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Formula 1: Good month, bad month — January 2023
Good Month WG CDR Norris Lando Norris negotiated the ensuing shower of debris from the Stroll/Alonso crash in Austin like a deft World War II Spitfire pilot, his front left…
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Thin air of Mexico catches out Mercedes
The effects of the high-altitude location of Mexico’s Hermanos Rodriguez track are many and varied – and not always predictable. That extends even to its impact upon race strategy. The…
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Word on the beat, January 2023
The FIA released a report on the events behind the safety car in Japan, when a rescue vehicle on track with cars still passing amid heavy spray caused serious concern,…
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Red Bull to pay the price of cost cap break
During the US Grand Prix weekend Red Bull’s breach of the 2021 cost cap was confirmed as was a $7m (£6m) fine and a reduction in its aero simulation of…
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F1 Trackside View: January 2023
Race report Max on record pace in USA and Mexico, before Russell strikes at Interlagos Word on the beat FIA releases its not-so-safety car report, while Alpine rages at both…
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George Russell finally gets debut F1 win
The opening of this three-race sequence featured Red Bull reeling from the loss of its inspirational founder Dietrich Mateschitz and having its cost cap breach penalty formalised. But on track…
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Why Haas was wrong to drop Mick Schumacher
Mick Schumacher is now without at 2022 F1 race seat, but James Elson argues his results show the team were wrong to drop him so soon
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Ten reasons why Max Verstappen dominated in 2022
1. DNF in Melbourne capped a frustrating start If there was any talk of one team walking away with the Formula 1 World Championship when the paddock made the long…
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George Russell targets 2023 title after debut F1 win
Can George Russell challenge for the world championship next season if Mercedes provides him with a fully competitive car? Given the form he has shown in 2022 with the difficult…
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Formula 1: Good month, bad month — January 2023
Good Month WG CDR Norris Lando Norris negotiated the ensuing shower of debris from the Stroll/Alonso crash in Austin like a deft World War II Spitfire pilot, his front left…
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Thin air of Mexico catches out Mercedes
The effects of the high-altitude location of Mexico’s Hermanos Rodriguez track are many and varied – and not always predictable. That extends even to its impact upon race strategy. The…
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Word on the beat, January 2023
The FIA released a report on the events behind the safety car in Japan, when a rescue vehicle on track with cars still passing amid heavy spray caused serious concern,…
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Red Bull to pay the price of cost cap break
During the US Grand Prix weekend Red Bull’s breach of the 2021 cost cap was confirmed as was a $7m (£6m) fine and a reduction in its aero simulation of…
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F1 Trackside View: January 2023
Race report Max on record pace in USA and Mexico, before Russell strikes at Interlagos Word on the beat FIA releases its not-so-safety car report, while Alpine rages at both…
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George Russell finally gets debut F1 win
The opening of this three-race sequence featured Red Bull reeling from the loss of its inspirational founder Dietrich Mateschitz and having its cost cap breach penalty formalised. But on track…
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Why Haas was wrong to drop Mick Schumacher
Mick Schumacher is now without at 2022 F1 race seat, but James Elson argues his results show the team were wrong to drop him so soon
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Ten reasons why Max Verstappen dominated in 2022
1. DNF in Melbourne capped a frustrating start If there was any talk of one team walking away with the Formula 1 World Championship when the paddock made the long…
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George Russell targets 2023 title after debut F1 win
Can George Russell challenge for the world championship next season if Mercedes provides him with a fully competitive car? Given the form he has shown in 2022 with the difficult…
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MPH: Why Red Bull’s rivals could push Max Verstappen out of F1 for good
As F1 power unit manufacturers fail to agree on rule changes, so the threat of Max Verstappen quitting the series becomes more real, writes Mark Hughes
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Mark Hughes: Hamilton chose wrong F1 track for simulator gamble
Hamilton decided not to use the simulator to prepare for the Canadian GP, but as Mark Hughes explains, Montreal may be exactly the wrong place to ditch it
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MPH: What Verstappen did at the Nürburgring is everything F1 can’t offer
Verstappen’s stunning Nürburgring 24 Hours assault exposed the gap between what Formula 1 is and what racing can be, Mark Hughes argues
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Nico Rosberg celebrates victory at Suzuka in 2016
October 7, 2016 Suzuka, Japan By Round 17, Nico Rosberg led Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton by 23 points. Here’s Rosberg in practice dramatically demonstrating the concept of lateral load transfer.…
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Derek Daly: why the numbers prove Williams sabotaged my 1982 F1 season for Rosberg
I raced in Formula 1 for five years at a dangerous time when you knew that at least one driver on average would probably be killed or maimed each year.…
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Ferrari’s bid for four straight Le Mans wins faces a tougher field and stricter BoP rules
Ferrari is bidding for a fourth consecutive Le Mans 24 Hours win this year. Or to put it another way, to continue an unbeaten run since it ended its 50-year exile from…
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Russell vs Antonelli resembles one of F1’s most toxic team-mate battles
The emerging Antonelli vs Russell F1 title duel brings to mind 2016 and the Hamilton-Rosberg years. But there’s an older, destructive example that’s a closer match for Mercedes’ current situation
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Johnny Servoz-Gavin: F1’s hippie racer whose career was cruelly ended by a twig
F1 flashback: Johnny Servoz-Gavin
He looked set to become one of Formula 1’s greats until a single twig in a French forest cut his career short. Matt Bishop remembers a playboy and prodigy
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‘Too safe’ call leaves McLaren under pressure in 2026 F1 title battle
An unfortunate tyre gamble and weak reliability in Canada left McLaren facing an uphill battle to defend its titles in 2026
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