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Has car-breaking COTA been tamed? 2022 US GP – what to watch for
Verstappen secured the F1 title in Japan, but there’s still much to play for at this weekend’s US GP
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The US Grand Prix used to be a tough sell, now COTA can’t make grandstands fast enough: Medland
The Circuit of the Americas hosted its first United States GP in 2012 and, after keeping the faith for a rocky few years, it has become a huge success story that F1 can learn from, writes Chris Medland
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‘Vegas has its lights, but COTA is F1’s sporting soul in the US’
Austin’s Circuit of the Americas was F1’s US ‘crown jewel’. But where does the exhilarating track and its sellout crowd stand now that Miami and Las Vegas have joined the calendar? asks Damien Smith
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Jacques Villeneuve’s F1 return: ‘I left the pits and my brain went back 17 years’
Driving a Formula 1 car is just like riding a bike — you never forget. At least that’s Jacques Villeneuve’s view after he blasted out of the pits in a 2021 Alpine and found his brain was instantly back in the groove… even if his body wasn’t
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Max Verstappen’s F1 records: the ones he’s broken in 2022 and what he can still break
Max Verstappen has broken a number of F1 records this year – but there are still more for the taking
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Mario Andretti’s McLaren F1 drive: ‘No-one will ever understand how much I love driving a racing car’
F1 champions have the same dreams as us… but a better chance of achieving them. Mario Andretti tells Motor Sport he’s in “seventh heaven” after driving a modern McLaren at Laguna Seca this weekend, but he’s still searching of the perfect lap
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How an astrophysicist helped Alonso win his first F1 title
Former astrophysicist Robin Tuluie recalls how inspiration he took from a model of the John Hancock Tower helped secure Alonso’s first title
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MPH: Haas’s Schumacher v Hülkenberg choice – but decision is said to be made
Haas has a choice of youth vs experience in its 2023 driver decision – has Mick Schumacher done enough to keep his seat ahead of Nico Hülkenberg?
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James Hunt’s friends remember a Jekyll & Hyde F1 driver
This month’s issue looks at James Hunt’s 1977, a season which featured perhaps his finest driving but also encapsulated his unique personality
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Has car-breaking COTA been tamed? 2022 US GP – what to watch for
Verstappen secured the F1 title in Japan, but there’s still much to play for at this weekend’s US GP
F1
The US Grand Prix used to be a tough sell, now COTA can’t make grandstands fast enough: Medland
The Circuit of the Americas hosted its first United States GP in 2012 and, after keeping the faith for a rocky few years, it has become a huge success story that F1 can learn from, writes Chris Medland
F1
‘Vegas has its lights, but COTA is F1’s sporting soul in the US’
Austin’s Circuit of the Americas was F1’s US ‘crown jewel’. But where does the exhilarating track and its sellout crowd stand now that Miami and Las Vegas have joined the calendar? asks Damien Smith
F1
Jacques Villeneuve’s F1 return: ‘I left the pits and my brain went back 17 years’
Driving a Formula 1 car is just like riding a bike — you never forget. At least that’s Jacques Villeneuve’s view after he blasted out of the pits in a 2021 Alpine and found his brain was instantly back in the groove… even if his body wasn’t
F1
Max Verstappen’s F1 records: the ones he’s broken in 2022 and what he can still break
Max Verstappen has broken a number of F1 records this year – but there are still more for the taking
F1
Mario Andretti’s McLaren F1 drive: ‘No-one will ever understand how much I love driving a racing car’
F1 champions have the same dreams as us… but a better chance of achieving them. Mario Andretti tells Motor Sport he’s in “seventh heaven” after driving a modern McLaren at Laguna Seca this weekend, but he’s still searching of the perfect lap
F1
How an astrophysicist helped Alonso win his first F1 title
Former astrophysicist Robin Tuluie recalls how inspiration he took from a model of the John Hancock Tower helped secure Alonso’s first title
F1
MPH: Haas’s Schumacher v Hülkenberg choice – but decision is said to be made
Haas has a choice of youth vs experience in its 2023 driver decision – has Mick Schumacher done enough to keep his seat ahead of Nico Hülkenberg?
F1
James Hunt’s friends remember a Jekyll & Hyde F1 driver
This month’s issue looks at James Hunt’s 1977, a season which featured perhaps his finest driving but also encapsulated his unique personality
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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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