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Alpine F1 battle shows what McLaren must fix in 2023
McLaren fell short of Alpine in last year’s F1 constructors’ battle but Project F1 data shows how its potential to perform much better in 2023
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Why F1 shakedown sent Mercedes’ 2022 season into a tailspin
With restrictions on costs, testing and aerodynamic simulations, a pre-testing shakedown has become crucial for F1 teams. Last year Mercedes showed the consequences of missing out on clean running
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‘Time is right for McLaren to succeed in F1 — and Oscar Piastri is key’
McLaren has the potential to fight the top 3 in F1 but will need rookie Oscar Piastri to be on the pace right away. How will he fare alongside Lando Norris?
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End of Alfa ‘mega deal’ as Sauber evolves into Audi F1 team
Alfa Romeo’s bargain-basement deal to badge Sauber’s F1 cars will end this year. Adam Cooper examines what the year holds for the team, and how it will transition into Audi from 2026
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Ford’s corporate approach at Jaguar ‘like a virus that spread’ says Herbert
Ford is staying out of team management in its latest F1 partnership with Red Bull and AlphaTauri, potentially still shuddering at its attempt to run Jaguar “the Ford way”, witnessed first-hand by Johnny Herbert and others
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Modern F1 streamliners? Why 2026 could bring sleekest cars for decades — MPH
In the early days of grand prix racing, long before wings, designers produced wildly original machines, designed for ultra-low drag. Could new F1 regulations for 2026 see greater focus on smooth, sleek bodywork? asks Mark Hughes
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Where 2023 Alfa Romeo F1 car has borrowed from rivals: C43 aero analysis
Alfa Romeo provided the first glimpse of a 2023 Formula 1 car at its launch event. Aerodynamicist Kyle Forster finds plenty of detail to delve into
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Swedish rockstar restores Newey’s breakthrough Leyton House F1 car
A painstaking ten-year journey has seen Swedish rocker Pär Lindstedt restore the Leyton House CG901B – legendary designer Adrian Newey’s breakthrough F1 car
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Medland: Ricciardo’s ready — to retire from F1?
Chris Medland speaks to a Daniel Ricciardo at peace with his year out from Formula 1 — and comfortable that he may have raced his final grand prix
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Alpine F1 battle shows what McLaren must fix in 2023
McLaren fell short of Alpine in last year’s F1 constructors’ battle but Project F1 data shows how its potential to perform much better in 2023
F1
Why F1 shakedown sent Mercedes’ 2022 season into a tailspin
With restrictions on costs, testing and aerodynamic simulations, a pre-testing shakedown has become crucial for F1 teams. Last year Mercedes showed the consequences of missing out on clean running
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‘Time is right for McLaren to succeed in F1 — and Oscar Piastri is key’
McLaren has the potential to fight the top 3 in F1 but will need rookie Oscar Piastri to be on the pace right away. How will he fare alongside Lando Norris?
F1
End of Alfa ‘mega deal’ as Sauber evolves into Audi F1 team
Alfa Romeo’s bargain-basement deal to badge Sauber’s F1 cars will end this year. Adam Cooper examines what the year holds for the team, and how it will transition into Audi from 2026
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Ford’s corporate approach at Jaguar ‘like a virus that spread’ says Herbert
Ford is staying out of team management in its latest F1 partnership with Red Bull and AlphaTauri, potentially still shuddering at its attempt to run Jaguar “the Ford way”, witnessed first-hand by Johnny Herbert and others
F1
Modern F1 streamliners? Why 2026 could bring sleekest cars for decades — MPH
In the early days of grand prix racing, long before wings, designers produced wildly original machines, designed for ultra-low drag. Could new F1 regulations for 2026 see greater focus on smooth, sleek bodywork? asks Mark Hughes
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Where 2023 Alfa Romeo F1 car has borrowed from rivals: C43 aero analysis
Alfa Romeo provided the first glimpse of a 2023 Formula 1 car at its launch event. Aerodynamicist Kyle Forster finds plenty of detail to delve into
F1
Swedish rockstar restores Newey’s breakthrough Leyton House F1 car
A painstaking ten-year journey has seen Swedish rocker Pär Lindstedt restore the Leyton House CG901B – legendary designer Adrian Newey’s breakthrough F1 car
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Medland: Ricciardo’s ready — to retire from F1?
Chris Medland speaks to a Daniel Ricciardo at peace with his year out from Formula 1 — and comfortable that he may have raced his final grand prix
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MPH: Diamond in the rough – is this why Red Bull was fastest by far?
Sepang’s abrasive tarmac did more than shred Formula 1 tyres – it scrambled team simulations and may well have handed Red Bull an unassailable advantage in the Bahrain Grand Prix, that reshaped the competitive order, as Mark Hughes explains
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The disastrous tease that half the F1 grid fell for at Bahrain GP in Malaysia
Back in Malaysia for the first time in nine years, plenty of Formula 1 teams were caught out by the unique characteristics of the Sepang circuit where one decision had a devastating effect on their whole Bahrain GP weekend
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Mark Hughes: Tyre-wrecking Sepang threatens an F1 upset
Mark Hughes dissects how Sepang’s brutally abrasive surface and restricted tyre allocation are turning this weekend into a strategic gauntlet where the right compound choice could matter more than raw pace
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Max Verstappen: ‘Why I’m staying to rebuild Red Bull rather than quitting’
The first few months of this season were nervous ones for the bosses of Red Bull’s Formula 1 team. Victories were not on the agenda. The car Red Bull had…
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The wreck of Red Bull… and how the F1 team is fixing it
Who knows what riches Max Verstappen was offered to lure him away from Red Bull Racing? A blank cheque, the keys to any kingdom he might desire and all the…
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VR46 Academy’s latest title hope: how Marco Bezzecchi found his MotoGP edge
Valentino Rossi’s VR46 Riders Academy – established a decade ago by the seven-times MotoGP king to create a new generation of Italian talent – has so far produced one MotoGP…
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Jules Bianchi and the glorious future that Formula 1 never saw
Twelve years after the rain-soaked 2014 Japanese Grand Prix, the memory of Jules Bianchi – and the extraordinary future he might have enjoyed – remains painfully vivid for Matt Bishop
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The three things Sepang reminded us Formula 1 has lost
A software bug, a long wait for the rain to clear and a track that produced better racing than the streets: Sepang reminded Formula 1 of some of the things it has lost
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F1’s ten most controversial team orders
Formula 1 returns to Sepang, 13 years after Red Bull’s Multi 21 controversy joined some of the most notorious team orders in grand prix racing
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