Let the best F1 driver win: force them to rotate teams every race
The 2023 Azerbaijan sprint saw another idea fail to galvanise F1 excitement – is it time for radical change, forcing drivers to race for every team in a single season?
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Baku has produced many memorable F1 moments, but not in the 2023 Azerbaijan Grand Prix. With the help of Project F1 race data, we examine the elements that combined to turn the race into a procession
Watch F1 via live stream or on TV: dates and times for the 2023 Miami Grand Prix, including practice and qualifying
Lax pitlane protocol nearly caused disaster in Baku after Esteban Ocon’s late pitstop – Chris Medland says F1 must make sure to put worker safety and racing itself ahead of its glitz and glamour
A young protegé who’d had F1 teams queuing for his services vs his battle-hardened team-mate: the Red Bull rivalry between Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo erupted in Baku, at the 2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Mark Hughes recounts how it happened, and its long-lived repercussions
Sebastian Vettel will demonstrate his own F1 car collection at this year’s Festival of Speed, featuring some driven by Ayrton Senna and Nigel Mansell
Double points, a ban on tyre changes and elimination qualifying – Baku’s tedious sprint race weekend format earns a place next to some of F1’s strangest rule changes
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The 2023 Azerbaijan sprint saw another idea fail to galvanise F1 excitement – is it time for radical change, forcing drivers to race for every team in a single season?
Baku has produced many memorable F1 moments, but not in the 2023 Azerbaijan Grand Prix. With the help of Project F1 race data, we examine the elements that combined to turn the race into a procession
Watch F1 via live stream or on TV: dates and times for the 2023 Miami Grand Prix, including practice and qualifying
Lax pitlane protocol nearly caused disaster in Baku after Esteban Ocon’s late pitstop – Chris Medland says F1 must make sure to put worker safety and racing itself ahead of its glitz and glamour
A young protegé who’d had F1 teams queuing for his services vs his battle-hardened team-mate: the Red Bull rivalry between Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo erupted in Baku, at the 2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Mark Hughes recounts how it happened, and its long-lived repercussions
Sebastian Vettel will demonstrate his own F1 car collection at this year’s Festival of Speed, featuring some driven by Ayrton Senna and Nigel Mansell
Double points, a ban on tyre changes and elimination qualifying – Baku’s tedious sprint race weekend format earns a place next to some of F1’s strangest rule changes
Max Verstappen stepped onto an F1 podium for the 81st time in Baku, surpassing Ayrton Senna’s tally of 80. But there’s a lot more that links the Red Bull driver with the three-time world champion, writes Matt Bishop
He may have been a prolific rock star, but Chris Rea preferred quiet anonymity. Not for him the outrageous clothes and outlandish comportment exhibited by many of his ilk. Paradoxically,…
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