The best junior drivers without an F1 future
Whether it be a lack of funding, behind-the-scenes political manoeuvring or an eventual run of poor results, not all drivers can make it to F1
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There will be no Jean Todt/Ferrari reunion in 2022 despite high-level talks about a new role for the Frenchman
The long road to F1 gives young drivers the chance to impress big teams but which of the upcoming generation stands the best chance of making it?
Last month, Zak Brown was supposed to host a bit of a season debrief at the McLaren Technology Centre, but fresh Covid travel restrictions meant it was postponed. The rearranged…
Dan Fallows will leave Red Bull to join Aston Martin in April both teams have confirmed
So acrimony and bad feeling follow Alain Prost out the door at Renault. It’s hardly the first time, is it? The four-time world champion was piqued this week by the…
Alain Prost has confirmed he has left Alpine but is unhappy with how the team handled his departure
Formula 1 must reform the way it operates after years of “organisational difficulties” that led to the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix fiasco, McLaren Racing’s CEO, Zak Brown, has said. He…
Carlos Sainz finished ahead in the drivers’ championship but did Charles Leclerc have the better season? This is what the stats say
Whether it be a lack of funding, behind-the-scenes political manoeuvring or an eventual run of poor results, not all drivers can make it to F1
There will be no Jean Todt/Ferrari reunion in 2022 despite high-level talks about a new role for the Frenchman
The long road to F1 gives young drivers the chance to impress big teams but which of the upcoming generation stands the best chance of making it?
Last month, Zak Brown was supposed to host a bit of a season debrief at the McLaren Technology Centre, but fresh Covid travel restrictions meant it was postponed. The rearranged…
Dan Fallows will leave Red Bull to join Aston Martin in April both teams have confirmed
So acrimony and bad feeling follow Alain Prost out the door at Renault. It’s hardly the first time, is it? The four-time world champion was piqued this week by the…
Alain Prost has confirmed he has left Alpine but is unhappy with how the team handled his departure
Formula 1 must reform the way it operates after years of “organisational difficulties” that led to the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix fiasco, McLaren Racing’s CEO, Zak Brown, has said. He…
Carlos Sainz finished ahead in the drivers’ championship but did Charles Leclerc have the better season? This is what the stats say
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…
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
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
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…
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…
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…
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
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…
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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