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Tiff Needell: My life in cars
My family car as a boy was… An Austin 7. Growing up in the relatively austere ’50s, our first family cars were a series of 20-year-old Austin 7s at £10…
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Hamilton vs Alonso
2007 F1 World Championship McLaren team-mates Hamilton (109pts) and Alonso (109) took Kimi Räikkönen (110) to the wire Lewis Hamilton v Fernando Alonso 2nd Drivers’ title finish 3rd 4 Wins…
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Born winners
I worked with Lewis Hamilton at McLaren for five seasons (2008-12) and with Fernando Alonso at the same team for two and a half (2015-July 2017). But, although they are…
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Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton: rivals reunited
Sixteen years after they first got stuck into each other, Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton once again find themselves contesting the same piece of track somewhere close to the front…
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‘Cars were crashing all around’: Jody Scheckter on 1973 British GP nine-car pile-up
He’d put the wind up world champion Emerson Fittipaldi at Paul Ricard and might well have won the French Grand Prix without the Brazilian’s ill-judged lunge that led to words.…
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Murray Walker and James Hunt: F1 commentating’s odd couple
Although it’s 25 years since the television coverage of world championship grand prix races in Britain was purloined by a commercial network, many of the sport’s long-time fans will still…
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2023 Indy 500: motor sport’s most thrilling qualifying session
Qualifying for the 2023 Indy 500 takes place this weekend with the promise of two dramatic days of daredevil driving amid shootouts and eliminations. Here’s how it works, who is competing, plus the TV and live stream schedule
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Top 10 British Grands Prix at Silverstone
For 30 years from the mid-1950s, Silverstone shared the honour of hosting the British Grand Prix, first with Aintree and then with the far more inspiring Brands Hatch. Brands remains…
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F1 grid will return to Silverstone for Festival FanZone this August
Six F1 teams will have cars on display in the new FanZone at this year’s Silverstone Festival, which celebrates the circuit’s 75th anniversary
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Tiff Needell: My life in cars
My family car as a boy was… An Austin 7. Growing up in the relatively austere ’50s, our first family cars were a series of 20-year-old Austin 7s at £10…
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Hamilton vs Alonso
2007 F1 World Championship McLaren team-mates Hamilton (109pts) and Alonso (109) took Kimi Räikkönen (110) to the wire Lewis Hamilton v Fernando Alonso 2nd Drivers’ title finish 3rd 4 Wins…
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Born winners
I worked with Lewis Hamilton at McLaren for five seasons (2008-12) and with Fernando Alonso at the same team for two and a half (2015-July 2017). But, although they are…
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Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton: rivals reunited
Sixteen years after they first got stuck into each other, Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton once again find themselves contesting the same piece of track somewhere close to the front…
Great Read
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‘Cars were crashing all around’: Jody Scheckter on 1973 British GP nine-car pile-up
He’d put the wind up world champion Emerson Fittipaldi at Paul Ricard and might well have won the French Grand Prix without the Brazilian’s ill-judged lunge that led to words.…
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Murray Walker and James Hunt: F1 commentating’s odd couple
Although it’s 25 years since the television coverage of world championship grand prix races in Britain was purloined by a commercial network, many of the sport’s long-time fans will still…
F1
2023 Indy 500: motor sport’s most thrilling qualifying session
Qualifying for the 2023 Indy 500 takes place this weekend with the promise of two dramatic days of daredevil driving amid shootouts and eliminations. Here’s how it works, who is competing, plus the TV and live stream schedule
Archive
Top 10 British Grands Prix at Silverstone
For 30 years from the mid-1950s, Silverstone shared the honour of hosting the British Grand Prix, first with Aintree and then with the far more inspiring Brands Hatch. Brands remains…
F1
F1 grid will return to Silverstone for Festival FanZone this August
Six F1 teams will have cars on display in the new FanZone at this year’s Silverstone Festival, which celebrates the circuit’s 75th anniversary
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MPH: Ferrari brake changes delight Hamilton but leave Leclerc angry and without feel
As Brembo pushes back against Leclerc’s public criticism, Mark Hughes traces the rift back to the moment Hamilton walked through Ferrari’s door
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F1’s next great force: Antonelli makes history in Monaco with gut punch to Russell
Kimi Antonelli’s outstanding Monaco GP victory was worthy of the legendary drivers who have won in Monte Carlo, writes Mark Hughes. At the same time, team-mate George Russell’s form is disintegrating
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Locked in to Ferrari: Why is Leclerc sticking with underperforming F1 team?
Charles Leclerc has been one of F1’s fastest drivers in the seven seasons he’s raced for Ferrari, but has just eight wins to his name, writes Mark Hughes. Will his faith finally be rewarded with his latest contract extension?
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Mark Hughes: why F1’s 50/50 hybrid rules were doomed by conflicting priorities
With apologies to David Byrne and Talking Heads: And you may find yourself Watching someone lift and coast And you may find yourself Watching cars slowly decelerate down the straights…
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Historic racers, rally stars and hillclimb heroes shine across a packed month
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Felix Rosenqvist edges David Malukas in closest Indianapolis 500 finish on record
May 24, 2026 Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, Indiana It was a photo finish in the 110th running of the Indianapolis 500 after a one-lap shootout at the close. Mick Schumacher’s…
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Does F1’s power unit compromise go far enough?
F1 has agreed a phased rebalancing of the 2026 power unit framework, but the two-year road to 60/40 raises as many questions as it answers
‘I began to cry inside my helmet’ – Jean Alesi recalls his only F1 win, 31 years on
Jean Alesi’s only Formula 1 win, the story of that Montreal afternoon remains one of the sport’s most beloved, and most bittersweet
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2026 Barcelona-Catalunya GP start time: how to watch, live stream and F1 schedule
Watch F1 via live stream or on TV: dates and start time for the 2026 Barcelona-Catalunya GP
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