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F1 in 2022: We predict a riot
What are the key challenges facing the top teams this season? We asked a quartet of experts with ties to Mercedes, Ferrari, Red Bull and McLaren to reveal all …
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F1 2022: Runners & riders
Red Bull RB18 Loosened Lewis Hamilton’s title grip with Max Verstappen Max Verstappen Car No 1 Age 24 Wins 20 Poles 13 2021 position 1st Aim in 2022 Simple: to…
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Les Thacker: Pitstops and f-stops with the man from BP
When Les Thacker left the British Army in 1963 a move into the oil industry seemed a natural next step. “I wrote to Shell-Mex and BP, and Esso – and…
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Johnny Herbert: ‘The guy who started the trend to use karting for training was Schumacher’
We’re nearly there as the teams make final preparations ahead of the new season. For the drivers, karting during the winter has become a popular way to keep fit, stay…
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Formula 1 good month, bad month, April 2022
Good month Seb speaks out Vettel on Formula 1 now not offering the chance to take a knee pre-race: “The issues haven’t gone away,” the Aston Martin man said. Testing…
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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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F1 in 2022: We predict a riot
What are the key challenges facing the top teams this season? We asked a quartet of experts with ties to Mercedes, Ferrari, Red Bull and McLaren to reveal all …
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F1 2022: Runners & riders
Red Bull RB18 Loosened Lewis Hamilton’s title grip with Max Verstappen Max Verstappen Car No 1 Age 24 Wins 20 Poles 13 2021 position 1st Aim in 2022 Simple: to…
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Les Thacker: Pitstops and f-stops with the man from BP
When Les Thacker left the British Army in 1963 a move into the oil industry seemed a natural next step. “I wrote to Shell-Mex and BP, and Esso – and…
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Johnny Herbert: ‘The guy who started the trend to use karting for training was Schumacher’
We’re nearly there as the teams make final preparations ahead of the new season. For the drivers, karting during the winter has become a popular way to keep fit, stay…
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Formula 1 good month, bad month, April 2022
Good month Seb speaks out Vettel on Formula 1 now not offering the chance to take a knee pre-race: “The issues haven’t gone away,” the Aston Martin man said. Testing…
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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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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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