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Ferrari in the cooler
Red Bull made some great strategy calls in winning Verstappen the Hungarian Grand Prix from 10th on the grid. But underlying it all was Verstappen’s pace advantage. As rival Carlos…
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F1 Trackside view: October 2022
Race report Twin wins for Max in France and Hungary as Ferrari and Leclerc crumble… again Word on the beat Porsche’s purchase, Palou’s potential practice and can Spa catch a break?…
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Leclerc’s pain boosts Verstappen’s gain: F1 in France & Hungary
🇫🇷 2022 French Grand Prix 🇭🇺 2022 Hungarian Grand Prix The brace of races before F1’s summer shutdown both featured the exact same podium: Red Bull’s Max Verstappen on the…
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Word on the beat, October 2022
IndyCar champ Alex Palou – in a legal wrangle with Chip Ganassi Racing about his contract – is tipped to run in a late season FP1 session for McLaren once…
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The purpose to prevent the porpoise
Prior to the French Grand Prix the FIA announced it would be making a few changes to the technical regulations for 2023. These were being made with the aim of…
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Vern Schuppan: The Motor Sport Interview
Motor racing’s path from Down Under to Up Top is well trod: Jack Brabham, Denny Hulme, Alan Jones. It’s too far to travel to fail. Though South Australian Vern Schuppan’s…
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Bernie Ecclestone pleads not guilty to £400m fraud charge in court
Bernie Ecclestone has pleaded not guilty to a £400m fraud charge during a court appearance this morning. The 91-year-old is accused of failing to declare an involvement in a Singapore-based…
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Flashback: Barbara Woodhouse-like pitboard communication at the 1987 German Grand Prix
These days, communications between F1 drivers and their pitcrews are detailed and convoluted to the point of being unintelligible to anyone else. Which is the point, of course. Before the…
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Night fever: October 2022 events
Singapore Grand Prix September 30-October 2 The last two editions of the Singapore Grand Prix were cancelled due to Covid, but the drivers return to the Marina Bay Circuit this…
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Ferrari in the cooler
Red Bull made some great strategy calls in winning Verstappen the Hungarian Grand Prix from 10th on the grid. But underlying it all was Verstappen’s pace advantage. As rival Carlos…
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F1 Trackside view: October 2022
Race report Twin wins for Max in France and Hungary as Ferrari and Leclerc crumble… again Word on the beat Porsche’s purchase, Palou’s potential practice and can Spa catch a break?…
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Leclerc’s pain boosts Verstappen’s gain: F1 in France & Hungary
🇫🇷 2022 French Grand Prix 🇭🇺 2022 Hungarian Grand Prix The brace of races before F1’s summer shutdown both featured the exact same podium: Red Bull’s Max Verstappen on the…
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Word on the beat, October 2022
IndyCar champ Alex Palou – in a legal wrangle with Chip Ganassi Racing about his contract – is tipped to run in a late season FP1 session for McLaren once…
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The purpose to prevent the porpoise
Prior to the French Grand Prix the FIA announced it would be making a few changes to the technical regulations for 2023. These were being made with the aim of…
Great Read
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Vern Schuppan: The Motor Sport Interview
Motor racing’s path from Down Under to Up Top is well trod: Jack Brabham, Denny Hulme, Alan Jones. It’s too far to travel to fail. Though South Australian Vern Schuppan’s…
F1
Bernie Ecclestone pleads not guilty to £400m fraud charge in court
Bernie Ecclestone has pleaded not guilty to a £400m fraud charge during a court appearance this morning. The 91-year-old is accused of failing to declare an involvement in a Singapore-based…
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Flashback: Barbara Woodhouse-like pitboard communication at the 1987 German Grand Prix
These days, communications between F1 drivers and their pitcrews are detailed and convoluted to the point of being unintelligible to anyone else. Which is the point, of course. Before the…
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Night fever: October 2022 events
Singapore Grand Prix September 30-October 2 The last two editions of the Singapore Grand Prix were cancelled due to Covid, but the drivers return to the Marina Bay Circuit this…
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Mark Hughes: Super-smooth Madrid circuit is an F1 minefield
With a brand new surface and a tyre-punishing banked Turn 12, Madrid’s inaugural Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix weekend could reshuffle the Mercedes-McLaren-Ferrari pecking order once again, writes Mark Hughes
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MPH: Did Piastri really sabotage Norris’s lap? The paranoia of F1’s towing game
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
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Mark Hughes: The new Jim Clark? Antonelli’s Monza win was one of the greatest F1 has seen
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
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McLaren’s short gearing explains its Zandvoort advantage over Mercedes
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…
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Karun Chandhok: McLaren’s pace puts Norris back in the F1 title fight
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…
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Kimi Antonelli’s mid-season charge reshapes Formula 1’s 2026 title fight
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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Madring’s La Monumental: the banked corner that’s unlike anything else in F1
Madring’s banked showpiece was built to be photographed and talked about, but how big is the challenge around it?
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Podcast: Antonelli’s Monza F1 win shouldn’t have been possible
Motor Sport F1 Show with Mark Hughes
From Antonelli’s “impossible” Monza victory to the paranoia gripping Ferrari and McLaren’s driver pairings, this week’s biggest Formula 1 questions answered
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Can Madring avoid the F1 pitfalls Verstappen is predicting?
As Formula 1 arrives at Madring for the first time, Max Verstappen has highlighted two key worries. Will they come true?
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