Another desert duel: 2021 Qatar Grand Prix what to watch for
With the Brazilian GP controversy still fresh, F1 heads to Qatar for the first time and with the title race closing up
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Chinese F2 driver Guanyu Zhou will move up to Alfa Romeo next season
F1 pulsed to the samba beat (or was it Christian Horner’s nervously tapping right foot?) on its return to Interlagos this weekend
Controversy and cunning in Brazil made for one of the best races of the 2021 Formula 1 season
An extraordinary performance from Lewis Hamilton saw him overcome being thrown to the back of the grid for the Saturday sprint race, taking a five-place grid drop for the main…
With the Brazilian GP controversy still fresh, F1 heads to Qatar for the first time and with the title race closing up
Remember when the Formula 1 season used to finish in October? It wasn’t that long ago. In fact it was the norm in the 2000s, before the date began slipping…
Mercedes has formally requested a review of Verstappen’s controversial defence of the lead in Brazil
The story of Romain Grosjean’s survival in the Bahrain GP fireball is told from both his and his wife’s perspective in an emotive new biography: Facing Death
It would be easy to assume Romain Grosjean’s semi-autobiographical new book, written in partnership with his wife Marion, is a slice of commercial opportunism – a chance to cash in…
Chinese F2 driver Guanyu Zhou will move up to Alfa Romeo next season
F1 pulsed to the samba beat (or was it Christian Horner’s nervously tapping right foot?) on its return to Interlagos this weekend
Controversy and cunning in Brazil made for one of the best races of the 2021 Formula 1 season
An extraordinary performance from Lewis Hamilton saw him overcome being thrown to the back of the grid for the Saturday sprint race, taking a five-place grid drop for the main…
Mark Hughes weighs up an exceptional 2025 rookie class, dissecting four contrasting debut seasons to reveal who truly stood out the most
Mark Hughes revisits the race that gave McLaren team principal Andrea Stella a sleepless night ahead of this year’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix: how victory in 2025 was forged from a Ferrari failure 15 years earlier
Mark Hughes explains how McLaren’s pre-planned lap-one swap and split-tyre strategy blunted Verstappen’s threat and laid the groundwork for Norris’s title-winning drive
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Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris worked together ahead of the 2025 Chinese GP, finding the pace that delivered a 1-2 finish, while Norris also prepared to attack his team-mate during the race. Brake issues denied him, says Mark Hughes but the F1 title duel is coming
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