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Formula 1: Good month, bad month — June 2023
Good Month Russell-ing up 0.25sec off VER in qualifying, then leading before PU blowout. Is Russell giving the title fight hope? Sassy Ted No holding back from Sky’s Ted Kravitz…
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Perez alert to Red Bull favouring Verstappen after 2023 Australian GP
Three red flags, four safety cars and a bizarre ending caused by a hole in the sporting regulations created lots of distraction on a sunny race day in Albert Park.…
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Mark Hughes: ‘Perez may have to fight Red Bull for 2023 F1 title’
The numbers work in a very different way when the points battle for a world championship is between two drivers in the same very dominant car. Take Ayrton Senna and…
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F1 Trackside View: June 2023
Race report Max wins in Melbourne but is he starting to worry about his teammate? Word on the beat Rumours of Mattia Binotto’s next job, Andretti’s F1 plans and moves…
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Pot, kettle, Verstappen: Up and down in Azerbaijan
A weekend of slightly reserved madness ensued in Baku with parc fermé fights, pitlane invasions and the wrong Red Bull winning – only in Formula 1
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Baku win gives Perez biggest chance of F1 career – can he maintain form?
Sergio Perez has forced his way into the F1 championship fight, but hasn’t yet shown he can win for Red Bull on non-street circuits. Mark Hughes looks at how his Azerbaijan GP victory provides a defining chance in his career
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2023 Azerbaijan GP race report: Perez has all the answers in ‘intense’ battle for win
Sergio Perez fuelled his F1 championship hopes with a win in Baku at the 2023 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, fending off team-mate Max Verstappen who lost the lead after an unfortunate pit call
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“We are in the fight. Vamos!” – Perez has eyes on F1 title after Baku win
Sergio Perez followed an F1 sprint race win in Baku with victory in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix to close the championship gap to Max Verstappen
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‘Scrap the whole thing’: why Verstappen is right about F1 sprint races
F1’s new sprint race format was meant to bring unmissable on-track action on the Saturday of a GP weekend. But after withering criticism from Max Verstappen, James Elson can’t help but agree that the result was lacklustre
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Formula 1: Good month, bad month — June 2023
Good Month Russell-ing up 0.25sec off VER in qualifying, then leading before PU blowout. Is Russell giving the title fight hope? Sassy Ted No holding back from Sky’s Ted Kravitz…
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Perez alert to Red Bull favouring Verstappen after 2023 Australian GP
Three red flags, four safety cars and a bizarre ending caused by a hole in the sporting regulations created lots of distraction on a sunny race day in Albert Park.…
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Mark Hughes: ‘Perez may have to fight Red Bull for 2023 F1 title’
The numbers work in a very different way when the points battle for a world championship is between two drivers in the same very dominant car. Take Ayrton Senna and…
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F1 Trackside View: June 2023
Race report Max wins in Melbourne but is he starting to worry about his teammate? Word on the beat Rumours of Mattia Binotto’s next job, Andretti’s F1 plans and moves…
Opinion
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Pot, kettle, Verstappen: Up and down in Azerbaijan
A weekend of slightly reserved madness ensued in Baku with parc fermé fights, pitlane invasions and the wrong Red Bull winning – only in Formula 1
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Baku win gives Perez biggest chance of F1 career – can he maintain form?
Sergio Perez has forced his way into the F1 championship fight, but hasn’t yet shown he can win for Red Bull on non-street circuits. Mark Hughes looks at how his Azerbaijan GP victory provides a defining chance in his career
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2023 Azerbaijan GP race report: Perez has all the answers in ‘intense’ battle for win
Sergio Perez fuelled his F1 championship hopes with a win in Baku at the 2023 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, fending off team-mate Max Verstappen who lost the lead after an unfortunate pit call
F1
“We are in the fight. Vamos!” – Perez has eyes on F1 title after Baku win
Sergio Perez followed an F1 sprint race win in Baku with victory in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix to close the championship gap to Max Verstappen
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‘Scrap the whole thing’: why Verstappen is right about F1 sprint races
F1’s new sprint race format was meant to bring unmissable on-track action on the Saturday of a GP weekend. But after withering criticism from Max Verstappen, James Elson can’t help but agree that the result was lacklustre
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Mark Hughes: Barcelona offers Russell the reset he desperately needs
Mark Hughes examines why Barcelona’s high-energy demands could be the perfect antidote to Russell’s Monaco misery, and why Leclerc’s brake woes are harder to solve than they appear
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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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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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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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