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How Hill almost lost his Williams F1 chance for not being ‘exotic’ enough
In a new Motor Sport podcast, Patrick Head reveals how Frank Williams nearly passed over its future world champion Damon Hill for an F1 drive
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F1 upgrades stall as Max wins all in Spain and Canada
The very different demands of Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya and those of Montréal’s Circuit Gilles Villeneuve would be an important litmus test for the three closely matched teams directly behind…
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Podcast: Sir Patrick Head, Engineering the Greats series 2
Rejoining our Engineering the Greats podcast, legendary F1 designer Patrick Head lifts the lid on Williams’ landmark 1993 season, which featured the one of the most technically-advanced racing cars ever: the FW15C
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Parting shot: August 27, 1995 Spa, Belgium Parting shot:
Eddie Irvine’s race comes to a dramatic end during a pitstop at a damp Belgian Grand Prix. While refuelling, Irvine’s Jordan erupted in flames but the fire was quickly extinguished…
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Aston Martin to lose F1 aero testing time: can it keep pressure on Red Bull?
Aston Martin’s successful start to the 2023 F1 season will see it lose a chunk of aerodynamic testing time, but the team insists it won’t hold it back in the race to catch Red Bull, writes Adam Cooper
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MPH: The epic F1 title battle we’re missing due to Red Bull’s dominance
In this season of Verstappen dominance, the most intriguing competition is that between the three teams directly behind – Aston Martin, Mercedes and Ferrari – where the initiative has swung…
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Jody Scheckter’s stormy F1 start: a rookie campaign to rival the best
He arrived in F1 virtually unknown, but wild, bushy-haired Jody Scheckter made his name in more ways than one after a stellar — but controversial — rookie campaign. The 1979 champion recalls his early races with McLaren
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F1’s ‘fruit machine’ race that led to the Pirelli era — and increasing tyre management
F1 Retro
A topsy-turvy 2010 Canadian GP was so unpredictable, that it formed the basis of Pirelli’s tyre development direction for the years to come – and shaped F1 as we know it today, writes Mark Hughes
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‘We’re different to other teams’: Red Bull closing on F1’s old guard after 100th win
Even rivals can’t help but admire Red Bull’s runaway success after its 100th GP win in Canada, with Lewis Hamilton describing its performance as “amazing”. There’s no sign of change either, writes Chris Medland with talk growing of an unbeaten 2023 season
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How Hill almost lost his Williams F1 chance for not being ‘exotic’ enough
In a new Motor Sport podcast, Patrick Head reveals how Frank Williams nearly passed over its future world champion Damon Hill for an F1 drive
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F1 upgrades stall as Max wins all in Spain and Canada
The very different demands of Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya and those of Montréal’s Circuit Gilles Villeneuve would be an important litmus test for the three closely matched teams directly behind…
Motor Sport Podcast
Podcast: Sir Patrick Head, Engineering the Greats series 2
Rejoining our Engineering the Greats podcast, legendary F1 designer Patrick Head lifts the lid on Williams’ landmark 1993 season, which featured the one of the most technically-advanced racing cars ever: the FW15C
Archive
Parting shot: August 27, 1995 Spa, Belgium Parting shot:
Eddie Irvine’s race comes to a dramatic end during a pitstop at a damp Belgian Grand Prix. While refuelling, Irvine’s Jordan erupted in flames but the fire was quickly extinguished…
F1
Aston Martin to lose F1 aero testing time: can it keep pressure on Red Bull?
Aston Martin’s successful start to the 2023 F1 season will see it lose a chunk of aerodynamic testing time, but the team insists it won’t hold it back in the race to catch Red Bull, writes Adam Cooper
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MPH: The epic F1 title battle we’re missing due to Red Bull’s dominance
In this season of Verstappen dominance, the most intriguing competition is that between the three teams directly behind – Aston Martin, Mercedes and Ferrari – where the initiative has swung…
F1
Jody Scheckter’s stormy F1 start: a rookie campaign to rival the best
He arrived in F1 virtually unknown, but wild, bushy-haired Jody Scheckter made his name in more ways than one after a stellar — but controversial — rookie campaign. The 1979 champion recalls his early races with McLaren
F1
F1’s ‘fruit machine’ race that led to the Pirelli era — and increasing tyre management
F1 Retro
A topsy-turvy 2010 Canadian GP was so unpredictable, that it formed the basis of Pirelli’s tyre development direction for the years to come – and shaped F1 as we know it today, writes Mark Hughes
F1
‘We’re different to other teams’: Red Bull closing on F1’s old guard after 100th win
Even rivals can’t help but admire Red Bull’s runaway success after its 100th GP win in Canada, with Lewis Hamilton describing its performance as “amazing”. There’s no sign of change either, writes Chris Medland with talk growing of an unbeaten 2023 season
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MPH: Why Red Bull’s rivals could push Max Verstappen out of F1 for good
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
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Mark Hughes: Hamilton chose wrong F1 track for simulator gamble
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
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MPH: What Verstappen did at the Nürburgring is everything F1 can’t offer
Verstappen’s stunning Nürburgring 24 Hours assault exposed the gap between what Formula 1 is and what racing can be, Mark Hughes argues
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Nico Rosberg celebrates victory at Suzuka in 2016
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.…
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Derek Daly: why the numbers prove Williams sabotaged my 1982 F1 season for Rosberg
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.…
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Ferrari’s bid for four straight Le Mans wins faces a tougher field and stricter BoP rules
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…
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Podcast: Russell & Antonelli’s Canada brawl – can Mercedes avoid destructive F1 battle?
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
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Russell vs Antonelli resembles one of F1’s most toxic team-mate battles
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
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Johnny Servoz-Gavin: F1’s hippie racer whose career was cruelly ended by a twig
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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