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2022 F1 Barcelona test: Shakedown time
This apparently, is how the momentous new Formula 1 car test days used to feel in the ‘old days’. The sharp sun brings everything into focus at Circuit de Catalunya,…
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F1 2022 is go! Circuits of the 23-race season
1 Bahrain Sakhir / March 18-20 Our first look at the new 2022 F1 cars in race conditions. Bahrain has been a dramatic round in recent seasons. 2 Saudi Arabia…
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Mercedes can erase the pain of 2021 this year, says Anthony Davidson
I’ve been asked a few times now how I think the Mercedes team can pick itself up after the controversy at Abu Dhabi last season, and the simple answer is:…
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Mark Webber: ‘Red Bull’s secret formula will keep it at the top of F1 in 2022’
The million-dollar question for Red Bull, Mercedes and Ferrari is how many punches they used to close out last season, and what effect that might have had on their 2022…
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‘Wait and see’ will characterise F1 in 2022, says Mercedes
The new rules may not require the clean-sheet approach to power units as demanded of the chassis department, but as Mercedes High Performance Powertrains managing director Hywel Thomas explains, those…
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Mercedes voyages into the unknown with 2022 F1 rules
So will these new Formula 1 regulations deliver what they’re supposed to and improve the ability of grand prix cars to actually race each other in 2022? “Good question,” says…
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F1’s 2022 cars under the skin
It’s all about the tech. As the new F1 season gears up ahead of the first race in Bahrain at the end of March, fans have been given their first…
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Max vs Lewis 2.0: the 2022 F1 rematch
Formula 1 people hate unknowns. They can’t stand any inkling that they lack control over their own destinies. Yet at the same time, and just like the rest of us,…
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Flashback: Bedlam in Jacarepaguá
When the 10 F1 teams turn up in Bahrain for the first grand prix of 2022, none of them will experience conditions like this. In 1989, Brabham faced this excuse…
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2022 F1 Barcelona test: Shakedown time
This apparently, is how the momentous new Formula 1 car test days used to feel in the ‘old days’. The sharp sun brings everything into focus at Circuit de Catalunya,…
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F1 2022 is go! Circuits of the 23-race season
1 Bahrain Sakhir / March 18-20 Our first look at the new 2022 F1 cars in race conditions. Bahrain has been a dramatic round in recent seasons. 2 Saudi Arabia…
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Mercedes can erase the pain of 2021 this year, says Anthony Davidson
I’ve been asked a few times now how I think the Mercedes team can pick itself up after the controversy at Abu Dhabi last season, and the simple answer is:…
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Mark Webber: ‘Red Bull’s secret formula will keep it at the top of F1 in 2022’
The million-dollar question for Red Bull, Mercedes and Ferrari is how many punches they used to close out last season, and what effect that might have had on their 2022…
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‘Wait and see’ will characterise F1 in 2022, says Mercedes
The new rules may not require the clean-sheet approach to power units as demanded of the chassis department, but as Mercedes High Performance Powertrains managing director Hywel Thomas explains, those…
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Mercedes voyages into the unknown with 2022 F1 rules
So will these new Formula 1 regulations deliver what they’re supposed to and improve the ability of grand prix cars to actually race each other in 2022? “Good question,” says…
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F1’s 2022 cars under the skin
It’s all about the tech. As the new F1 season gears up ahead of the first race in Bahrain at the end of March, fans have been given their first…
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Max vs Lewis 2.0: the 2022 F1 rematch
Formula 1 people hate unknowns. They can’t stand any inkling that they lack control over their own destinies. Yet at the same time, and just like the rest of us,…
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Flashback: Bedlam in Jacarepaguá
When the 10 F1 teams turn up in Bahrain for the first grand prix of 2022, none of them will experience conditions like this. In 1989, Brabham faced this excuse…
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MPH: How to fix F1 – and why it probably won’t happen
As F1 prepares to vote on a package of 2026 regulation tweaks, Mark Hughes argues the most meaningful fix is the one it’s least likely to try
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MPH: Verstappen’s powers are blunted, now Leclerc is the F1 driver with a magic touch
Charles Leclerc has mastered F1’s new regulations by rooting out the best deployment tricks, while Max Verstappen has been stripped of his advantage, writes Mark Hughes
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Mercedes seizes early 2026 F1 advantage as Russell and Antonelli dominate opening two races
China March 13–15 Like Round 1, the season’s second race was another Mercedes lockout, but the outcome at Shanghai differed from Albert Park: a 2-1 rather than a 1-2. Make…
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Katsuta triumphs in Safari Rally as Toyota driver ends 94-start wait with grit and resilience
He wasn’t the fastest driver in Kenya – he failed to win a single stage – but traditionalists will tell you that speed is not the most important thing on…
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Verstappen’s Nürburgring pole and battle overshadowed by tyre rule exclusion in NLS2
March 21, 2026 Nürburgring, Germany A hero’s welcome for Max Verstappen in the Nürburgring pitlane after what appeared to have been victory in NLS2 as the four-time Formula 1 champion…
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Porsche Penske’s Sebring win marred by team orders dispute in Florida endurance double
March 21, 2026 Sebring, Florida, USA Porsche Penske Motorsport trio Felipe Nasr, Julien Andlauer and Laurin Heinrich completed a double in the ‘36 Hours of Florida’ when they added Sebring…
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2026 F1 mid-season rules changes: what’s been agreed and why
Most changes will be implemented before the next race after several meetings
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The obvious solution that F1 couldn’t adopt to fix its 2026 problems
There is a simple solution to F1’s current issues, but it would also make the best drivers redundant
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ADUO: How F1 will unlock engine upgrades so strugglers can catch up
For Formula 1 teams that are down on power, the new ADUO process could be a lifeline: here’s how the mid-season engine development exemption will work and what it takes for teams to qualify for it
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