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It’s been said James Hunt recommended Walter Wolf’s new team to Jody Scheckter for 1977 because Hesketh designer Harvey Postlethwaite was in charge of the car – but that’s not…
Fuji, October 23 1977. A year on from the heart-in-mouth climax that crowned him an against-the-odds Formula 1 world champion, James Hunt has just completed his sole season as world…
Denny Hulme and Brian Hart hadn’t seen each other for years when they met on the quayside in Monaco in 1986. Hulme, in the cap, as a retired world champion,…
The ‘three wheels on my wagon’ moment for Carlos Sainz Jr during his pitstop at Zandvoort summed up the state of Ferrari right now. Shades of Eddie Irvine at the…
Looking just at this three-race sample, the Red Bull RB18’s pace advantage at Spa was far greater than at Zandvoort and significantly better even than Monza. Verstappen had to fight…
Good month Pantomime villain Burning £80 Mercedes baseball hats might be too far, but nothing wrong with Monza fans booing winner Verstappen. Thumbs up for partisan pantomime antics. De…
F1 Retro August 2005 Manfred Winkelhock would have celebrated his 70th birthday this month. He might not have been the absolute fastest on the 1980s Formula 1 scene, but certainly was…
It’s relatively easy to have great strategy with the fastest car. But when scratching for pace, somewhere close but not quite there, sometimes circumstances can favour you, allowing you to…
Formula 1 world champions who arguably drove better in their title defence seasons? As John Watson says: “It’s a good pub debate.” One example that’s almost as intriguing as James…
It’s been said James Hunt recommended Walter Wolf’s new team to Jody Scheckter for 1977 because Hesketh designer Harvey Postlethwaite was in charge of the car – but that’s not…
Fuji, October 23 1977. A year on from the heart-in-mouth climax that crowned him an against-the-odds Formula 1 world champion, James Hunt has just completed his sole season as world…
Denny Hulme and Brian Hart hadn’t seen each other for years when they met on the quayside in Monaco in 1986. Hulme, in the cap, as a retired world champion,…
The ‘three wheels on my wagon’ moment for Carlos Sainz Jr during his pitstop at Zandvoort summed up the state of Ferrari right now. Shades of Eddie Irvine at the…
Looking just at this three-race sample, the Red Bull RB18’s pace advantage at Spa was far greater than at Zandvoort and significantly better even than Monza. Verstappen had to fight…
Good month Pantomime villain Burning £80 Mercedes baseball hats might be too far, but nothing wrong with Monza fans booing winner Verstappen. Thumbs up for partisan pantomime antics. De…
F1 Retro August 2005 Manfred Winkelhock would have celebrated his 70th birthday this month. He might not have been the absolute fastest on the 1980s Formula 1 scene, but certainly was…
It’s relatively easy to have great strategy with the fastest car. But when scratching for pace, somewhere close but not quite there, sometimes circumstances can favour you, allowing you to…
A perfectly executed tow gave Pierre Gasly pole at Monza, but behind it lay a familiar F1 story of team-mate distrust, which is sometimes justified, as Mark Hughes explains
The power unit, the passing zones, the red flag – strip them all away and what’s left is still one of the greatest drives in F1 history. Mark Hughes analyses Kimi Antonelli’s Monza masterclass
Under 2026’s energy-starved rules, Monza’s tow is way too valuable, and that, Mark Hughes writes, is set to make controversial qualifying shenanigans for the 2026 Italian Grand Prix almost inevitable
Two consecutive victories from pole for McLaren’s Lando Norris to bring him within 83 points of Kimi Antonelli’s championship lead with half the season still to go had Mercedes’ Toto…
The Dutch Grand Prix was an exciting way to kick off the second half of the season after the summer break. Following on from Lando Norris’s dominant victory in Budapest…
Monaco Lewis Hamilton Many had written off Lewis Hamilton in F1 – too long in the tooth at 41, a poor fit with Ferrari, the rise of rivals, and so…
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