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Avon no longer calling — end of the road for historic tyres
There is a quiet but major upheaval coming in the tyre supply for historic racing as all production at the Avon factory in Melksham will finish in December. For four…
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Farewell to the F1 blobfish – Up and down in Oz
F1’s ‘Worst liveries in history archive’ now has another entry and Ted Kravitz let loose in Australia
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Groundhog Day: London Grand Prix returns
Heard the one about a London Grand Prix? Yes, sitting somewhere between death and taxes, the Formula 1 story that always seems to be with us is back on the…
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Hamilton rivalry cools as Verstappen focuses on F1 title – Australian GP analysis
A trio of champions assembled on the podium after the 2023 Australian Grand Prix — but only one looks to be in contention for this year’s title. Mark Hughes reports from Melbourne
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Mercedes could have won, says Russell, as Verstappen takes chaotic Australian GP victory
Verstappen claimed his second win of 2023 in Melbourne, managing to steer clear of carnage which engulfed most of the field
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3 red flags and ‘cancelled lap’ chaos as Verstappen wins ‘messy’ Australian GP
Max Verstappen kept the field at arm’s length as carnage unfolded at the 2023 Australian GP, with Lewis Hamilton second and Fernando Alonso third
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Will ‘cold-hearted’ McLaren shake-up deliver the F1 car Lando craves?
Lando Norris has been languishing in an underperforming McLaren while his peers have gone on to win grands prix. He’s now pinning his hopes on a team reshuffle. Adam Cooper has the details
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Verstappen keeps Mercedes at bay in exciting 2023 Australian GP qualifying
Max Verstappen secured pole position in a closely-contested qualifying session with the Mercedes of George Russell and Lewis Hamilton second and third
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F1’s best hometown debuts: Piastri scores on Australian GP debut
Oscar Piastri will arrive in Melbourne for the first time as an F1 driver at the 2023 Australian Grand Prix. But can he follow in the footsteps of drivers who have pulled off miracle performances on home soil?
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Avon no longer calling — end of the road for historic tyres
There is a quiet but major upheaval coming in the tyre supply for historic racing as all production at the Avon factory in Melksham will finish in December. For four…
Opinion
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Farewell to the F1 blobfish – Up and down in Oz
F1’s ‘Worst liveries in history archive’ now has another entry and Ted Kravitz let loose in Australia
Archive
Groundhog Day: London Grand Prix returns
Heard the one about a London Grand Prix? Yes, sitting somewhere between death and taxes, the Formula 1 story that always seems to be with us is back on the…
Mark Hughes
Hamilton rivalry cools as Verstappen focuses on F1 title – Australian GP analysis
A trio of champions assembled on the podium after the 2023 Australian Grand Prix — but only one looks to be in contention for this year’s title. Mark Hughes reports from Melbourne
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Mercedes could have won, says Russell, as Verstappen takes chaotic Australian GP victory
Verstappen claimed his second win of 2023 in Melbourne, managing to steer clear of carnage which engulfed most of the field
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3 red flags and ‘cancelled lap’ chaos as Verstappen wins ‘messy’ Australian GP
Max Verstappen kept the field at arm’s length as carnage unfolded at the 2023 Australian GP, with Lewis Hamilton second and Fernando Alonso third
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Will ‘cold-hearted’ McLaren shake-up deliver the F1 car Lando craves?
Lando Norris has been languishing in an underperforming McLaren while his peers have gone on to win grands prix. He’s now pinning his hopes on a team reshuffle. Adam Cooper has the details
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Verstappen keeps Mercedes at bay in exciting 2023 Australian GP qualifying
Max Verstappen secured pole position in a closely-contested qualifying session with the Mercedes of George Russell and Lewis Hamilton second and third
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F1’s best hometown debuts: Piastri scores on Australian GP debut
Oscar Piastri will arrive in Melbourne for the first time as an F1 driver at the 2023 Australian Grand Prix. But can he follow in the footsteps of drivers who have pulled off miracle performances on home soil?
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MPH: Diamond in the rough – is this why Red Bull was fastest by far?
Sepang’s abrasive tarmac did more than shred Formula 1 tyres – it scrambled team simulations and may well have handed Red Bull an unassailable advantage in the Bahrain Grand Prix, that reshaped the competitive order, as Mark Hughes explains
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The disastrous tease that half the F1 grid fell for at Bahrain GP in Malaysia
Back in Malaysia for the first time in nine years, plenty of Formula 1 teams were caught out by the unique characteristics of the Sepang circuit where one decision had a devastating effect on their whole Bahrain GP weekend
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Mark Hughes: Tyre-wrecking Sepang threatens an F1 upset
Mark Hughes dissects how Sepang’s brutally abrasive surface and restricted tyre allocation are turning this weekend into a strategic gauntlet where the right compound choice could matter more than raw pace
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Max Verstappen: ‘Why I’m staying to rebuild Red Bull rather than quitting’
The first few months of this season were nervous ones for the bosses of Red Bull’s Formula 1 team. Victories were not on the agenda. The car Red Bull had…
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The wreck of Red Bull… and how the F1 team is fixing it
Who knows what riches Max Verstappen was offered to lure him away from Red Bull Racing? A blank cheque, the keys to any kingdom he might desire and all the…
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VR46 Academy’s latest title hope: how Marco Bezzecchi found his MotoGP edge
Valentino Rossi’s VR46 Riders Academy – established a decade ago by the seven-times MotoGP king to create a new generation of Italian talent – has so far produced one MotoGP…
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Jules Bianchi and the glorious future that Formula 1 never saw
Twelve years after the rain-soaked 2014 Japanese Grand Prix, the memory of Jules Bianchi – and the extraordinary future he might have enjoyed – remains painfully vivid for Matt Bishop
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The three things Sepang reminded us Formula 1 has lost
A software bug, a long wait for the rain to clear and a track that produced better racing than the streets: Sepang reminded Formula 1 of some of the things it has lost
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F1’s ten most controversial team orders
Formula 1 returns to Sepang, 13 years after Red Bull’s Multi 21 controversy joined some of the most notorious team orders in grand prix racing
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