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Lewis Hamilton’s dejected comments after qualifying and then the race at the Hungaroring – when he described his performances as “useless” and that Ferrari probably needs “a new driver” –…
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Ferrari reckoned the Hungaroring’s layout offered one of its best chances of being competitive in the remaining races after a dispiriting first half of the season in which it had…
In the last race before Formula 1’s summer break, McLaren drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri gave a definitive confirmation that the second half of the season is going to…
I remember an early 1978 argument over the chassis of the RS10 and the use of the engine,” said Renault Formula 1 team driver Jean-Pierre Jabouille. “Whether to put a twin…
Thirty years ago, in September 1995, David Coulthard scored the first of his eventual 13 grand prix wins at only his 21st attempt, and what turned out to be his…
It had seemed just a temporary setback for Williams when its engine partner Renault withdrew from F1 at the end of 1997. Yes, it meant a couple of seasons as…
Getting the car turned – and how you do it – is the key to drivers’ speed in F1. Some competitors are dealing with the current generation of 200mph beasts better than others
Over the past 20 years, I’ve driven 34 different Formula 1 cars in total, including 14 world championship winners and one from every decade from the pre-war 1937 Aston Martin…
In August 2020 Dorilton Capital purchased Williams from the Williams family for a reported £152m. Its mission statement was to return Williams to the top, investing however much time and…
Lewis Hamilton’s dejected comments after qualifying and then the race at the Hungaroring – when he described his performances as “useless” and that Ferrari probably needs “a new driver” –…
Ferrari reckoned the Hungaroring’s layout offered one of its best chances of being competitive in the remaining races after a dispiriting first half of the season in which it had…
In the last race before Formula 1’s summer break, McLaren drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri gave a definitive confirmation that the second half of the season is going to…
I remember an early 1978 argument over the chassis of the RS10 and the use of the engine,” said Renault Formula 1 team driver Jean-Pierre Jabouille. “Whether to put a twin…
Thirty years ago, in September 1995, David Coulthard scored the first of his eventual 13 grand prix wins at only his 21st attempt, and what turned out to be his…
It had seemed just a temporary setback for Williams when its engine partner Renault withdrew from F1 at the end of 1997. Yes, it meant a couple of seasons as…
Getting the car turned – and how you do it – is the key to drivers’ speed in F1. Some competitors are dealing with the current generation of 200mph beasts better than others
Over the past 20 years, I’ve driven 34 different Formula 1 cars in total, including 14 world championship winners and one from every decade from the pre-war 1937 Aston Martin…
In August 2020 Dorilton Capital purchased Williams from the Williams family for a reported £152m. Its mission statement was to return Williams to the top, investing however much time and…
Mark Hughes weighs up an exceptional 2025 rookie class, dissecting four contrasting debut seasons to reveal who truly stood out the most
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
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
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…
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
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
Alain Prost has given his view on Renault exiting F1 as an engine manufacturer
Mohammed Ben Sulayem’s has now been re-elected as FIA president, after a controversial first term. But how did he become the first non-European president in the FIA’s history?
Cadillac is in a race against time to get its new F1 car ready for 2026 – sim driver Pietro Fittipaldi explains how it’s running in the virtual world first
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