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2023 F1 pre-season testing in Bahrain: dates, times and how to watch
Dates, times and locations for pre-season testing ahead of the 2023 F1 season, as well as details on where to watch and what may be in store
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‘Everyone wanted to be in Dave Price’s gang’: the man at racing’s core — MPH
Dave Price, who has died at the age of 75, played a key role in the careers of drivers including Nigel Mansell and Martin Brundle, with his racing team that everybody wanted to join. Brundle recalls the legendary manager with Mark Hughes
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Why Hamilton still has full faith in Mercedes
After a dejecting slump in 2022, the seven-time world champion believes the time is right for Mercedes-AMG to strike back in the title race
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Medland: Positivity fuels Ferrari as it fires up Fiorano
In an age of heavily censored online launch events, Ferrari made a bold statement by actually running its new F1 challenger in front of a crowd of roaring tifosi
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Norris ready to win F1 titles – but how long will McLaren make him wait?
There are parallels to be made between Mika Hakkinen’s wait for a title-challenging McLaren and Lando Norris’s current situation, as Adam Cooper explains
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Alpine F1 battle shows what McLaren must fix in 2023
McLaren fell short of Alpine in last year’s F1 constructors’ battle but Project F1 data shows how its potential to perform much better in 2023
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Why F1 shakedown sent Mercedes’ 2022 season into a tailspin
With restrictions on costs, testing and aerodynamic simulations, a pre-testing shakedown has become crucial for F1 teams. Last year Mercedes showed the consequences of missing out on clean running
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‘Time is right for McLaren to succeed in F1 — and Oscar Piastri is key’
McLaren has the potential to fight the top 3 in F1 but will need rookie Oscar Piastri to be on the pace right away. How will he fare alongside Lando Norris?
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End of Alfa ‘mega deal’ as Sauber evolves into Audi F1 team
Alfa Romeo’s bargain-basement deal to badge Sauber’s F1 cars will end this year. Adam Cooper examines what the year holds for the team, and how it will transition into Audi from 2026
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2023 F1 pre-season testing in Bahrain: dates, times and how to watch
Dates, times and locations for pre-season testing ahead of the 2023 F1 season, as well as details on where to watch and what may be in store
F1
‘Everyone wanted to be in Dave Price’s gang’: the man at racing’s core — MPH
Dave Price, who has died at the age of 75, played a key role in the careers of drivers including Nigel Mansell and Martin Brundle, with his racing team that everybody wanted to join. Brundle recalls the legendary manager with Mark Hughes
Single-Seaters
Why Hamilton still has full faith in Mercedes
After a dejecting slump in 2022, the seven-time world champion believes the time is right for Mercedes-AMG to strike back in the title race
Opinion
F1
Medland: Positivity fuels Ferrari as it fires up Fiorano
In an age of heavily censored online launch events, Ferrari made a bold statement by actually running its new F1 challenger in front of a crowd of roaring tifosi
Single-Seaters
Norris ready to win F1 titles – but how long will McLaren make him wait?
There are parallels to be made between Mika Hakkinen’s wait for a title-challenging McLaren and Lando Norris’s current situation, as Adam Cooper explains
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Alpine F1 battle shows what McLaren must fix in 2023
McLaren fell short of Alpine in last year’s F1 constructors’ battle but Project F1 data shows how its potential to perform much better in 2023
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Why F1 shakedown sent Mercedes’ 2022 season into a tailspin
With restrictions on costs, testing and aerodynamic simulations, a pre-testing shakedown has become crucial for F1 teams. Last year Mercedes showed the consequences of missing out on clean running
F1
‘Time is right for McLaren to succeed in F1 — and Oscar Piastri is key’
McLaren has the potential to fight the top 3 in F1 but will need rookie Oscar Piastri to be on the pace right away. How will he fare alongside Lando Norris?
F1
End of Alfa ‘mega deal’ as Sauber evolves into Audi F1 team
Alfa Romeo’s bargain-basement deal to badge Sauber’s F1 cars will end this year. Adam Cooper examines what the year holds for the team, and how it will transition into Audi from 2026
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MPH: Assessing F1’s rookie class of 2025 – the Mark Hughes verdict
Mark Hughes weighs up an exceptional 2025 rookie class, dissecting four contrasting debut seasons to reveal who truly stood out the most
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Mark Hughes: Andrea Stella finally banished the ghost of 2010 Abu Dhabi disaster
Mark Hughes revisits the race that gave McLaren team principal Andrea Stella a sleepless night ahead of this year’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix: how victory in 2025 was forged from a Ferrari failure 15 years earlier
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Mark Hughes: Piastri pass on Norris was part of McLaren’s bold strategy to foil Verstappen
Mark Hughes explains how McLaren’s pre-planned lap-one swap and split-tyre strategy blunted Verstappen’s threat and laid the groundwork for Norris’s title-winning drive
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Jamie Chadwick shines at the Silverstone 4 Hours
IDEC Sport Silverstone 4 Hours 14/9/25 A home win for Jamie Chadwick capped a happy return for contemporary Le Mans Prototype racing to the UK, as the European Le Mans…
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McLaren drivers swapped tips ahead of Chinese GP. Norris also quietly planned attack
Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris worked together ahead of the 2025 Chinese GP, finding the pace that delivered a 1-2 finish, while Norris also prepared to attack his team-mate during the race. Brake issues denied him, says Mark Hughes but the F1 title duel is coming
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One race to prove himself at Alpine? Heat is on Jack Doohan as Ocon signs off
Esteban Ocon’s Alpine stint ended at the 2024 Qatar GP, giving Jack Doohan a make-or-break F1 chance in Abu Dhabi. Elsewhere FIA boss Mohammed Ben Sulayem dismissed driver concerns and mechanics just wanted a kip: Chris Medland‘s paddock diary
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Martin Brundle reveals his F1 driver of 2025
Veteran broadcaster and F1 driver Martin Brundle has picked out the contender he’s been most impressed with this year
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Prost laments Renault’s ‘sad’ F1 exit: ‘It’ll be difficult to come back’
Alain Prost has given his view on Renault exiting F1 as an engine manufacturer
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Mohammed Ben Sulayem re-elected – how he became FIA president
Mohammed Ben Sulayem’s has now been re-elected as FIA president, after a controversial first term. But how did he become the first non-European president in the FIA’s history?
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