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Max Verstappen has driven beautifully and barely been challenged on his way to a second F1 championship. It won’t always be this way, writes Damien Smith, but he looks destined for even more titles
It wasn’t just the spray that clouded the 2022 Japenese Grand Prix: safety errors, points confusion and the rapidly approaching evening brought disarray. Mark Hughes explains why
One day, Max Verstappen will get to win a world championship in normal, uncontroversial circumstances. 2022 had none of the controversy of 2021, but it completely outdid it in terms…
Margins were wafer-thin in F1 qualifying for the 2022 Japanese Grand Prix, as Max Verstappen secured pole by 0.01sec over Charles Leclerc — and narrowly avoided a crash with Lando Norris
Since Max Verstappen’s F1 career came into full flower last year and Lewis Hamilton’s run of titles came to an end, the perception has inevitably been that we are seeing…
Max Verstappen stands on the brink of a second F1 world championship but as the Suzuka skies threaten another wet race, how will he — and the rest of the grid — deal with it?
Why did it take so long to investigate Sergio Perez in Singapore? What happened to the F1 cost cap report? The FIA has rightly come under fire this week, writes Chris Medland but it hasn’t got everything wrong
His final action would be typical of the man. He didn’t like fuss. Inured by an upbringing devoid of shows of emotion – taskmaster father Clive had won a VC…
Drivers, fans and viewers were overjoyed to return to Suzuka for the first time in three years, so what went wrong? There’s one overriding factor…
Max Verstappen has driven beautifully and barely been challenged on his way to a second F1 championship. It won’t always be this way, writes Damien Smith, but he looks destined for even more titles
It wasn’t just the spray that clouded the 2022 Japenese Grand Prix: safety errors, points confusion and the rapidly approaching evening brought disarray. Mark Hughes explains why
One day, Max Verstappen will get to win a world championship in normal, uncontroversial circumstances. 2022 had none of the controversy of 2021, but it completely outdid it in terms…
Margins were wafer-thin in F1 qualifying for the 2022 Japanese Grand Prix, as Max Verstappen secured pole by 0.01sec over Charles Leclerc — and narrowly avoided a crash with Lando Norris
Since Max Verstappen’s F1 career came into full flower last year and Lewis Hamilton’s run of titles came to an end, the perception has inevitably been that we are seeing…
Max Verstappen stands on the brink of a second F1 world championship but as the Suzuka skies threaten another wet race, how will he — and the rest of the grid — deal with it?
Why did it take so long to investigate Sergio Perez in Singapore? What happened to the F1 cost cap report? The FIA has rightly come under fire this week, writes Chris Medland but it hasn’t got everything wrong
His final action would be typical of the man. He didn’t like fuss. Inured by an upbringing devoid of shows of emotion – taskmaster father Clive had won a VC…
Mark Hughes analyses the finely poised strategic battle that underpinned Lewis Hamilton’s landmark first Ferrari victory in Barcelona
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
As Brembo pushes back against Leclerc’s public criticism, Mark Hughes traces the rift back to the moment Hamilton walked through Ferrari’s door
With apologies to David Byrne and Talking Heads: And you may find yourself Watching someone lift and coast And you may find yourself Watching cars slowly decelerate down the straights…
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…
F1 flashback: Champions’ drives in Barcelona
Barcelona 2026 brought Lewis Hamilton his first Ferrari Formula 1 victory but offered a sobering result for Fernando Alonso and Max Verstappen, as Matt Bishop explains
From Antonelli’s shutdown in Barcelona to McLaren’s double DNS in China, Mercedes’ power unit-related failures are threatening to compromise its and its customer teams’ season
Pierre Gasly has his Monaco podium back, for now. But the measurement failure might need more answers before the issue is settled
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