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What is the undercut in F1? Ask Mark
Could you please explain the term ‘undercut’. It seems to describe a multitude of situations such as sidepods, pitstops, overtaking etc! And my mother used to ask for undercut at…
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Why none of the top teams can stop their 2022 F1 cars bouncing
Porpoising has made its reappearance in F1 after a break of four decades – from when cars last ran venturi underbody tunnels. Even the two fastest cars of the early…
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Riccardo Patrese: Formula 1’s Mr Nice Guy
F1 Retro February 2005 They don’t make number two drivers like they used to. Hair flowing, effortlessly cool, Riccardo Patrese was the kind of F1 competitor who seemed readily on…
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Formula 1: good month, bad month – June 2022
Good Month Albon the tyre whisperer Williams’ Alex Albon pulled off one of the all-time great strategy wheezes, driving just slow enough to preserve his Pirellis till the year 2100…
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It’s the pits for Sergio Perez, but he probably couldn’t have won the Saudi Arabian GP
How might Sergio Pérez’s Jeddah race have panned out if Nicholas Latifi had not crashed his Williams about 30sec after Pérez – the pole-sitter and first stint race leader –…
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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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What is the undercut in F1? Ask Mark
Could you please explain the term ‘undercut’. It seems to describe a multitude of situations such as sidepods, pitstops, overtaking etc! And my mother used to ask for undercut at…
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Why none of the top teams can stop their 2022 F1 cars bouncing
Porpoising has made its reappearance in F1 after a break of four decades – from when cars last ran venturi underbody tunnels. Even the two fastest cars of the early…
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Riccardo Patrese: Formula 1’s Mr Nice Guy
F1 Retro February 2005 They don’t make number two drivers like they used to. Hair flowing, effortlessly cool, Riccardo Patrese was the kind of F1 competitor who seemed readily on…
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Formula 1: good month, bad month – June 2022
Good Month Albon the tyre whisperer Williams’ Alex Albon pulled off one of the all-time great strategy wheezes, driving just slow enough to preserve his Pirellis till the year 2100…
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It’s the pits for Sergio Perez, but he probably couldn’t have won the Saudi Arabian GP
How might Sergio Pérez’s Jeddah race have panned out if Nicholas Latifi had not crashed his Williams about 30sec after Pérez – the pole-sitter and first stint race leader –…
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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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Mark Hughes: The knife-edge strategy that delivered Hamilton’s Barcelona win
Mark Hughes analyses the finely poised strategic battle that underpinned Lewis Hamilton’s landmark first Ferrari victory in Barcelona
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Mark Hughes: Barcelona offers Russell the reset he desperately needs
Mark Hughes examines why Barcelona’s high-energy demands could be the perfect antidote to Russell’s Monaco misery, and why Leclerc’s brake woes are harder to solve than they appear
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MPH: Ferrari brake changes delight Hamilton but leave Leclerc angry and without feel
As Brembo pushes back against Leclerc’s public criticism, Mark Hughes traces the rift back to the moment Hamilton walked through Ferrari’s door
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Mark Hughes: why F1’s 50/50 hybrid rules were doomed by conflicting priorities
With apologies to David Byrne and Talking Heads: And you may find yourself Watching someone lift and coast And you may find yourself Watching cars slowly decelerate down the straights…
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Felix Rosenqvist edges David Malukas in closest Indianapolis 500 finish on record
May 24, 2026 Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, Indiana It was a photo finish in the 110th running of the Indianapolis 500 after a one-lap shootout at the close. Mick Schumacher’s…
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Is it still worth racing in F1? Misery for Alonso & Verstappen at scene of great wins
F1 flashback: Champions’ drives in Barcelona
Barcelona 2026 brought Lewis Hamilton his first Ferrari Formula 1 victory but offered a sobering result for Fernando Alonso and Max Verstappen, as Matt Bishop explains
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Mercedes’ Achilles heel is becoming too costly
From Antonelli’s shutdown in Barcelona to McLaren’s double DNS in China, Mercedes’ power unit-related failures are threatening to compromise its and its customer teams’ season
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Why the Monaco pitlane saga may outlast its verdict
Pierre Gasly has his Monaco podium back, for now. But the measurement failure might need more answers before the issue is settled
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