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Hamilton set for FIA showdown over jewellery: 2022 Monaco GP – what to watch for
Formula 1 heads to Monaco with a Hamilton-FIA row, intense title battle and questions about the race’s future lingering in the air
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Flashback: René Arnoux dashes from podium to payphone in Canada
René Arnoux’s victory in the 1983 Canadian Grand Prix was his first in a season that had seen six different winners in the previous seven races. Having claimed three pole…
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Luck is falling George Russell’s way in team-mate battle with Lewis Hamilton
For the second time in three races George Russell was very lucky with the timing of a safety car coming after most of his rivals had pitted but before he…
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Miami bounce leaves Mercedes baffled
After going fastest in FP2 in Miami in his Mercedes, George Russell, below, was puzzled. “I don’t understand why we have hit the ground running here. We knew coming into…
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Word on the beat, July 2022
Lawrence Stroll, top, has apparently dismissed the prospect of Audi buying out his Aston Martin F1 team, but not totally. “Have we been approached by Audi?” he posed. “Yes. And…
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Cultured to cocksure: the two sides of F1 in Imola and Miami
🇮🇹 2022 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix 🇺🇸 2022 Miami Grand Prix The contrast between venues could hardly have been more extreme; the beautiful old park circuit of Imola, a former…
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Trackside view: July 2022
Race report F1’s contrast: from the historic, yet muddy, Imola to the polished show of Miami Word on the beat Stroll not selling… yet, Piastri attracting attention and Mercedes may…
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F1 awash with celebrities at the Miami Grand Prix
Awesome foursome: in an image seen as confirmation of F1’s growing profile Lewis Hamilton was joined at the Miami GP by basketball legend Michael Jordan, former footballer David Beckham and…
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Tony Brooks: last of the ’50s greats
Tony Brooks, who died on May 3, aged 90, was one of the truly great F1 drivers. From his debut win in the 1955 non-championship Syracuse Grand Prix for Connaught…
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Hamilton set for FIA showdown over jewellery: 2022 Monaco GP – what to watch for
Formula 1 heads to Monaco with a Hamilton-FIA row, intense title battle and questions about the race’s future lingering in the air
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Flashback: René Arnoux dashes from podium to payphone in Canada
René Arnoux’s victory in the 1983 Canadian Grand Prix was his first in a season that had seen six different winners in the previous seven races. Having claimed three pole…
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Luck is falling George Russell’s way in team-mate battle with Lewis Hamilton
For the second time in three races George Russell was very lucky with the timing of a safety car coming after most of his rivals had pitted but before he…
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Miami bounce leaves Mercedes baffled
After going fastest in FP2 in Miami in his Mercedes, George Russell, below, was puzzled. “I don’t understand why we have hit the ground running here. We knew coming into…
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Word on the beat, July 2022
Lawrence Stroll, top, has apparently dismissed the prospect of Audi buying out his Aston Martin F1 team, but not totally. “Have we been approached by Audi?” he posed. “Yes. And…
Archive
Cultured to cocksure: the two sides of F1 in Imola and Miami
🇮🇹 2022 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix 🇺🇸 2022 Miami Grand Prix The contrast between venues could hardly have been more extreme; the beautiful old park circuit of Imola, a former…
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Trackside view: July 2022
Race report F1’s contrast: from the historic, yet muddy, Imola to the polished show of Miami Word on the beat Stroll not selling… yet, Piastri attracting attention and Mercedes may…
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F1 awash with celebrities at the Miami Grand Prix
Awesome foursome: in an image seen as confirmation of F1’s growing profile Lewis Hamilton was joined at the Miami GP by basketball legend Michael Jordan, former footballer David Beckham and…
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Tony Brooks: last of the ’50s greats
Tony Brooks, who died on May 3, aged 90, was one of the truly great F1 drivers. From his debut win in the 1955 non-championship Syracuse Grand Prix for Connaught…
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MPH: Assessing F1’s rookie class of 2025 – the Mark Hughes verdict
Mark Hughes weighs up an exceptional 2025 rookie class, dissecting four contrasting debut seasons to reveal who truly stood out the most
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Mark Hughes: Andrea Stella finally banished the ghost of 2010 Abu Dhabi disaster
Mark Hughes revisits the race that gave McLaren team principal Andrea Stella a sleepless night ahead of this year’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix: how victory in 2025 was forged from a Ferrari failure 15 years earlier
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Mark Hughes: Piastri pass on Norris was part of McLaren’s bold strategy to foil Verstappen
Mark Hughes explains how McLaren’s pre-planned lap-one swap and split-tyre strategy blunted Verstappen’s threat and laid the groundwork for Norris’s title-winning drive
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Jamie Chadwick shines at the Silverstone 4 Hours
IDEC Sport Silverstone 4 Hours 14/9/25 A home win for Jamie Chadwick capped a happy return for contemporary Le Mans Prototype racing to the UK, as the European Le Mans…
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McLaren drivers swapped tips ahead of Chinese GP. Norris also quietly planned attack
Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris worked together ahead of the 2025 Chinese GP, finding the pace that delivered a 1-2 finish, while Norris also prepared to attack his team-mate during the race. Brake issues denied him, says Mark Hughes but the F1 title duel is coming
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One race to prove himself at Alpine? Heat is on Jack Doohan as Ocon signs off
Esteban Ocon’s Alpine stint ended at the 2024 Qatar GP, giving Jack Doohan a make-or-break F1 chance in Abu Dhabi. Elsewhere FIA boss Mohammed Ben Sulayem dismissed driver concerns and mechanics just wanted a kip: Chris Medland‘s paddock diary
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Return of the Portuguese GP. Is it a placeholder for another F1 street track?
Formula 1’s two-year return to Portimao may be less a long-term endorsement than a holding pattern, as the championship keeps calendar space open for future street races
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Matt Bishop: He was Williams’ first winning driver but so few know his name
Two Australian F1 drivers who came to Europe at the same time: one became world champion, the other faded from memory. But both Alan Jones and Brian McGuire have their place in racing history
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Martin Brundle reveals his F1 driver of 2025
Veteran broadcaster and F1 driver Martin Brundle has picked out the contender he’s been most impressed with this year
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