How to streamline F1’s calendar: efficient schedule that cuts travel
The 2023 F1 calendar forces teams to travel over 81,000 miles to five different continents, whilst spending millions on planning and shipping. But could it be made any easier?
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The British Grand Prix marks a milestone during the 2023 F1 campaign. Not only is it the mid-way point of the season, but it could be the greatest chance yet…
Hamilton vs Alonso is now one of F1’s greatest rivalries – race engineer Steve Hallam was right at the centre of the McLaren garage when relations first went cold
He preferred Brands Hatch and wasn’t impressed by the race, but Matt Bishop was still at Silverstone in 1979 to witness history at the British Grand Prix: the final hurrah of one F1 winner, and the first for a budding legend of the sport
One-team dominance is common place in F1, with Max Verstappen and Red Bull currently on top. But, as Tony Dodgins writes, should a level playing field be forced or should competition be allowed to improve naturally?
In the second episode of Motor Sport’s Engineering the Greats series 2, Steve Hallam remembers what it was like to work with Ayrton Senna, Nigel Mansell and Mika Häkkinen
From top to bottom, from the foothills to the peaks, Max Verstappen embarrassed the rest of the F1 grid in all departments during the 2023 Austrian GP weekend
Officials could have engraved the Austrian GP trophy in advance, so comfortable was Max Verstappen’s win, but behind him saw the grid jumbled up again and a morass of track limit penalties, as Mark Hughes examines
Max Verstappen look threatened by Charles Leclerc at one point in the 2023 Austrian GP but ended it with so much time in hand, he made an extra pitstop and claimed the fastest lap. Behind was a charging Sergio Perez — and penalty bonanza
The 2023 F1 calendar forces teams to travel over 81,000 miles to five different continents, whilst spending millions on planning and shipping. But could it be made any easier?
The British Grand Prix marks a milestone during the 2023 F1 campaign. Not only is it the mid-way point of the season, but it could be the greatest chance yet…
Hamilton vs Alonso is now one of F1’s greatest rivalries – race engineer Steve Hallam was right at the centre of the McLaren garage when relations first went cold
He preferred Brands Hatch and wasn’t impressed by the race, but Matt Bishop was still at Silverstone in 1979 to witness history at the British Grand Prix: the final hurrah of one F1 winner, and the first for a budding legend of the sport
One-team dominance is common place in F1, with Max Verstappen and Red Bull currently on top. But, as Tony Dodgins writes, should a level playing field be forced or should competition be allowed to improve naturally?
In the second episode of Motor Sport’s Engineering the Greats series 2, Steve Hallam remembers what it was like to work with Ayrton Senna, Nigel Mansell and Mika Häkkinen
From top to bottom, from the foothills to the peaks, Max Verstappen embarrassed the rest of the F1 grid in all departments during the 2023 Austrian GP weekend
Officials could have engraved the Austrian GP trophy in advance, so comfortable was Max Verstappen’s win, but behind him saw the grid jumbled up again and a morass of track limit penalties, as Mark Hughes examines
Max Verstappen look threatened by Charles Leclerc at one point in the 2023 Austrian GP but ended it with so much time in hand, he made an extra pitstop and claimed the fastest lap. Behind was a charging Sergio Perez — and penalty bonanza
A perfectly executed tow gave Pierre Gasly pole at Monza, but behind it lay a familiar F1 story of team-mate distrust, which is sometimes justified, as Mark Hughes explains
The power unit, the passing zones, the red flag – strip them all away and what’s left is still one of the greatest drives in F1 history. Mark Hughes analyses Kimi Antonelli’s Monza masterclass
Under 2026’s energy-starved rules, Monza’s tow is way too valuable, and that, Mark Hughes writes, is set to make controversial qualifying shenanigans for the 2026 Italian Grand Prix almost inevitable
Two consecutive victories from pole for McLaren’s Lando Norris to bring him within 83 points of Kimi Antonelli’s championship lead with half the season still to go had Mercedes’ Toto…
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