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Why more F1 heads could roll in 2023 season
Though F1’s big guns stayed in front for 2022, all teams were remarkably close – it could lead to significant movement on the grid soon, writes Chris Medland
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2023 F1 testing to offer first sight of new cars
Preparation for the upcoming season will start with an official three days of winter testing at Bahrain International Circuit – a week before the opening race at the same venue.…
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Parting shot: February 2023
July 21, 1974 Newbury Park, UK All-star line-up for a charity cricket match the day after the British Grand Prix. Back row, from left: John Watson, Guy Edwards, Mike Hailwood,…
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Martin Donnelly on Damon Hill: My Greatest Rival
This has to be my friend Damon ‘The Champ’ Hill and goes back to the days of the ‘Rat Pack’ in British Formula 3 in the 1980s. Our rivalry came…
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Ferrari F1 bosses rarely last long in the job
There’s always a tinge of compassionate sadness when one sees any long-time employee forced from a company after more than 20 years’ service. One feels right now for Mattia Binotto,…
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Bernie Ecclestone Lucky! documentary: F1 mogul tells his story
The tax case. The daft things he’s said about women. Putin. To the wider world Bernie Ecclestone is what they might call ‘toxic’ these days, like the mad uncle you…
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Johnny Herbert: Is Red Bull beatable? Damn right it is’
What am I looking forward to from Formula 1 in 2023? Restructuring Ferrari will be a big talking point, clearly. I’m very sad Mattia Binotto has gone; I liked him.…
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Ferrari replaces Binotto as stable Mercedes shows how to win in F1
Toto Wolff’s English is sometimes just a little way short of where he’s trying to get to as he speaks, but occasionally that optimistic reach results in a brilliant new…
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Red Bull team-mate troubles brew as Verstappen wins Abu Dhabi GP
The only thing of significance left to settle as the Formula 1 circus descended on Abu Dhabi for the final race was who would be championship runner-up to the dominant…
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Why more F1 heads could roll in 2023 season
Though F1’s big guns stayed in front for 2022, all teams were remarkably close – it could lead to significant movement on the grid soon, writes Chris Medland
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2023 F1 testing to offer first sight of new cars
Preparation for the upcoming season will start with an official three days of winter testing at Bahrain International Circuit – a week before the opening race at the same venue.…
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Parting shot: February 2023
July 21, 1974 Newbury Park, UK All-star line-up for a charity cricket match the day after the British Grand Prix. Back row, from left: John Watson, Guy Edwards, Mike Hailwood,…
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Martin Donnelly on Damon Hill: My Greatest Rival
This has to be my friend Damon ‘The Champ’ Hill and goes back to the days of the ‘Rat Pack’ in British Formula 3 in the 1980s. Our rivalry came…
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Ferrari F1 bosses rarely last long in the job
There’s always a tinge of compassionate sadness when one sees any long-time employee forced from a company after more than 20 years’ service. One feels right now for Mattia Binotto,…
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Bernie Ecclestone Lucky! documentary: F1 mogul tells his story
The tax case. The daft things he’s said about women. Putin. To the wider world Bernie Ecclestone is what they might call ‘toxic’ these days, like the mad uncle you…
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Johnny Herbert: Is Red Bull beatable? Damn right it is’
What am I looking forward to from Formula 1 in 2023? Restructuring Ferrari will be a big talking point, clearly. I’m very sad Mattia Binotto has gone; I liked him.…
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Ferrari replaces Binotto as stable Mercedes shows how to win in F1
Toto Wolff’s English is sometimes just a little way short of where he’s trying to get to as he speaks, but occasionally that optimistic reach results in a brilliant new…
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Red Bull team-mate troubles brew as Verstappen wins Abu Dhabi GP
The only thing of significance left to settle as the Formula 1 circus descended on Abu Dhabi for the final race was who would be championship runner-up to the dominant…
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Mercedes seizes early 2026 F1 advantage as Russell and Antonelli dominate opening two races
China March 13–15 Like Round 1, the season’s second race was another Mercedes lockout, but the outcome at Shanghai differed from Albert Park: a 2-1 rather than a 1-2. Make…
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MPH: Antonelli vs Russell – is this F1’s next epic title battle?
He’s only 19, but Kimi Antonelli has shown F1 championship-winning pace and may never get a better title shot. The ingredients are there for another historic battle between one experienced team-mate and a thrusting newcomer, says Mark Hughes
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Flawed F1 exposed again at Suzuka, but searing Antonelli would win in any era
Kimi Antonelli looked like he’d have blasted to victory in the 2026 Japanese Grand Prix, no matter what rules F1 was racing under, says Mark Hughes. However, the result was once again overshadowed by the shortcomings of the series’ new regulations
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Katsuta triumphs in Safari Rally as Toyota driver ends 94-start wait with grit and resilience
He wasn’t the fastest driver in Kenya – he failed to win a single stage – but traditionalists will tell you that speed is not the most important thing on…
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Verstappen’s Nürburgring pole and battle overshadowed by tyre rule exclusion in NLS2
March 21, 2026 Nürburgring, Germany A hero’s welcome for Max Verstappen in the Nürburgring pitlane after what appeared to have been victory in NLS2 as the four-time Formula 1 champion…
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Porsche Penske’s Sebring win marred by team orders dispute in Florida endurance double
March 21, 2026 Sebring, Florida, USA Porsche Penske Motorsport trio Felipe Nasr, Julien Andlauer and Laurin Heinrich completed a double in the ‘36 Hours of Florida’ when they added Sebring…
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Ready for the F1 title fight: How Kimi Antonelli revealed he has what it takes
Motor Sport F1 Show with Mark Hughes
Leading the world championship aged 19, Kimi Antonelli has proved he has the pace to win the title — and this could be his best shot. Plus: how GPs could be shortened over safety fears, and why Max Verstappen is serious in threatening to quit
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Stewart and Jenkinson clash over safety as Rindt wins at Clermont-Ferrand
July 5, 1970 Clermont-Ferrand, France Smiles here, but the reigning Formula 1 champion Jackie Stewart and Motor Sport’s continental correspondent Denis Jenkinson were embroiled in a bitter war of words…
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Heikki Kovalainen on F1 pressure, McLaren years and the cost of chasing greatness
There are a small number of racing drivers whose stories only truly reveal themselves, or even make sense, when you stop thinking about lap times and start thinking about geography:…
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