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Has sanitised world of racing finally lost its soul?
No swearing, no donuts, no racing in the wet – has motor sport finally become completely sanitised and devoid of fun? asks James Elson
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How Mercedes could have won the Mexican GP: F1 data analysis
Mercedes was hopeful of winning the 2022 Mexican Grand Prix, and race data shows that it had the pace… just not the right strategy
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Food Investigation Authority: Mexican GP – Goin’ Up, Goin’ Down
The world championship’s piñata has been truly split open, showering everyone with F1-branded ticker tape featuring a little ‘*ABA’ asterisk on it
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Verstappen on record-smashing run with 2022 Mexican GP win: race report
Max Verstappen set two new all-time F1 records with victory in the 2022 Mexican Grand Prix but was helped by a strategy mis-step by a resurgent Mercedes: 2022 Mexican Grand Prix report
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Is Mercedes in perfect place for first 2022 F1 win after missing out on Mexican GP pole?
Max Verstappen qualified on pole for the 2022 Mexican Grand Prix, but does Mercedes have better pace and starting positions?
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Red Bull penalty should prove effective but is F1 cost cap too low? MPH
The Red Bull cost cap penalty saga has finally been concluded, with a fine of $7 million to the team and a reduction in its aero simulation capacity of 10%.…
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Red Bull hit with $7m fine and aero testing cut after F1 cost cap breach — but no points deduction
Red Bull has accepted that it overspent the cost cap during Max Verstappen’s 2021 championship-winning season, and agreed to pay a $7m fine. It will also face a 10% reduction in its aerodynamic testing allowance, affecting development of its 2023 and 2024 cars
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Will damaged F1 cars have to retire? What to watch for at the 2022 Mexican GP
The Mexican Grand Prix is usually a cast-iron feelgood story for F1: stands full of fervent Sergio Perez fans, a popular circuit, and the stage of the season where there’s…
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How Aston Martin came back from F1 abyss to move up midfield
Aston Martin’s season looked desperate at the start of the year, but now its technical turnaround has helped it climb up the midfield, as team boss Mike Krack explains
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Has sanitised world of racing finally lost its soul?
No swearing, no donuts, no racing in the wet – has motor sport finally become completely sanitised and devoid of fun? asks James Elson
F1
How Mercedes could have won the Mexican GP: F1 data analysis
Mercedes was hopeful of winning the 2022 Mexican Grand Prix, and race data shows that it had the pace… just not the right strategy
F1
Food Investigation Authority: Mexican GP – Goin’ Up, Goin’ Down
The world championship’s piñata has been truly split open, showering everyone with F1-branded ticker tape featuring a little ‘*ABA’ asterisk on it
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Verstappen on record-smashing run with 2022 Mexican GP win: race report
Max Verstappen set two new all-time F1 records with victory in the 2022 Mexican Grand Prix but was helped by a strategy mis-step by a resurgent Mercedes: 2022 Mexican Grand Prix report
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Is Mercedes in perfect place for first 2022 F1 win after missing out on Mexican GP pole?
Max Verstappen qualified on pole for the 2022 Mexican Grand Prix, but does Mercedes have better pace and starting positions?
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Red Bull penalty should prove effective but is F1 cost cap too low? MPH
The Red Bull cost cap penalty saga has finally been concluded, with a fine of $7 million to the team and a reduction in its aero simulation capacity of 10%.…
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Red Bull hit with $7m fine and aero testing cut after F1 cost cap breach — but no points deduction
Red Bull has accepted that it overspent the cost cap during Max Verstappen’s 2021 championship-winning season, and agreed to pay a $7m fine. It will also face a 10% reduction in its aerodynamic testing allowance, affecting development of its 2023 and 2024 cars
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Will damaged F1 cars have to retire? What to watch for at the 2022 Mexican GP
The Mexican Grand Prix is usually a cast-iron feelgood story for F1: stands full of fervent Sergio Perez fans, a popular circuit, and the stage of the season where there’s…
F1
How Aston Martin came back from F1 abyss to move up midfield
Aston Martin’s season looked desperate at the start of the year, but now its technical turnaround has helped it climb up the midfield, as team boss Mike Krack explains
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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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