Why 2022 Japanese GP became another F1 farce: Mark Hughes
It wasn’t just the spray that clouded the 2022 Japenese Grand Prix: safety errors, points confusion and the rapidly approaching evening brought disarray. Mark Hughes explains why
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One day, Max Verstappen will get to win a world championship in normal, uncontroversial circumstances. 2022 had none of the controversy of 2021, but it completely outdid it in terms…
Margins were wafer-thin in F1 qualifying for the 2022 Japanese Grand Prix, as Max Verstappen secured pole by 0.01sec over Charles Leclerc — and narrowly avoided a crash with Lando Norris
Since Max Verstappen’s F1 career came into full flower last year and Lewis Hamilton’s run of titles came to an end, the perception has inevitably been that we are seeing…
Max Verstappen stands on the brink of a second F1 world championship but as the Suzuka skies threaten another wet race, how will he — and the rest of the grid — deal with it?
Why did it take so long to investigate Sergio Perez in Singapore? What happened to the F1 cost cap report? The FIA has rightly come under fire this week, writes Chris Medland but it hasn’t got everything wrong
His final action would be typical of the man. He didn’t like fuss. Inured by an upbringing devoid of shows of emotion – taskmaster father Clive had won a VC…
Wet races offer drivers and teams the chance to make their own fortune — but not always for the better. We delve into the Singapore GP data to see what lessons F1 rivals can learn from McLaren and Aston Martin’s success
The first Japanese GP since 2019 brings Formula 1 back to Suzuka — a circuit that’s far and away the most popular among drivers. Max Verstappen, Charles Leclerc, Sergio Perez and Carlos Sainz explain what makes it so special
It wasn’t just the spray that clouded the 2022 Japenese Grand Prix: safety errors, points confusion and the rapidly approaching evening brought disarray. Mark Hughes explains why
One day, Max Verstappen will get to win a world championship in normal, uncontroversial circumstances. 2022 had none of the controversy of 2021, but it completely outdid it in terms…
Margins were wafer-thin in F1 qualifying for the 2022 Japanese Grand Prix, as Max Verstappen secured pole by 0.01sec over Charles Leclerc — and narrowly avoided a crash with Lando Norris
Since Max Verstappen’s F1 career came into full flower last year and Lewis Hamilton’s run of titles came to an end, the perception has inevitably been that we are seeing…
Max Verstappen stands on the brink of a second F1 world championship but as the Suzuka skies threaten another wet race, how will he — and the rest of the grid — deal with it?
Why did it take so long to investigate Sergio Perez in Singapore? What happened to the F1 cost cap report? The FIA has rightly come under fire this week, writes Chris Medland but it hasn’t got everything wrong
His final action would be typical of the man. He didn’t like fuss. Inured by an upbringing devoid of shows of emotion – taskmaster father Clive had won a VC…
Wet races offer drivers and teams the chance to make their own fortune — but not always for the better. We delve into the Singapore GP data to see what lessons F1 rivals can learn from McLaren and Aston Martin’s success
The first Japanese GP since 2019 brings Formula 1 back to Suzuka — a circuit that’s far and away the most popular among drivers. Max Verstappen, Charles Leclerc, Sergio Perez and Carlos Sainz explain what makes it so special
Mercedes’ F1 rivals are united in protesting its new power unit, as the series aims to stamp out “smart rule interpretation”. But it won’t be easy to resolve, explains Mark Hughes
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