Verstappen in a class of one: 2021 Mexican GP lap by lap
Max Verstappen and Red Bull left the rest well behind to win the Mexico Grand Prix and extend his title advantage
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“Ha, ha, yes!!” You could hear the delight in Valtteri Bottas’s voice as Mercedes took an entirely unexpected pole position and front row lock-out for round 18 of an epic…
Valtteri Bottas set a scorching pace under the Mexican sun to take pole for tomorrow’s race, with Lewis Hamilton second and Max Verstappen third
Sergio Perez was the man to beat in final practice ahead of qualifying. Will Mexico have its first pole-sitter at a home event?
The families of Gilles Villeneuve and Didier Pironi are working together on a new documentary into the Ferrari team-mates’ controversial, tragic 1982 season. Due for release next year, forty years…
Pole has been separated by fine margins this season but losing out at the Mexican Grand Prix might not be the worst result
Toto Wolff has said that if the title fight between his driver Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen goes down to the wire in Abu Dhabi, whichever of them is in…
His team boss suggests that this year’s F1 title could be decided by a collision, and recent history confirms it’s a possibility but Lewis Hamilton says he would never crash…
A phone call from Frank Williams cracked the F1 door open but the test wasn’t what Al Unser Jr had hoped it would be
Max Verstappen and Red Bull left the rest well behind to win the Mexico Grand Prix and extend his title advantage
“Ha, ha, yes!!” You could hear the delight in Valtteri Bottas’s voice as Mercedes took an entirely unexpected pole position and front row lock-out for round 18 of an epic…
Valtteri Bottas set a scorching pace under the Mexican sun to take pole for tomorrow’s race, with Lewis Hamilton second and Max Verstappen third
Sergio Perez was the man to beat in final practice ahead of qualifying. Will Mexico have its first pole-sitter at a home event?
The families of Gilles Villeneuve and Didier Pironi are working together on a new documentary into the Ferrari team-mates’ controversial, tragic 1982 season. Due for release next year, forty years…
Pole has been separated by fine margins this season but losing out at the Mexican Grand Prix might not be the worst result
Toto Wolff has said that if the title fight between his driver Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen goes down to the wire in Abu Dhabi, whichever of them is in…
His team boss suggests that this year’s F1 title could be decided by a collision, and recent history confirms it’s a possibility but Lewis Hamilton says he would never crash…
A phone call from Frank Williams cracked the F1 door open but the test wasn’t what Al Unser Jr had hoped it would be
McLaren’s disqualification from the Las Vegas Grand Prix led to speculation about a conspiracy to bring Max Verstappen back into the title fight. But there’s a more realistic explanation
F1’s 2025 championship leader said he had to go to real set-up extremes to make his car competitive in the final Las Vegas Grand Prix stint last year – could that be key to Lando Norris’s success in the race this season?
McLaren team principal Andrea Stella believes the current F1 generation is the most competitive in history and called on reporters to scrutinise the claim. Mark Hughes didn’t need any more encouragement
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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
Esteban Ocon’s Alpine stint ended at the 2024 Qatar GP, giving Jack Doohan a make-or-break F1 chance in Abu Dhabi. Elsewhere FIA boss Mohammed Ben Sulayem dismissed driver concerns and mechanics just wanted a kip: Chris Medland‘s paddock diary
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Peter Wright was with Lotus for some of the greatest F1 highs, but also witnessed its demise – he told the story to Motor Sport in this month’s magazine
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