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Word on the beat, June 2022
● F1 is probably going back to Kyalami, in either 2024 or ’25, for a new South African Grand Prix. Monaco – with France and Belgium – may be one…
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Spare parts and false starts for Carlos Sainz in the Australian GP
Carlos Sainz’s disastrous Australian Grand Prix could hardly have been timed more badly. With Ferrari clearly in the midst of a title campaign with the fast and reliable F1-75 and…
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Saudi GP strikes and Aussie GP highlights as 2022 F1 title battle heats up
🇸🇦 2022 Saudi Arabian GP 🇦🇺 2022 Australian GP It was very clear after the season-opener in Bahrain that the early stages of this championship were set to be fought…
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Trackside view: June 2022
Race report Missile strikes overshadowed the Saudi GP, but the crowds were out in Melbourne Word on the beat A return to Kyalami, Mattia Binotto on Ferrari caution and plans…
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Doug Nye: ‘This is not the first hiccup in Mercedes’ grand prix history’
So the opening races of this season’s new-era Formula 1 saw Mercedes-AMG perform so badly that team principal Toto Wolff declared it “unacceptable”. Although they are rare, this is not…
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Mark Hughes: ‘F1 can save itself from the relentless pursuit of cash’
A missile attack on an oil depot just a few miles from the track on the Friday of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix illustrated the stark reality of taking the…
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F1 and Twitter rev up for a new era of popularity
Talk about a bonza weekend. Formula 1 enjoyed a double boost at the Australian GP. First it set anew attendance record for the Albert Park circuit, with a total of…
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Formula 1 set to shine on Las Vegas Strip
It’s not like there wasn’t already enough to see and do in Las Vegas, but somewhere between Lady Gaga, Adele and Kiss, it’ll also hand Formula 1 a residency after…
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‘I tried to push and it was too much’: How Ferrari’s home race turned sour for Leclerc
What promised to be a huge weekend for Charles Leclerc and Scuderia Ferrari on home ground at Imola ended in huge disappointment for the team and its fans. Leclerc arrived…
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Word on the beat, June 2022
● F1 is probably going back to Kyalami, in either 2024 or ’25, for a new South African Grand Prix. Monaco – with France and Belgium – may be one…
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Spare parts and false starts for Carlos Sainz in the Australian GP
Carlos Sainz’s disastrous Australian Grand Prix could hardly have been timed more badly. With Ferrari clearly in the midst of a title campaign with the fast and reliable F1-75 and…
Archive
Saudi GP strikes and Aussie GP highlights as 2022 F1 title battle heats up
🇸🇦 2022 Saudi Arabian GP 🇦🇺 2022 Australian GP It was very clear after the season-opener in Bahrain that the early stages of this championship were set to be fought…
Archive
Trackside view: June 2022
Race report Missile strikes overshadowed the Saudi GP, but the crowds were out in Melbourne Word on the beat A return to Kyalami, Mattia Binotto on Ferrari caution and plans…
Archive
Doug Nye: ‘This is not the first hiccup in Mercedes’ grand prix history’
So the opening races of this season’s new-era Formula 1 saw Mercedes-AMG perform so badly that team principal Toto Wolff declared it “unacceptable”. Although they are rare, this is not…
Opinion
Archive
Mark Hughes: ‘F1 can save itself from the relentless pursuit of cash’
A missile attack on an oil depot just a few miles from the track on the Friday of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix illustrated the stark reality of taking the…
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F1 and Twitter rev up for a new era of popularity
Talk about a bonza weekend. Formula 1 enjoyed a double boost at the Australian GP. First it set anew attendance record for the Albert Park circuit, with a total of…
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Formula 1 set to shine on Las Vegas Strip
It’s not like there wasn’t already enough to see and do in Las Vegas, but somewhere between Lady Gaga, Adele and Kiss, it’ll also hand Formula 1 a residency after…
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‘I tried to push and it was too much’: How Ferrari’s home race turned sour for Leclerc
What promised to be a huge weekend for Charles Leclerc and Scuderia Ferrari on home ground at Imola ended in huge disappointment for the team and its fans. Leclerc arrived…
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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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Russell vs Antonelli resembles one of F1’s most toxic team-mate battles
The emerging Antonelli vs Russell F1 title duel brings to mind 2016 and the Hamilton-Rosberg years. But there’s an older, destructive example that’s a closer match for Mercedes’ current situation
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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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