had a proper test
Max Verstappen fuelled rumours of a rethink at Red Bull, hinting that the team has yet to decide whether Sergio Perez or Daniel Ricciardo will partner him in 2024
It’s been one year since George Russell’s first F1 victory at Interlagos, but it remains the highlight of his grand prix career. After a season in which he beat Lewis Hamilton, what has happened to his form in 2023? asks Cambridge Kisby
The contrast was stark: Sergio Perez crashed before Turn 1 in Mexico, while Daniel Ricciardo mixed it with F1’s frontrunners. But Red Bull won’t change its line-up after one race, writes Damien Smith. It might after another three…
Senna stunner, Pace’s first win and Jordan’s final hurrah. Motor Sport runs through five of the best Brazilian GPs
Aston Martin has four-times the F1 points haul as last year, but the mood in the team is bleak after slipping behind rivals. Is reversing that momentum crucial, asks Chris Medland, or is the team better concentrating fully on 2024?
Daniel Ricciardo snatched pole from Max Verstappen in Mexico five years ago, but it’s all been downhill since then – did last weekend’s race show a way back for the AlphaTauri driver?
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?
Lewis Hamilton has a clear margin oover George Russell in F1 points this year – but their pace is closely matched, despite the advantage changing race to race, and neither can explain it
Before Lawrence, Lance and Fernando – and even the DBR4 – Aston Martin placed world championship aspirations behind an experimental car that barely had a proper test
Max Verstappen fuelled rumours of a rethink at Red Bull, hinting that the team has yet to decide whether Sergio Perez or Daniel Ricciardo will partner him in 2024
It’s been one year since George Russell’s first F1 victory at Interlagos, but it remains the highlight of his grand prix career. After a season in which he beat Lewis Hamilton, what has happened to his form in 2023? asks Cambridge Kisby
The contrast was stark: Sergio Perez crashed before Turn 1 in Mexico, while Daniel Ricciardo mixed it with F1’s frontrunners. But Red Bull won’t change its line-up after one race, writes Damien Smith. It might after another three…
Senna stunner, Pace’s first win and Jordan’s final hurrah. Motor Sport runs through five of the best Brazilian GPs
Aston Martin has four-times the F1 points haul as last year, but the mood in the team is bleak after slipping behind rivals. Is reversing that momentum crucial, asks Chris Medland, or is the team better concentrating fully on 2024?
Daniel Ricciardo snatched pole from Max Verstappen in Mexico five years ago, but it’s all been downhill since then – did last weekend’s race show a way back for the AlphaTauri driver?
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?
As F1 power unit manufacturers fail to agree on rule changes, so the threat of Max Verstappen quitting the series becomes more real, writes Mark Hughes
Hamilton decided not to use the simulator to prepare for the Canadian GP, but as Mark Hughes explains, Montreal may be exactly the wrong place to ditch it
Verstappen’s stunning Nürburgring 24 Hours assault exposed the gap between what Formula 1 is and what racing can be, Mark Hughes argues
October 7, 2016 Suzuka, Japan By Round 17, Nico Rosberg led Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton by 23 points. Here’s Rosberg in practice dramatically demonstrating the concept of lateral load transfer.…
I raced in Formula 1 for five years at a dangerous time when you knew that at least one driver on average would probably be killed or maimed each year.…
Ferrari is bidding for a fourth consecutive Le Mans 24 Hours win this year. Or to put it another way, to continue an unbeaten run since it ended its 50-year exile from…
It was George Russell’s worst fear — not only did he retire from the Canadian Grand Prix but Kimi Antonelli was right on his pace beforehand. Join Mark Hughes and Bryn Lucas as they discuss the emerging title fight
The emerging Antonelli vs Russell F1 title duel brings to mind 2016 and the Hamilton-Rosberg years. But there’s an older, destructive example that’s a closer match for Mercedes’ current situation
F1 flashback: Johnny Servoz-Gavin
He looked set to become one of Formula 1’s greats until a single twig in a French forest cut his career short. Matt Bishop remembers a playboy and prodigy
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