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Bottas: Red Bull’s cost cap penalty ‘should really hurt’
Valtteri Bottas, Carlos Sainz and Lewis Hamilton have all said the FIA needs to be firm in its punishment of any cost cap breach to discourage overspending
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How to watch the 2022 US GP: start time, TV schedule and live streams
Watch or stream the 2022 US Grand Prix live: all the timings for this weekend’s practice, qualifying and race sessions from Austin
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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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Bottas: Red Bull’s cost cap penalty ‘should really hurt’
Valtteri Bottas, Carlos Sainz and Lewis Hamilton have all said the FIA needs to be firm in its punishment of any cost cap breach to discourage overspending
F1
How to watch the 2022 US GP: start time, TV schedule and live streams
Watch or stream the 2022 US Grand Prix live: all the timings for this weekend’s practice, qualifying and race sessions from Austin
F1
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
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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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Mark Hughes: The knife-edge strategy that delivered Hamilton’s Barcelona win
Mark Hughes analyses the finely poised strategic battle that underpinned Lewis Hamilton’s landmark first Ferrari victory in Barcelona
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Mark Hughes: Barcelona offers Russell the reset he desperately needs
Mark Hughes examines why Barcelona’s high-energy demands could be the perfect antidote to Russell’s Monaco misery, and why Leclerc’s brake woes are harder to solve than they appear
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MPH: Ferrari brake changes delight Hamilton but leave Leclerc angry and without feel
As Brembo pushes back against Leclerc’s public criticism, Mark Hughes traces the rift back to the moment Hamilton walked through Ferrari’s door
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Felix Rosenqvist edges David Malukas in closest Indianapolis 500 finish on record
May 24, 2026 Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, Indiana It was a photo finish in the 110th running of the Indianapolis 500 after a one-lap shootout at the close. Mick Schumacher’s…
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Does F1’s power unit compromise go far enough?
F1 has agreed a phased rebalancing of the 2026 power unit framework, but the two-year road to 60/40 raises as many questions as it answers
‘I began to cry inside my helmet’ – Jean Alesi recalls his only F1 win, 31 years on
Jean Alesi’s only Formula 1 win, the story of that Montreal afternoon remains one of the sport’s most beloved, and most bittersweet
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2026 Barcelona-Catalunya 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 Barcelona-Catalunya GP
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