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Michael Masi ousted as F1 race director
Michael Masi, the man at the centre of the controversy that tainted last year’s Formula 1 World Championship season finale in Abu Dhabi, has been sacked from his role as…
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Live: F1 testing 2022, Barcelona Day 1
Follow every key moment from F1 2022 testing at Barcelona in our live blog. We’re trackside with all the driver and team news, plus expert analysis on Day 1 of the preseason test
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More sliding and bigger braking zones: driving the ‘phenomenal’ 2022 F1 cars
Former grand prix driver Anthony Davidson reckons this year’s new-generation Formula 1 cars will give drivers a better platform to show their skills – and likely keep us guessing about…
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Eduardo Freitas: the end-of-season WEC controversy that dogs new F1 race director
F1 has replaced Michael Masi with two new race directors. Gary Watkins answers whether Eduardo Freitas will work out for the series
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Alpine launches new 2022 A522 F1 car with special edition livery
Alpine has unveiled its 2022 F1 car, the A522 – including a special livery for the first two races of the season
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The best engine that will ever exist? Ultimate efficiency of F1’s hybrid
135 years of innovation: making of the internal combustion engine, Part 8 We’ve travelled from the first sparks of the internal combustion engine over more than a century’s worth of…
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Watch the 2022 Alpine A522 F1 car launch: livestream
Mercedes will reveal its new 2022 F1 car to the world this morning – watch it live here
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Haas gets headstart in Barcelona ahead of F1 testing
Formula 1 teams have begun arriving in Barcelona ahead of testing which begins this Wednesday, with Haas already set up and running a shakedown this morning. A video of the…
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Gallery: 2022 Formula 1 driver helmets
All of the driver’s helmet designs for the 2022 Formula 1 season
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Michael Masi ousted as F1 race director
Michael Masi, the man at the centre of the controversy that tainted last year’s Formula 1 World Championship season finale in Abu Dhabi, has been sacked from his role as…
F1
Live: F1 testing 2022, Barcelona Day 1
Follow every key moment from F1 2022 testing at Barcelona in our live blog. We’re trackside with all the driver and team news, plus expert analysis on Day 1 of the preseason test
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More sliding and bigger braking zones: driving the ‘phenomenal’ 2022 F1 cars
Former grand prix driver Anthony Davidson reckons this year’s new-generation Formula 1 cars will give drivers a better platform to show their skills – and likely keep us guessing about…
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Eduardo Freitas: the end-of-season WEC controversy that dogs new F1 race director
F1 has replaced Michael Masi with two new race directors. Gary Watkins answers whether Eduardo Freitas will work out for the series
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Alpine launches new 2022 A522 F1 car with special edition livery
Alpine has unveiled its 2022 F1 car, the A522 – including a special livery for the first two races of the season
Racing tech
The best engine that will ever exist? Ultimate efficiency of F1’s hybrid
135 years of innovation: making of the internal combustion engine, Part 8 We’ve travelled from the first sparks of the internal combustion engine over more than a century’s worth of…
F1
Watch the 2022 Alpine A522 F1 car launch: livestream
Mercedes will reveal its new 2022 F1 car to the world this morning – watch it live here
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Haas gets headstart in Barcelona ahead of F1 testing
Formula 1 teams have begun arriving in Barcelona ahead of testing which begins this Wednesday, with Haas already set up and running a shakedown this morning. A video of the…
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Gallery: 2022 Formula 1 driver helmets
All of the driver’s helmet designs for the 2022 Formula 1 season
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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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MPH: Antonelli vs Russell – is this F1’s next epic title battle?
He’s only 19, but Kimi Antonelli has shown F1 championship-winning pace and may never get a better title shot. The ingredients are there for another historic battle between one experienced team-mate and a thrusting newcomer, says Mark Hughes
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Flawed F1 exposed again at Suzuka, but searing Antonelli would win in any era
Kimi Antonelli looked like he’d have blasted to victory in the 2026 Japanese Grand Prix, no matter what rules F1 was racing under, says Mark Hughes. However, the result was once again overshadowed by the shortcomings of the series’ new regulations
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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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Ready for the F1 title fight: How Kimi Antonelli revealed he has what it takes
Motor Sport F1 Show with Mark Hughes
Leading the world championship aged 19, Kimi Antonelli has proved he has the pace to win the title — and this could be his best shot. Plus: how GPs could be shortened over safety fears, and why Max Verstappen is serious in threatening to quit
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Stewart and Jenkinson clash over safety as Rindt wins at Clermont-Ferrand
July 5, 1970 Clermont-Ferrand, France Smiles here, but the reigning Formula 1 champion Jackie Stewart and Motor Sport’s continental correspondent Denis Jenkinson were embroiled in a bitter war of words…
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Heikki Kovalainen on F1 pressure, McLaren years and the cost of chasing greatness
There are a small number of racing drivers whose stories only truly reveal themselves, or even make sense, when you stop thinking about lap times and start thinking about geography:…
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