Senna’s stretched McLaren-Lamborghini: F1’s greatest ‘what-if?’
30 years ago today, Ayrton Senna tested the MP4/8B – a McLaren F1 car with a monstrous Lamborghini engine in the back – and fell in love. Its project leaders remember the tale
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Red Bull’s hopes of winning every F1 race this year ended at the Singapore Grand Prix. But, says Chris Medland, a weekend where trouble followed trouble highlighted the high level that the team has been working at this year
F1 Retro
Red Bull suffered a stunning lack of pace in Singapore – as Mark Hughes writes, Mercedes was afflicted by a similarly mysterious lack of form in 2015
Felipe Massa did everything he could at the 2008 Brazilian GP to win that year’s F1 championship, writes Matt Bishop. Now he’s fighting for the same title again, with potential court action on the horizon, and chaos if he wins
Watch F1 via live stream or on TV: dates and start time for the 2023 Japanese Grand Prix from Suzuka, including qualifying and the grand prix
Carlos Sainz led Ferrari to F1 victory in Singapore — breaking Red Bull’s win streak. While the lead battle was enjoyable for some, the long-suffering tifosi nervously waited for it all to come crumbling down. Cambridge Kisby provides an insight
2023 Singapore GP diary: Why the electrifying battle between Sainz, Norris and the Mercedes’ wouldn’t have been the same if Verstappen was leading; Daniel Ricciardo’s return; and where was Stroll?
Record runs were ended, but ‘traditions’ continued at the 2023 Singapore GP
It took the efforts of both Ferraris to win the 2023 Singapore Grand Prix, writes Mark Hughes. Carlos Sainz earned the plaudits, but Charles Leclerc also played his support role to perfection
30 years ago today, Ayrton Senna tested the MP4/8B – a McLaren F1 car with a monstrous Lamborghini engine in the back – and fell in love. Its project leaders remember the tale
Red Bull’s hopes of winning every F1 race this year ended at the Singapore Grand Prix. But, says Chris Medland, a weekend where trouble followed trouble highlighted the high level that the team has been working at this year
F1 Retro
Red Bull suffered a stunning lack of pace in Singapore – as Mark Hughes writes, Mercedes was afflicted by a similarly mysterious lack of form in 2015
Felipe Massa did everything he could at the 2008 Brazilian GP to win that year’s F1 championship, writes Matt Bishop. Now he’s fighting for the same title again, with potential court action on the horizon, and chaos if he wins
Watch F1 via live stream or on TV: dates and start time for the 2023 Japanese Grand Prix from Suzuka, including qualifying and the grand prix
Carlos Sainz led Ferrari to F1 victory in Singapore — breaking Red Bull’s win streak. While the lead battle was enjoyable for some, the long-suffering tifosi nervously waited for it all to come crumbling down. Cambridge Kisby provides an insight
2023 Singapore GP diary: Why the electrifying battle between Sainz, Norris and the Mercedes’ wouldn’t have been the same if Verstappen was leading; Daniel Ricciardo’s return; and where was Stroll?
Record runs were ended, but ‘traditions’ continued at the 2023 Singapore GP
It took the efforts of both Ferraris to win the 2023 Singapore Grand Prix, writes Mark Hughes. Carlos Sainz earned the plaudits, but Charles Leclerc also played his support role to perfection
Sepang’s abrasive tarmac did more than shred Formula 1 tyres – it scrambled team simulations and may well have handed Red Bull an unassailable advantage in the Bahrain Grand Prix, that reshaped the competitive order, as Mark Hughes explains
Back in Malaysia for the first time in nine years, plenty of Formula 1 teams were caught out by the unique characteristics of the Sepang circuit where one decision had a devastating effect on their whole Bahrain GP weekend
Mark Hughes dissects how Sepang’s brutally abrasive surface and restricted tyre allocation are turning this weekend into a strategic gauntlet where the right compound choice could matter more than raw pace
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Watch F1 via live stream or on TV: dates and start time for the 2026 Singapore Grand Prix
Twelve years after the rain-soaked 2014 Japanese Grand Prix, the memory of Jules Bianchi – and the extraordinary future he might have enjoyed – remains painfully vivid for Matt Bishop
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