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F1 2026 – a first look
Narrower tyres Those big fat slicks of old seem a long time ago now… The wheels remain at 18in, but the width of the front tyres has been reduced by…
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Audi’s Formula 1 dawn: 2026 concept car revealed
In a nondescript German factory corridor, bright shafts of light break through the gaps in a shutter. Suddenly the corrugated metal door starts to rise as the dazzling white beams…
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Norris vs Piastri vs Verstappen: 2025 F1 showdown
Soon we’ll know the outcome of what has turned out to be a fascinating three-way title fight. Someone has to win it. And by the final race the fascination will…
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Karun Chandhok: ‘I was too quick to write off Lando. Now he looks like an F1 champion’
The Formula 1 circus has climbed aboard BA 1246 from São Paulo heading back to London Heathrow. Everyone around me is looking forward to the last weekend off before the…
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Mark Hughes: Ferrari tells its F1 drivers to ‘shut up and drive’. It’s tragically repetitive
The honeymoon period between Ferrari executive chairman John Elkann and Lewis Hamilton seems to be over, given the former’s stinging summary of the team’s turgid performances after the São Paulo…
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Mick Schumacher joins IndyCar: Best F1 to Indy switches
Mick Schumacher has followed the American Dream by heading to IndyCar: Can he match other F1 aces that have succeeded Stateside?
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Horner & Newey reunited in Aston ‘dream team’? Up/Down in Vegas
Could it be ‘Meet the new boss, same as the old boss’ for Max Verstappen at Aston Martin?
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Hamilton’s confession should worry Ferrari – Las Vegas GP takeaways
McLaren’s Las Vegas blunder reshaped the title fight as Verstappen kept his F1 hopes alive and Hamilton admitted he is not looking forward to 2026 after another poor weekend
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Cadillac braced for a Herta headache – What you missed at Las Vegas GP
From the diplomatic response to Ferrari chairman’s pointed remarks, to Cadillac’s looming dilemma, renewed manhole cover concerns and a surprise change in F1’s medical leadership, Las Vegas delivered plenty of storylines away from the timing screens
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F1 2026 – a first look
Narrower tyres Those big fat slicks of old seem a long time ago now… The wheels remain at 18in, but the width of the front tyres has been reduced by…
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Audi’s Formula 1 dawn: 2026 concept car revealed
In a nondescript German factory corridor, bright shafts of light break through the gaps in a shutter. Suddenly the corrugated metal door starts to rise as the dazzling white beams…
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Norris vs Piastri vs Verstappen: 2025 F1 showdown
Soon we’ll know the outcome of what has turned out to be a fascinating three-way title fight. Someone has to win it. And by the final race the fascination will…
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Karun Chandhok: ‘I was too quick to write off Lando. Now he looks like an F1 champion’
The Formula 1 circus has climbed aboard BA 1246 from São Paulo heading back to London Heathrow. Everyone around me is looking forward to the last weekend off before the…
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Mark Hughes: Ferrari tells its F1 drivers to ‘shut up and drive’. It’s tragically repetitive
The honeymoon period between Ferrari executive chairman John Elkann and Lewis Hamilton seems to be over, given the former’s stinging summary of the team’s turgid performances after the São Paulo…
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Mick Schumacher joins IndyCar: Best F1 to Indy switches
Mick Schumacher has followed the American Dream by heading to IndyCar: Can he match other F1 aces that have succeeded Stateside?
Opinion
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Horner & Newey reunited in Aston ‘dream team’? Up/Down in Vegas
Could it be ‘Meet the new boss, same as the old boss’ for Max Verstappen at Aston Martin?
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Hamilton’s confession should worry Ferrari – Las Vegas GP takeaways
McLaren’s Las Vegas blunder reshaped the title fight as Verstappen kept his F1 hopes alive and Hamilton admitted he is not looking forward to 2026 after another poor weekend
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Cadillac braced for a Herta headache – What you missed at Las Vegas GP
From the diplomatic response to Ferrari chairman’s pointed remarks, to Cadillac’s looming dilemma, renewed manhole cover concerns and a surprise change in F1’s medical leadership, Las Vegas delivered plenty of storylines away from the timing screens
Standings – 2026 F1 World Championship
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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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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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Why F1’s 2026 rules are forcing drivers away from the limit in qualifying
The 2026 Formula 1 rule changes are arguably the biggest in the history of grand prix racing, and certainly the most divisive. They undermine the fundamental tenets of the racing…
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