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Denny Hulme: Heartbroken champion
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…
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Winning in the rain: Lessons from McLaren and Aston as F1 heads to a wet Suzuka
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
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Return to F1’s playground: why drivers rate Suzuka as their favourite track
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
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How to watch the 2022 Japanese GP: start time, TV schedule and live streams
Watch the 2022 Japanese Grand Prix live on TV or stream it: all the timings for this weekend’s practice, qualifying and race sessions from Suzuka
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The bluff that backfired: how McLaren let Gilles Villeneuve get away
Gilles Villeneuve made his Formula 1 debut for McLaren at Silverstone. But the next time he lined up on a grand prix grid, the Canadian was driving for Ferrari. Team manager Alistair Caldwell recalls how McLaren lost out on one of racing’s great talents
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The greatest drive of his career: Perez’s Singapore GP masterclass analysed
Whilst others laboured, locked up and crashed, Sergio Perez kept his cool out front – Tony Dodgins looks back on a consummate performance
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Will cost cap survive shockwave if F1 champions breached spending limits?
Did Red Bull breach F1’s new cost cap in 2021? The verdict will be delivered this week and the team bosses believe that the findings — plus the penalties applied for any breaches — could make or break the new system
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F1’s total FIAsco: Up and down at 2022 Singapore GP
Fascinating in its banality (sometimes) the 2022 Singapore GP was a war of attrition and challenge in paying attention
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‘Phenomenal’ Perez skips out of Verstappen’s shadow: Singapore GP analysis
Sergio Perez has been having a tough time of it of late. After his great early-season, his pace deficit to team-mate Max Verstappen had ballooned alarmingly as the car’s development…
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Denny Hulme: Heartbroken champion
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…
F1
Winning in the rain: Lessons from McLaren and Aston as F1 heads to a wet Suzuka
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
F1
Return to F1’s playground: why drivers rate Suzuka as their favourite track
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
F1
How to watch the 2022 Japanese GP: start time, TV schedule and live streams
Watch the 2022 Japanese Grand Prix live on TV or stream it: all the timings for this weekend’s practice, qualifying and race sessions from Suzuka
F1
The bluff that backfired: how McLaren let Gilles Villeneuve get away
Gilles Villeneuve made his Formula 1 debut for McLaren at Silverstone. But the next time he lined up on a grand prix grid, the Canadian was driving for Ferrari. Team manager Alistair Caldwell recalls how McLaren lost out on one of racing’s great talents
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The greatest drive of his career: Perez’s Singapore GP masterclass analysed
Whilst others laboured, locked up and crashed, Sergio Perez kept his cool out front – Tony Dodgins looks back on a consummate performance
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Will cost cap survive shockwave if F1 champions breached spending limits?
Did Red Bull breach F1’s new cost cap in 2021? The verdict will be delivered this week and the team bosses believe that the findings — plus the penalties applied for any breaches — could make or break the new system
F1
F1’s total FIAsco: Up and down at 2022 Singapore GP
Fascinating in its banality (sometimes) the 2022 Singapore GP was a war of attrition and challenge in paying attention
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‘Phenomenal’ Perez skips out of Verstappen’s shadow: Singapore GP analysis
Sergio Perez has been having a tough time of it of late. After his great early-season, his pace deficit to team-mate Max Verstappen had ballooned alarmingly as the car’s development…
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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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Lock in fans, then make everything worse: F1 risks falling into Big Tech trap
There is a word for what happens when platforms stop serving the people who made them great. Should Formula 1 learn it?
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Ready for the F1 title fight: How Kimi Antonelli revealed he has what it takes
Motor Sport F1 Show with Mark Hughes
Leading the world championship aged 19, Kimi Antonelli has proved he has the pace to win the title — and this could be his best shot. Plus: how GPs could be shortened over safety fears, and why Max Verstappen is serious in threatening to quit
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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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