Archive
Martin Donnelly on Damon Hill: My Greatest Rival
This has to be my friend Damon ‘The Champ’ Hill and goes back to the days of the ‘Rat Pack’ in British Formula 3 in the 1980s. Our rivalry came…
F1
Clive Rose/Getty Images
Latest F1 news and analysis
Archive
Ferrari F1 bosses rarely last long in the job
There’s always a tinge of compassionate sadness when one sees any long-time employee forced from a company after more than 20 years’ service. One feels right now for Mattia Binotto,…
Archive
Bernie Ecclestone Lucky! documentary: F1 mogul tells his story
The tax case. The daft things he’s said about women. Putin. To the wider world Bernie Ecclestone is what they might call ‘toxic’ these days, like the mad uncle you…
Archive
Johnny Herbert: Is Red Bull beatable? Damn right it is’
What am I looking forward to from Formula 1 in 2023? Restructuring Ferrari will be a big talking point, clearly. I’m very sad Mattia Binotto has gone; I liked him.…
Archive
Ferrari replaces Binotto as stable Mercedes shows how to win in F1
Toto Wolff’s English is sometimes just a little way short of where he’s trying to get to as he speaks, but occasionally that optimistic reach results in a brilliant new…
Archive
Red Bull team-mate troubles brew as Verstappen wins Abu Dhabi GP
The only thing of significance left to settle as the Formula 1 circus descended on Abu Dhabi for the final race was who would be championship runner-up to the dominant…
Archive
Details Matter. February 2023
IN THE SPIRIT OF BOD AND JENKS Editorial +44 (0) 20 7349 8484 [email protected] 18-20 Rosemont Road, London NW3 6NE, UK Editor Joe Dunn Editor-at-Large Gordon Cruickshank Grand Prix Editor Mark…
Archive
F1 Trackside View: February 2023
Race report While the drivers’ title was already bagged, the runner-up spot was still up for grabs in Abu Dhabi – the last date on the F1 calendar Season review…
Archive
Why Red Bull and Verstappen were so dominant in 2022
Even if only the 2022 victories of Max Verstappen counted, he’d still be comfortably in the top 20 of all-time career race wins in the sport’s history. That’s how statistically…
Archive
Martin Donnelly on Damon Hill: My Greatest Rival
This has to be my friend Damon ‘The Champ’ Hill and goes back to the days of the ‘Rat Pack’ in British Formula 3 in the 1980s. Our rivalry came…
Archive
Ferrari F1 bosses rarely last long in the job
There’s always a tinge of compassionate sadness when one sees any long-time employee forced from a company after more than 20 years’ service. One feels right now for Mattia Binotto,…
Archive
Bernie Ecclestone Lucky! documentary: F1 mogul tells his story
The tax case. The daft things he’s said about women. Putin. To the wider world Bernie Ecclestone is what they might call ‘toxic’ these days, like the mad uncle you…
Archive
Johnny Herbert: Is Red Bull beatable? Damn right it is’
What am I looking forward to from Formula 1 in 2023? Restructuring Ferrari will be a big talking point, clearly. I’m very sad Mattia Binotto has gone; I liked him.…
Archive
Ferrari replaces Binotto as stable Mercedes shows how to win in F1
Toto Wolff’s English is sometimes just a little way short of where he’s trying to get to as he speaks, but occasionally that optimistic reach results in a brilliant new…
Archive
Red Bull team-mate troubles brew as Verstappen wins Abu Dhabi GP
The only thing of significance left to settle as the Formula 1 circus descended on Abu Dhabi for the final race was who would be championship runner-up to the dominant…
Archive
Details Matter. February 2023
IN THE SPIRIT OF BOD AND JENKS Editorial +44 (0) 20 7349 8484 [email protected] 18-20 Rosemont Road, London NW3 6NE, UK Editor Joe Dunn Editor-at-Large Gordon Cruickshank Grand Prix Editor Mark…
Archive
F1 Trackside View: February 2023
Race report While the drivers’ title was already bagged, the runner-up spot was still up for grabs in Abu Dhabi – the last date on the F1 calendar Season review…
Archive
Why Red Bull and Verstappen were so dominant in 2022
Even if only the 2022 victories of Max Verstappen counted, he’d still be comfortably in the top 20 of all-time career race wins in the sport’s history. That’s how statistically…
Standings – 2026 F1 World Championship
Mark Hughes
View all
F1
MPH: Norris had no sympathy for Russell’s F1 car complaints. Here’s why
Lando Norris responded bluntly to George Russell’s complaints of struggling to adapt to this year’s Mercedes F1 car. It exposed more than just their different driving styles, says Mark Hughes; it shows where their heads are at
F1
MPH: Decoded – why Russell and Piastri can’t keep up with their F1 team-mates
Hungary revealed how wind and worn tarmac are rewriting the rules of 2026 F1 performance, and why some of the grid’s best drivers are struggling to keep up. Mark Hughes explains
Subscriber
Archive
Formula 1 2026 half-term report. Every driver rated – who deserves an A+?
Kimi Antonelli Astonishing progression from his patchy and underprepared rookie season. Yes, he’s in the best car but he’s doing things with it that stand comparison with the finest. In…
Race Reports & Analysis
View all
Subscriber
Archive
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…
Subscriber
Archive
Madring’s La Monumental gives Madrid’s new F1 circuit a distinctive challenge
There was a time when circuit corner names were utilitarian labels, nothing more. Even for the greatest curves, inspiration was drawn from local landmarks or topography: think of Eau Rouge…
Subscriber
Archive
‘Kimi Antonelli was 11 when I saw him race. He amazed me’: when Mercedes’ talent scout discovered the F1 sensation
To call Gwen Lagrue a ’scout’ is reductive. Identifying talent is just part of the equation; he supplements that by developing it, playing a central role in nurturing a plethora…
F1
View all
F1
F1 isn’t all bad in 2026: what GP racing has gained and lost with its new rules
Six months into Formula 1’s biggest regulation reset in a generation, the new rules have delivered genuine wins and real problems in almost equal measure
F1
A frightened James Hunt’s brilliant win: the F1 victory that’s easy to forget
Niki Lauda’s blazing Ferrari cast a pall over the 1976 German Grand Prix, so it’s easy to overlook what happened in the F1 race. Matt Bishop recognises James Hunt’s masterful and brave victory at the Nürburgring
F1
The Beatle who predicted F1’s TV boom decades early
Long before Drive to Survive, an ex-Beatle and lifelong racing obsessive told Barry Sheene how F1 would find its biggest audience
The Motor Sport archive
Every word and picture published by us since 1924
×