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Time for Mercedes to press the reset button and focus on 2023?
Mercedes is facing some tough decisions to save its position as one of F1’s sharks. Andrew Frankel runs through the options facing it
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FIA blocked extra sprint races in a ‘cash-grab’, says F1 insider: Is it a sign of growing feud?
In the Bernie Ecclestone days, it almost always felt like there was a power battle going on between Formula 1 and the FIA. It was just an ongoing atmosphere that…
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Ferrari’s 640: the 1989 flawed masterpiece ‘that’s still influencing F1 design’
The Ferrari 640, with its slim lines, purposeful profile and ingenious technological innovations is the car many identify most with legendary F1 designer John Barnard. A machine that, on the…
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Ready-made glitz will welcome F1 to first Miami Grand Prix
Miami Grand Prix May 7-9 Is this the future of Formula 1? Liberty Media has long pined for a race to be held in Miami since taking over ownership of…
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Leclerc now ready for season-long title fight after Imola error
A late-race error mistake from Charles Leclerc cost Ferrari big on home soil but it’s lesson learned in what could be a title fight to the very end
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Mansell’s winning F1 machines: up close with momentous Ferrari and Williams
Harsh as it may sound of a grand prix driver who scored 31 victories from 187 starts, Nigel Mansell could so easily have landed the unwanted label of Formula 1…
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Villeneuve vs Pironi: the tragic rivalry
Forty years. Who knows where the time goes? In the midst of one of grand prix racing’s most unpredictable seasons, a friendship pivoted in one controversial afternoon into a deadly…
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Back in the saddle for 2022: How Ferrari stole a march on F1 rivals
Charles Leclerc’s victory for Ferrari in the opening race of the 2022 season in Bahrain was welcomed by the tifosi hordes, who have waited years to see a proper title…
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Bottas on the podium and Hamilton unleashed: Imola GP data shows what could have been
All the data from the tight midfield battle at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix analysed
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Time for Mercedes to press the reset button and focus on 2023?
Mercedes is facing some tough decisions to save its position as one of F1’s sharks. Andrew Frankel runs through the options facing it
F1
FIA blocked extra sprint races in a ‘cash-grab’, says F1 insider: Is it a sign of growing feud?
In the Bernie Ecclestone days, it almost always felt like there was a power battle going on between Formula 1 and the FIA. It was just an ongoing atmosphere that…
Great Read
Archive
Ferrari’s 640: the 1989 flawed masterpiece ‘that’s still influencing F1 design’
The Ferrari 640, with its slim lines, purposeful profile and ingenious technological innovations is the car many identify most with legendary F1 designer John Barnard. A machine that, on the…
Archive
Ready-made glitz will welcome F1 to first Miami Grand Prix
Miami Grand Prix May 7-9 Is this the future of Formula 1? Liberty Media has long pined for a race to be held in Miami since taking over ownership of…
F1
Leclerc now ready for season-long title fight after Imola error
A late-race error mistake from Charles Leclerc cost Ferrari big on home soil but it’s lesson learned in what could be a title fight to the very end
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Mansell’s winning F1 machines: up close with momentous Ferrari and Williams
Harsh as it may sound of a grand prix driver who scored 31 victories from 187 starts, Nigel Mansell could so easily have landed the unwanted label of Formula 1…
Great Read
Archive
Villeneuve vs Pironi: the tragic rivalry
Forty years. Who knows where the time goes? In the midst of one of grand prix racing’s most unpredictable seasons, a friendship pivoted in one controversial afternoon into a deadly…
Archive
Back in the saddle for 2022: How Ferrari stole a march on F1 rivals
Charles Leclerc’s victory for Ferrari in the opening race of the 2022 season in Bahrain was welcomed by the tifosi hordes, who have waited years to see a proper title…
F1
Bottas on the podium and Hamilton unleashed: Imola GP data shows what could have been
All the data from the tight midfield battle at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix analysed
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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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Explained: The new mode names for active aero and energy boost for F1 2026
The FIA defined clear new terminology for 2026 F1 as radical aero and power changes reshape the series
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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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