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Mercedes aiming for Miami GP upgrades to save 2022 season
Time is running out for Mercedes to find a fix for the porpoising issue that has cost it car performance
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Here is how Formula 1 can fix the sprint race format
F1 has hit a wall with sprint races but there’s scope to experiment with the concept, and a radical reformatting could be brilliant
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Time for Mercedes to press the reset button and focus on 2023?
Mercedes is facing some tough decisions to save its position as one of F1’s sharks. Andrew Frankel runs through the options facing it
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FIA blocked extra sprint races in a ‘cash-grab’, says F1 insider: Is it a sign of growing feud?
In the Bernie Ecclestone days, it almost always felt like there was a power battle going on between Formula 1 and the FIA. It was just an ongoing atmosphere that…
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Ferrari’s 640: the 1989 flawed masterpiece ‘that’s still influencing F1 design’
The Ferrari 640, with its slim lines, purposeful profile and ingenious technological innovations is the car many identify most with legendary F1 designer John Barnard. A machine that, on the…
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Ready-made glitz will welcome F1 to first Miami Grand Prix
Miami Grand Prix May 7-9 Is this the future of Formula 1? Liberty Media has long pined for a race to be held in Miami since taking over ownership of…
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Leclerc now ready for season-long title fight after Imola error
A late-race error mistake from Charles Leclerc cost Ferrari big on home soil but it’s lesson learned in what could be a title fight to the very end
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Mansell’s winning F1 machines: up close with momentous Ferrari and Williams
Harsh as it may sound of a grand prix driver who scored 31 victories from 187 starts, Nigel Mansell could so easily have landed the unwanted label of Formula 1…
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Villeneuve vs Pironi: the tragic rivalry
Forty years. Who knows where the time goes? In the midst of one of grand prix racing’s most unpredictable seasons, a friendship pivoted in one controversial afternoon into a deadly…
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Mercedes aiming for Miami GP upgrades to save 2022 season
Time is running out for Mercedes to find a fix for the porpoising issue that has cost it car performance
F1
Here is how Formula 1 can fix the sprint race format
F1 has hit a wall with sprint races but there’s scope to experiment with the concept, and a radical reformatting could be brilliant
F1
Time for Mercedes to press the reset button and focus on 2023?
Mercedes is facing some tough decisions to save its position as one of F1’s sharks. Andrew Frankel runs through the options facing it
F1
FIA blocked extra sprint races in a ‘cash-grab’, says F1 insider: Is it a sign of growing feud?
In the Bernie Ecclestone days, it almost always felt like there was a power battle going on between Formula 1 and the FIA. It was just an ongoing atmosphere that…
Great Read
Archive
Ferrari’s 640: the 1989 flawed masterpiece ‘that’s still influencing F1 design’
The Ferrari 640, with its slim lines, purposeful profile and ingenious technological innovations is the car many identify most with legendary F1 designer John Barnard. A machine that, on the…
Archive
Ready-made glitz will welcome F1 to first Miami Grand Prix
Miami Grand Prix May 7-9 Is this the future of Formula 1? Liberty Media has long pined for a race to be held in Miami since taking over ownership of…
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Leclerc now ready for season-long title fight after Imola error
A late-race error mistake from Charles Leclerc cost Ferrari big on home soil but it’s lesson learned in what could be a title fight to the very end
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Mansell’s winning F1 machines: up close with momentous Ferrari and Williams
Harsh as it may sound of a grand prix driver who scored 31 victories from 187 starts, Nigel Mansell could so easily have landed the unwanted label of Formula 1…
Great Read
Archive
Villeneuve vs Pironi: the tragic rivalry
Forty years. Who knows where the time goes? In the midst of one of grand prix racing’s most unpredictable seasons, a friendship pivoted in one controversial afternoon into a deadly…
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MPH: Norris had no sympathy for Russell’s F1 car complaints. Here’s why
Lando Norris responded bluntly to George Russell’s complaints of struggling to adapt to this year’s Mercedes F1 car. It exposed more than just their different driving styles, says Mark Hughes; it shows where their heads are at
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MPH: Decoded – why Russell and Piastri can’t keep up with their F1 team-mates
Hungary revealed how wind and worn tarmac are rewriting the rules of 2026 F1 performance, and why some of the grid’s best drivers are struggling to keep up. Mark Hughes explains
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Formula 1 2026 half-term report. Every driver rated – who deserves an A+?
Kimi Antonelli Astonishing progression from his patchy and underprepared rookie season. Yes, he’s in the best car but he’s doing things with it that stand comparison with the finest. In…
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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 gives Madrid’s new F1 circuit a distinctive challenge
There was a time when circuit corner names were utilitarian labels, nothing more. Even for the greatest curves, inspiration was drawn from local landmarks or topography: think of Eau Rouge…
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‘Kimi Antonelli was 11 when I saw him race. He amazed me’: when Mercedes’ talent scout discovered the F1 sensation
To call Gwen Lagrue a ’scout’ is reductive. Identifying talent is just part of the equation; he supplements that by developing it, playing a central role in nurturing a plethora…
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F1 isn’t all bad in 2026: what GP racing has gained and lost with its new rules
Six months into Formula 1’s biggest regulation reset in a generation, the new rules have delivered genuine wins and real problems in almost equal measure
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A frightened James Hunt’s brilliant win: the F1 victory that’s easy to forget
Niki Lauda’s blazing Ferrari cast a pall over the 1976 German Grand Prix, so it’s easy to overlook what happened in the F1 race. Matt Bishop recognises James Hunt’s masterful and brave victory at the Nürburgring
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The Beatle who predicted F1’s TV boom decades early
Long before Drive to Survive, an ex-Beatle and lifelong racing obsessive told Barry Sheene how F1 would find its biggest audience
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