Gil de Ferran obituary: IndyCar revelation who also made his mark in F1
Two-time CART champion Gil de Ferran played a crucial role in McLaren’s recent F1 rise
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F1’s 2023 world championship has seen records smashed across the board, and thrilling action was served up with it – you have picked the greatest moments of the year
His rivals rated him among the best of his generation; he could have won multiple grands prix and at least one title. But, writes Matt Bishop, Chris Amon ended his F1 world championship career with just 11 podiums
Sometimes you miss being on the road and being part of the old gang. That certainly appears to be the case as far as Mario Andretti is concerned. In a…
Considering that some still regard it as a bit of a mongrel, Italy’s Iso Grifo has a pretty impressive pedigree. Its sleek, grand-tourer bodywork was penned by Giorgetto Giugiaro (whose…
Listening to Adrian Newey talk about the latest world championship-winning car with which he’s been associated (his 16th, encompassing three different teams), he points out that the foundation for any…
There are plenty saying the 2024 Formula 1 season is a foregone conclusion. They point to recent periods of power by Mercedes, Red Bull and back to Ferrari which won…
Don Cochrane hit on an unusual marketing method when he decided to re-establish the historic British watchmaker Vertex a whole century after it was set up in 1916 by his…
Given that the championship had been wrapped up almost two months earlier, there was little tension around the Abu Dhabi season finale. But there was a second place in the…
Two-time CART champion Gil de Ferran played a crucial role in McLaren’s recent F1 rise
F1’s 2023 world championship has seen records smashed across the board, and thrilling action was served up with it – you have picked the greatest moments of the year
His rivals rated him among the best of his generation; he could have won multiple grands prix and at least one title. But, writes Matt Bishop, Chris Amon ended his F1 world championship career with just 11 podiums
Sometimes you miss being on the road and being part of the old gang. That certainly appears to be the case as far as Mario Andretti is concerned. In a…
Considering that some still regard it as a bit of a mongrel, Italy’s Iso Grifo has a pretty impressive pedigree. Its sleek, grand-tourer bodywork was penned by Giorgetto Giugiaro (whose…
Listening to Adrian Newey talk about the latest world championship-winning car with which he’s been associated (his 16th, encompassing three different teams), he points out that the foundation for any…
There are plenty saying the 2024 Formula 1 season is a foregone conclusion. They point to recent periods of power by Mercedes, Red Bull and back to Ferrari which won…
Don Cochrane hit on an unusual marketing method when he decided to re-establish the historic British watchmaker Vertex a whole century after it was set up in 1916 by his…
Given that the championship had been wrapped up almost two months earlier, there was little tension around the Abu Dhabi season finale. But there was a second place in the…
With a brand new surface and a tyre-punishing banked Turn 12, Madrid’s inaugural Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix weekend could reshuffle the Mercedes-McLaren-Ferrari pecking order once again, writes Mark Hughes
A perfectly executed tow gave Pierre Gasly pole at Monza, but behind it lay a familiar F1 story of team-mate distrust, which is sometimes justified, as Mark Hughes explains
The power unit, the passing zones, the red flag – strip them all away and what’s left is still one of the greatest drives in F1 history. Mark Hughes analyses Kimi Antonelli’s Monza masterclass
Two consecutive victories from pole for McLaren’s Lando Norris to bring him within 83 points of Kimi Antonelli’s championship lead with half the season still to go had Mercedes’ Toto…
The Dutch Grand Prix was an exciting way to kick off the second half of the season after the summer break. Following on from Lando Norris’s dominant victory in Budapest…
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…
Madring’s banked showpiece was built to be photographed and talked about, but how big is the challenge around it?
Motor Sport F1 Show with Mark Hughes
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