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Ferrari 499P Le Mans winner unleashed — yours for £4.6m
It returns to Le Mans as a factory contender for the first time in 50 years and wins the 100th anniversary edition of the 24 Hours with a brand new…
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F1 Academy raises the stakes for female hopefuls
The unquestionably justified ambition to encourage and promote more women into top-line motor sport remains a hot topic, and at times a contentious one. But is the emergence of a…
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2023 Season Review Awards in association with To vote now, click here! Our annual review of the Formula 1 season is about to go live and we are asking our…
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Leclerc shows more nous than Ferrari strategy dept: Abu Dhabi Up/down
The world’s ‘greatest’ racing championship wrapped things up in the romantic surroundings of Yas Marina – with a race result to match
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Sargeant’s F1 future in the balance as Max poaches Sainz’s trainer
A mammoth 22-race season came to a close with the now-traditional trip to the Yas Marina Circuit, and despite an exhausted paddock there was still plenty of whispers and movement…
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Plenty of rubber to burn: why Max dominated Abu Dhabi GP this time
Early in the 2023 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix weekend, it looked as if somebody — anybody — might beat Max Verstappen. But come raceday, he was untouchable again. Mark Hughes on how he added another F1 win to his record-breaking tally
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Max Verstappen’s F1 records — the ones he beat and broke in 2023
Max Verstappen has claimed his third successive F1 drivers’ world title and broken the record for the most points in a season. But more records remain in sight over the last four races of the year
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MPH: Hamilton and Verstappen as team-mates? It’s all just a game
The mere idea of Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen as team-mates causes tremors in the F1 paddock, says Mark Hughes: it would be fraught in the extreme if it ever happened
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F1’s pirate outlaws and ‘disbelieving bastards’ — Las Vegas GP in the 1980s
Unlike last weekend’s race, the 1980s Las Vegas Grands Prix had little going for them, writes Mark Hughes. The Caesars Palace round was cynical, and was also the last time GP racing saw the natural talent of Tommy Byrne
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Ferrari 499P Le Mans winner unleashed — yours for £4.6m
It returns to Le Mans as a factory contender for the first time in 50 years and wins the 100th anniversary edition of the 24 Hours with a brand new…
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F1 Academy raises the stakes for female hopefuls
The unquestionably justified ambition to encourage and promote more women into top-line motor sport remains a hot topic, and at times a contentious one. But is the emergence of a…
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Cast your votes in our F1 Season Review Awards
2023 Season Review Awards in association with To vote now, click here! Our annual review of the Formula 1 season is about to go live and we are asking our…
Opinion
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Leclerc shows more nous than Ferrari strategy dept: Abu Dhabi Up/down
The world’s ‘greatest’ racing championship wrapped things up in the romantic surroundings of Yas Marina – with a race result to match
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Sargeant’s F1 future in the balance as Max poaches Sainz’s trainer
A mammoth 22-race season came to a close with the now-traditional trip to the Yas Marina Circuit, and despite an exhausted paddock there was still plenty of whispers and movement…
F1
Plenty of rubber to burn: why Max dominated Abu Dhabi GP this time
Early in the 2023 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix weekend, it looked as if somebody — anybody — might beat Max Verstappen. But come raceday, he was untouchable again. Mark Hughes on how he added another F1 win to his record-breaking tally
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Max Verstappen’s F1 records — the ones he beat and broke in 2023
Max Verstappen has claimed his third successive F1 drivers’ world title and broken the record for the most points in a season. But more records remain in sight over the last four races of the year
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MPH: Hamilton and Verstappen as team-mates? It’s all just a game
The mere idea of Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen as team-mates causes tremors in the F1 paddock, says Mark Hughes: it would be fraught in the extreme if it ever happened
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F1’s pirate outlaws and ‘disbelieving bastards’ — Las Vegas GP in the 1980s
Unlike last weekend’s race, the 1980s Las Vegas Grands Prix had little going for them, writes Mark Hughes. The Caesars Palace round was cynical, and was also the last time GP racing saw the natural talent of Tommy Byrne
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MPH: Norris had no sympathy for Russell’s F1 car complaints. Here’s why
Lando Norris responded bluntly to George Russell’s complaints of struggling to adapt to this year’s Mercedes F1 car. It exposed more than just their different driving styles, says Mark Hughes; it shows where their heads are at
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MPH: Decoded – why Russell and Piastri can’t keep up with their F1 team-mates
Hungary revealed how wind and worn tarmac are rewriting the rules of 2026 F1 performance, and why some of the grid’s best drivers are struggling to keep up. Mark Hughes explains
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Formula 1 2026 half-term report. Every driver rated – who deserves an A+?
Kimi Antonelli Astonishing progression from his patchy and underprepared rookie season. Yes, he’s in the best car but he’s doing things with it that stand comparison with the finest. In…
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Kimi Antonelli’s mid-season charge reshapes Formula 1’s 2026 title fight
Monaco Lewis Hamilton Many had written off Lewis Hamilton in F1 – too long in the tooth at 41, a poor fit with Ferrari, the rise of rivals, and so…
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Madring’s La Monumental gives Madrid’s new F1 circuit a distinctive challenge
There was a time when circuit corner names were utilitarian labels, nothing more. Even for the greatest curves, inspiration was drawn from local landmarks or topography: think of Eau Rouge…
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‘Kimi Antonelli was 11 when I saw him race. He amazed me’: when Mercedes’ talent scout discovered the F1 sensation
To call Gwen Lagrue a ’scout’ is reductive. Identifying talent is just part of the equation; he supplements that by developing it, playing a central role in nurturing a plethora…
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‘It was the day Niki Lauda almost died. Who remembers a frightened James Hunt’s brilliant win?’
Niki Lauda’s blazing Ferrari cast a pall over the 1976 German Grand Prix, so it’s easy to overlook what happened in the F1 race. Matt Bishop recognises James Hunt’s masterful and brave victory at the Nürburgring
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The Beatle who predicted F1’s TV boom decades early
Long before Drive to Survive, an ex-Beatle and lifelong racing obsessive told Barry Sheene how F1 would find its biggest audience
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The bizarre bug that cost Frentzen his F1 title shot – and why he’s made peace with it
A software bug cost Heinz-Harald Frentzen his best shot at the world title, but he explains why it never actually cost him much at all
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