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Sergio Perez’s orienteering challenge: ’22 Canadian GP – Goin’ up, goin’ down
Perez scouts for his latest orienteering badge, pay drivers hoover up the points and Hamilton rolls back the years
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Alternative ending to the 2022 Canadian GP that we’ll never know
Upon Montreal’s return to the F1 calendar after its Covid-imposed three-year absence, Max Verstappen made it five wins from the last six and six from nine in the season to…
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Ruthless Verstappen now in total control of title race: 2022 Canadian GP report
There’s an air of invincibility around Max Verstappen at the moment, as he appears to have clicked into a higher gear just when he has needed to. It’s not that…
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Verstappen holds off charging Sainz to win the 2022 Canadian GP: as it happened
Max Verstappen held off a charging Carlos Sainz to win the Canadian Grand Prix in a gripping finale in Montreal. A final showdown was, with the field bunched up when…
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‘We’ll attack Max’, says Alonso after qualifying 2nd behind Verstappen for 2022 Canadian GP
Max Verstappen dominated qualifying in Montreal to claim pole position for the Canadian Grand Prix, but he’ll have an unfamiliar companion on the front row, with Fernando Alonso alongside him. In…
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‘Daniel Ricciardo has fallen from megastar to struggling also-ran’: Mark Hughes
There could hardly be a starker contrast in fortunes than between Sergio Pérez and Daniel Ricciardo over the last couple of years. The former has transformed from being potentially out…
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‘I almost stopped racing when I couldn’t beat Lewis’, says Valtteri Bottas
Valtteri Bottas has revealed that he almost stopped racing at the end of 2018 after two seasons of struggling to match team-mate Lewis Hamilton. Speaking on Motor Sport’s My big…
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Podcast: Valtteri Bottas, My big break
If a young Valtteri Bottas and his dad hadn’t spotted the sign for a go-kart race in Finland, then the Alfa Romeo driver may never have got on track, let…
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Red Bull should benefit from F1 safety restrictions on porpoising— MPH
The FIA has been particularly decisive in acting upon the driver complaints about the battering they were taking at Baku due to the ground effect cars bouncing on their suspensions.…
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Sergio Perez’s orienteering challenge: ’22 Canadian GP – Goin’ up, goin’ down
Perez scouts for his latest orienteering badge, pay drivers hoover up the points and Hamilton rolls back the years
F1
Alternative ending to the 2022 Canadian GP that we’ll never know
Upon Montreal’s return to the F1 calendar after its Covid-imposed three-year absence, Max Verstappen made it five wins from the last six and six from nine in the season to…
F1
Ruthless Verstappen now in total control of title race: 2022 Canadian GP report
There’s an air of invincibility around Max Verstappen at the moment, as he appears to have clicked into a higher gear just when he has needed to. It’s not that…
F1
Verstappen holds off charging Sainz to win the 2022 Canadian GP: as it happened
Max Verstappen held off a charging Carlos Sainz to win the Canadian Grand Prix in a gripping finale in Montreal. A final showdown was, with the field bunched up when…
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‘We’ll attack Max’, says Alonso after qualifying 2nd behind Verstappen for 2022 Canadian GP
Max Verstappen dominated qualifying in Montreal to claim pole position for the Canadian Grand Prix, but he’ll have an unfamiliar companion on the front row, with Fernando Alonso alongside him. In…
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‘Daniel Ricciardo has fallen from megastar to struggling also-ran’: Mark Hughes
There could hardly be a starker contrast in fortunes than between Sergio Pérez and Daniel Ricciardo over the last couple of years. The former has transformed from being potentially out…
F1
‘I almost stopped racing when I couldn’t beat Lewis’, says Valtteri Bottas
Valtteri Bottas has revealed that he almost stopped racing at the end of 2018 after two seasons of struggling to match team-mate Lewis Hamilton. Speaking on Motor Sport’s My big…
Motor Sport Podcast
Podcast: Valtteri Bottas, My big break
If a young Valtteri Bottas and his dad hadn’t spotted the sign for a go-kart race in Finland, then the Alfa Romeo driver may never have got on track, let…
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Red Bull should benefit from F1 safety restrictions on porpoising— MPH
The FIA has been particularly decisive in acting upon the driver complaints about the battering they were taking at Baku due to the ground effect cars bouncing on their suspensions.…
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MPH: Why Red Bull’s rivals could push Max Verstappen out of F1 for good
As F1 power unit manufacturers fail to agree on rule changes, so the threat of Max Verstappen quitting the series becomes more real, writes Mark Hughes
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Mark Hughes: Hamilton chose wrong F1 track for simulator gamble
Hamilton decided not to use the simulator to prepare for the Canadian GP, but as Mark Hughes explains, Montreal may be exactly the wrong place to ditch it
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MPH: What Verstappen did at the Nürburgring is everything F1 can’t offer
Verstappen’s stunning Nürburgring 24 Hours assault exposed the gap between what Formula 1 is and what racing can be, Mark Hughes argues
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Nico Rosberg celebrates victory at Suzuka in 2016
October 7, 2016 Suzuka, Japan By Round 17, Nico Rosberg led Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton by 23 points. Here’s Rosberg in practice dramatically demonstrating the concept of lateral load transfer.…
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Derek Daly: why the numbers prove Williams sabotaged my 1982 F1 season for Rosberg
I raced in Formula 1 for five years at a dangerous time when you knew that at least one driver on average would probably be killed or maimed each year.…
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Ferrari’s bid for four straight Le Mans wins faces a tougher field and stricter BoP rules
Ferrari is bidding for a fourth consecutive Le Mans 24 Hours win this year. Or to put it another way, to continue an unbeaten run since it ended its 50-year exile from…
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Johnny Servoz-Gavin: F1’s hippie racer whose career was cruelly ended by a twig
F1 flashback: Johnny Servoz-Gavin
He looked set to become one of Formula 1’s greats until a single twig in a French forest cut his career short. Matt Bishop remembers a playboy and prodigy
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‘Too safe’ call leaves McLaren under pressure in 2026 F1 title battle
An unfortunate tyre gamble and weak reliability in Canada left McLaren facing an uphill battle to defend its titles in 2026
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Mark Hughes: The fastest Mercedes F1 driver? It was too close to call in Canada
Mercedes was the dominant force in Canada, and there was little to split its two drivers until a power unit failure forced George Russell out, leaving Kimi Antonelli cruising to a record-breaking fourth Formula 1 victory
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