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MPH: Fernando Alonso still has the magic – he’s not done with F1 yet
At 44 and showing no signs of slowing down, Fernando Alonso remains one of F1’s most extraordinary forces, writes Mark Hughes
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2026 Miami GP start time: how to watch, live stream and F1 schedule
Watch F1 via live stream or on TV: dates and start time for the 2026 Miami Grand Prix
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The other F1 title- changing error: why James Hunt shouldn’t have been champion
F1 flashback: 1976 Spanish Grand Prix
Victory at Jarama set James Hunt on course for the world championship in one of F1’s greatest seasons, but only after a controversial decision that no longer sits right with Matt Bishop
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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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Olivier Panis: how Monaco’s unlikeliest winner went from 14th to F1 glory
Matt Bishop meets: Olivier Panis Olivier Panis has always struck me as a man of charming contradictions. Whenever I have met him, which has been often over the past 30-odd years, particularly…
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DSJ at Zolder: the near-miss that history would brutally repeat three years later
The Zolder circuit, host of the Belgian Grand Prix most years from 1973 to ’84, has always had a bad rap, primarily for two reasons: one, it has the temerity…
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Doug Nye: how F1’s early wing experiments pushed safety to the limit
Back in the 1970s, Formula 1 regulations occupied barely three pages of the FIA Yellow Book, despite appearing in both French and English. Before that, in the 1950s, effectively two…
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Antonelli makes F1 history at Suzuka as youngest-ever championship leader at 19
Japan March 27-29 Kimi Antonelli’s breakthrough grand prix victory in China came too late for him to break Max Verstappen’s record as Formula 1’s youngest ever winner. But his second…
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F1’s 2026 power unit rethink exposes growing divide between old and new fans
As this was written, a series of meetings between teams, Formula 1 management and the FIA was underway to decide on what changes could be made to the new-for-2026 power…
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MPH: Fernando Alonso still has the magic – he’s not done with F1 yet
At 44 and showing no signs of slowing down, Fernando Alonso remains one of F1’s most extraordinary forces, writes Mark Hughes
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2026 Miami GP start time: how to watch, live stream and F1 schedule
Watch F1 via live stream or on TV: dates and start time for the 2026 Miami Grand Prix
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The other F1 title- changing error: why James Hunt shouldn’t have been champion
F1 flashback: 1976 Spanish Grand Prix
Victory at Jarama set James Hunt on course for the world championship in one of F1’s greatest seasons, but only after a controversial decision that no longer sits right with Matt Bishop
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Archive
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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Olivier Panis: how Monaco’s unlikeliest winner went from 14th to F1 glory
Matt Bishop meets: Olivier Panis Olivier Panis has always struck me as a man of charming contradictions. Whenever I have met him, which has been often over the past 30-odd years, particularly…
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Archive
DSJ at Zolder: the near-miss that history would brutally repeat three years later
The Zolder circuit, host of the Belgian Grand Prix most years from 1973 to ’84, has always had a bad rap, primarily for two reasons: one, it has the temerity…
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Archive
Doug Nye: how F1’s early wing experiments pushed safety to the limit
Back in the 1970s, Formula 1 regulations occupied barely three pages of the FIA Yellow Book, despite appearing in both French and English. Before that, in the 1950s, effectively two…
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Antonelli makes F1 history at Suzuka as youngest-ever championship leader at 19
Japan March 27-29 Kimi Antonelli’s breakthrough grand prix victory in China came too late for him to break Max Verstappen’s record as Formula 1’s youngest ever winner. But his second…
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F1’s 2026 power unit rethink exposes growing divide between old and new fans
As this was written, a series of meetings between teams, Formula 1 management and the FIA was underway to decide on what changes could be made to the new-for-2026 power…
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MPH: Lando Norris’s F1 magic deserves more appreciation
Lando Norris’s soaring confidence and an improved McLaren mean we’re witnessing a Formula 1 driver at his outer limits, Mark Hughes argues
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Mark Hughes: Too fast to win. How Norris lost Spanish GP to slow-driving Antonelli
Fast enough to build an unassailable lead, Lando Norris was too quick to catch the VSC pit window. And so his flawless F1 Madring weekend ended cruelly, as even the winner acknowledged, Mark Hughes says
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Mark Hughes: Super-smooth Madrid circuit is an F1 minefield
With a brand new surface and a tyre-punishing banked Turn 12, Madrid’s inaugural Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix weekend could reshuffle the Mercedes-McLaren-Ferrari pecking order once again, writes Mark Hughes
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McLaren’s short gearing explains its Zandvoort advantage over Mercedes
Two consecutive victories from pole for McLaren’s Lando Norris to bring him within 83 points of Kimi Antonelli’s championship lead with half the season still to go had Mercedes’ Toto…
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Karun Chandhok: McLaren’s pace puts Norris back in the F1 title fight
The Dutch Grand Prix was an exciting way to kick off the second half of the season after the summer break. Following on from Lando Norris’s dominant victory in Budapest…
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Kimi Antonelli’s mid-season charge reshapes Formula 1’s 2026 title fight
Monaco Lewis Hamilton Many had written off Lewis Hamilton in F1 – too long in the tooth at 41, a poor fit with Ferrari, the rise of rivals, and so…
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The secret wind tunnel test that found flaw in McLaren’s radical F1 car
A secret Teddington wind tunnel shared with torpedo tests and a particle accelerator gave McLaren its first taste of porpoising four decades before the sport rediscovered it
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Is Formula 1’s VSC problem actually fixable?
There’s no version of the VSC rule that’s fair to everyone, and the Spanish GP just proved it again
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How sprint races will work in 2027
The 2027 Formula 1 season will include ten sprint races, including a Monaco round: here’s what it means for next year
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