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Who holds the power at Red Bull? Verstappen or Horner?
Max Verstappen dictating to his team his actions on track has shone a light on the intra-team dynamic at Red Bull – who is in charge?
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Verstappen’s coded messages recall previous F1 crashgate controversies
Max Verstappen started the Brazilian GP weekend with some mildly disgruntled noises and ended it with some highly controversial proclamations. After declaring he wasn’t a fan of F1’s three 2022…
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Unsavoury Verstappen has echoes of Ronaldo in Red Bull F1 row
Max Verstappen’s refusal to play the F1 team game in Brazil and his petulant radio remarks call to mind another sporting great with a difficult reputation
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Formula Partridge wins at last: Up and down in Brazil
Celebrations in King’s Lynn as its F1 talent incubator produces another star, while world is shocked that F1 champion isn’t a team player
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Did Monaco F1 crash cause Perez and Verstappen team order row?
Why would Max Verstappen hold on to a grudge over Sergio Perez’s seemingly accidental F1 crash six months ago? Yet that is the most likely explanation for his refusal to obey orders and allow his team-mate through in Brazil
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How Mercedes finally tamed its victorious W13 beast
The W13 once seemed an unmanageable F1 machine, but now Mercedes has harnessed its power to win for the first time this season at the 2022 Brazilian Grand Prix, as Mark Hughes explains
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George Russell lives F1 dream to win debut race: 2022 Brazilian Grand Prix report
Mercedes completed its resurgence with a 1-2 result in the 2022 Brazilian Grand Prix, bringing a debut F1 win for George Russell, as rifts emerged between squabbling team-mates behind
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Debut grand prix win for George Russell as Mercedes fires 2023 F1 warning shot
A tearful George Russell took a merited first F1 win in the Brazilian Grand Prix, in a demonstration that Mercedes intends to be back in the title hunt in 2023.…
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When have Hamilton and Verstappen crashed before in F1?
Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen have crashed into each other again in 2022 at the Brazilian Grand Prix – we break down their clashes that have ended in contact
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Who holds the power at Red Bull? Verstappen or Horner?
Max Verstappen dictating to his team his actions on track has shone a light on the intra-team dynamic at Red Bull – who is in charge?
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Verstappen’s coded messages recall previous F1 crashgate controversies
Max Verstappen started the Brazilian GP weekend with some mildly disgruntled noises and ended it with some highly controversial proclamations. After declaring he wasn’t a fan of F1’s three 2022…
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Unsavoury Verstappen has echoes of Ronaldo in Red Bull F1 row
Max Verstappen’s refusal to play the F1 team game in Brazil and his petulant radio remarks call to mind another sporting great with a difficult reputation
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Formula Partridge wins at last: Up and down in Brazil
Celebrations in King’s Lynn as its F1 talent incubator produces another star, while world is shocked that F1 champion isn’t a team player
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Did Monaco F1 crash cause Perez and Verstappen team order row?
Why would Max Verstappen hold on to a grudge over Sergio Perez’s seemingly accidental F1 crash six months ago? Yet that is the most likely explanation for his refusal to obey orders and allow his team-mate through in Brazil
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How Mercedes finally tamed its victorious W13 beast
The W13 once seemed an unmanageable F1 machine, but now Mercedes has harnessed its power to win for the first time this season at the 2022 Brazilian Grand Prix, as Mark Hughes explains
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George Russell lives F1 dream to win debut race: 2022 Brazilian Grand Prix report
Mercedes completed its resurgence with a 1-2 result in the 2022 Brazilian Grand Prix, bringing a debut F1 win for George Russell, as rifts emerged between squabbling team-mates behind
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Debut grand prix win for George Russell as Mercedes fires 2023 F1 warning shot
A tearful George Russell took a merited first F1 win in the Brazilian Grand Prix, in a demonstration that Mercedes intends to be back in the title hunt in 2023.…
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When have Hamilton and Verstappen crashed before in F1?
Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen have crashed into each other again in 2022 at the Brazilian Grand Prix – we break down their clashes that have ended in contact
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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
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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
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Kimi Antonelli’s mid-season charge reshapes Formula 1’s 2026 title fight
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Madring’s La Monumental gives Madrid’s new F1 circuit a distinctive challenge
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‘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…
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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
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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
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