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MPH: Alonso’s F1 success and US funding rumours – why did Alpine boss attack team?
Laurent Rossi has not hidden his disappointment in Alpine’s start to the 2023 season – Mark Hughes has a possible reason why
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F1 team bosses back glitzy pre-race driver announcements – to a point
From rainy days in camp chairs to non-stop Miami entertainment, F1’s fan experience is evolving – current team principals are all for it
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‘Dismay at Red Bull’s F1 domination? Blame teams who’ve failed horribly’
As Red Bull looks to be walking away with the Formula 1 title this year, Damien Smith says it’s not the rules that are to blame, but underperforming rivals who have failed to mount a challenge — and that’s what really makes racing compelling
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Choppy start to Alpine’s F1 season that’s behind Laurent Rossi’s outburst
Alpine CEO Laurent Rossi publicly denounced the F1 team after an error-strewn start to the season that has also seen it slide down the pecking order. Can there be any way back for team principal Otmar Szafnauer? asks Chris Medland
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Alonso silences F1 sceptics: who dares to question his motivation now?
Life is sweet for Fernando Alonso, sitting third in the F1 World Championship and silencing his most recent doubter — the boss of a crisis-hit Alpine team. Question his motivation and he’ll be hell-bent on proving how wrong they were over and over again, writes Mark Hughes
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Ferrari on a knife edge: the ‘unknown’ issues plaguing its 2023 F1 car
From a front-row lockout in 2022, to a 57-second defeat in 2023, the Miami Grand Prix was a sobering experience for Charles Leclerc and Ferrari. But the team doesn’t fully understand what is going wrong
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What made Watkins Glen so good: F1’s greatest American track
The US has delivered a mixed bag of race circuits to the F1 World Championship, but one track stands above all the rest: Watkins Glen
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Why are F1 cars so big and heavy? The plan to shrink single-seaters
Current Formula 1 cars are the biggest ever – but things could soon be changing, according to the championship’s chief technical officer Pat Symonds
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God save Jackie Stewart – Up and down in Miami
The 2023 Festival of Greed – sorry, Miami GP – lived up to all the off-track hyperbole by delivering a race of little substance. Job done!
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MPH: Alonso’s F1 success and US funding rumours – why did Alpine boss attack team?
Laurent Rossi has not hidden his disappointment in Alpine’s start to the 2023 season – Mark Hughes has a possible reason why
F1
F1 team bosses back glitzy pre-race driver announcements – to a point
From rainy days in camp chairs to non-stop Miami entertainment, F1’s fan experience is evolving – current team principals are all for it
F1
‘Dismay at Red Bull’s F1 domination? Blame teams who’ve failed horribly’
As Red Bull looks to be walking away with the Formula 1 title this year, Damien Smith says it’s not the rules that are to blame, but underperforming rivals who have failed to mount a challenge — and that’s what really makes racing compelling
F1
Choppy start to Alpine’s F1 season that’s behind Laurent Rossi’s outburst
Alpine CEO Laurent Rossi publicly denounced the F1 team after an error-strewn start to the season that has also seen it slide down the pecking order. Can there be any way back for team principal Otmar Szafnauer? asks Chris Medland
F1
Alonso silences F1 sceptics: who dares to question his motivation now?
Life is sweet for Fernando Alonso, sitting third in the F1 World Championship and silencing his most recent doubter — the boss of a crisis-hit Alpine team. Question his motivation and he’ll be hell-bent on proving how wrong they were over and over again, writes Mark Hughes
F1
Ferrari on a knife edge: the ‘unknown’ issues plaguing its 2023 F1 car
From a front-row lockout in 2022, to a 57-second defeat in 2023, the Miami Grand Prix was a sobering experience for Charles Leclerc and Ferrari. But the team doesn’t fully understand what is going wrong
F1
What made Watkins Glen so good: F1’s greatest American track
The US has delivered a mixed bag of race circuits to the F1 World Championship, but one track stands above all the rest: Watkins Glen
F1
Why are F1 cars so big and heavy? The plan to shrink single-seaters
Current Formula 1 cars are the biggest ever – but things could soon be changing, according to the championship’s chief technical officer Pat Symonds
Opinion
F1
God save Jackie Stewart – Up and down in Miami
The 2023 Festival of Greed – sorry, Miami GP – lived up to all the off-track hyperbole by delivering a race of little substance. Job done!
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Mark Hughes: Super-smooth Madrid circuit is an F1 minefield
With a brand new surface and a tyre-punishing banked Turn 12, Madrid’s inaugural Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix weekend could reshuffle the Mercedes-McLaren-Ferrari pecking order once again, writes Mark Hughes
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MPH: Did Piastri really sabotage Norris’s lap? The paranoia of F1’s towing game
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
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Mark Hughes: The new Jim Clark? Antonelli’s Monza win was one of the greatest F1 has seen
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
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McLaren’s short gearing explains its Zandvoort advantage over Mercedes
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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Karun Chandhok: McLaren’s pace puts Norris back in the F1 title fight
The Dutch Grand Prix was an exciting way to kick off the second half of the season after the summer break. Following on from Lando Norris’s dominant victory in Budapest…
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Kimi Antonelli’s mid-season charge reshapes Formula 1’s 2026 title fight
Monaco Lewis Hamilton Many had written off Lewis Hamilton in F1 – too long in the tooth at 41, a poor fit with Ferrari, the rise of rivals, and so…
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Madring’s La Monumental: the banked corner that’s unlike anything else in F1
Madring’s banked showpiece was built to be photographed and talked about, but how big is the challenge around it?
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Podcast: Antonelli’s Monza F1 win shouldn’t have been possible
Motor Sport F1 Show with Mark Hughes
From Antonelli’s “impossible” Monza victory to the paranoia gripping Ferrari and McLaren’s driver pairings, this week’s biggest Formula 1 questions answered
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Can Madring avoid the F1 pitfalls Verstappen is predicting?
As Formula 1 arrives at Madring for the first time, Max Verstappen has highlighted two key worries. Will they come true?
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