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Ayrton Senna through the keyhole
F1 Retro February 2010 It’s 30 years since Ayrton Senna claimed his final F1 drivers’ crown. Snapshots of Senna, written by Mike Doodson for our February 2010 edition, features an…
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Being 2nd driver in an F1 team sucks the energy out of you: Johnny Herbert
Just as I did in 1996, Valtteri Bottas will leave a Championship-winning team next year for Sauber – or Alfa Romeo as it is known today. In that situation you’ve…
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Word on the beat, December 2021
● The confirmation of the proposed 2022 F1 calendar shows 23 races in 36 weeks, with an early finish to avoid a clash with the World Cup. This has created…
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Hamilton U-turn after Istanbul team radio outburst
You may have heard Lewis Hamilton’s laments on the radio to his Mercedes team for bringing him in for fresh intermediate tyres in the Turkish Grand Prix with just eight…
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Nice one, centurion: Hamilton hits 100 wins at 2021 Russian Grand Prix
2021 Russian GP | 2021 Turkish GP There was a remarkable synergy about this pair of races out beyond eastern Europe. Each of the two title contenders took grid penalties…
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‘What I will always recall is Stirling Moss’s view on modern driver rates of pay’
In my last couple of years at school before motor racing’s lure proved irresistible, I used to cycle at weekends to the rifle ranges at Bisley, where I’d work as…
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Why Max Verstappen isn’t affected by the fear of failure: Mark Hughes
The stresses and strains of a very tight championship battle inevitably expose the personality traits of those in the hot centre of it all. The competitive make-up of top-class athletes…
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Martin Whitmarsh returns to F1 with Aston
Aston Martin has announced that former McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh will join the team as CEO of its Performance Technologies division. Whitmarsh was last involved in Formula 1 with…
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Verstappen in elite company: 2021 United States GP what you missed
Red Bull’s 200th podium and Max Verstappen joins a very exclusive group of F1 drivers
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Ayrton Senna through the keyhole
F1 Retro February 2010 It’s 30 years since Ayrton Senna claimed his final F1 drivers’ crown. Snapshots of Senna, written by Mike Doodson for our February 2010 edition, features an…
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Being 2nd driver in an F1 team sucks the energy out of you: Johnny Herbert
Just as I did in 1996, Valtteri Bottas will leave a Championship-winning team next year for Sauber – or Alfa Romeo as it is known today. In that situation you’ve…
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Word on the beat, December 2021
● The confirmation of the proposed 2022 F1 calendar shows 23 races in 36 weeks, with an early finish to avoid a clash with the World Cup. This has created…
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Hamilton U-turn after Istanbul team radio outburst
You may have heard Lewis Hamilton’s laments on the radio to his Mercedes team for bringing him in for fresh intermediate tyres in the Turkish Grand Prix with just eight…
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Nice one, centurion: Hamilton hits 100 wins at 2021 Russian Grand Prix
2021 Russian GP | 2021 Turkish GP There was a remarkable synergy about this pair of races out beyond eastern Europe. Each of the two title contenders took grid penalties…
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‘What I will always recall is Stirling Moss’s view on modern driver rates of pay’
In my last couple of years at school before motor racing’s lure proved irresistible, I used to cycle at weekends to the rifle ranges at Bisley, where I’d work as…
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Why Max Verstappen isn’t affected by the fear of failure: Mark Hughes
The stresses and strains of a very tight championship battle inevitably expose the personality traits of those in the hot centre of it all. The competitive make-up of top-class athletes…
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Martin Whitmarsh returns to F1 with Aston
Aston Martin has announced that former McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh will join the team as CEO of its Performance Technologies division. Whitmarsh was last involved in Formula 1 with…
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Verstappen in elite company: 2021 United States GP what you missed
Red Bull’s 200th podium and Max Verstappen joins a very exclusive group of F1 drivers
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MPH: Assessing F1’s rookie class of 2025 – the Mark Hughes verdict
Mark Hughes weighs up an exceptional 2025 rookie class, dissecting four contrasting debut seasons to reveal who truly stood out the most
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Mark Hughes: Andrea Stella finally banished the ghost of 2010 Abu Dhabi disaster
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
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Mark Hughes: Piastri pass on Norris was part of McLaren’s bold strategy to foil Verstappen
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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Jamie Chadwick shines at the Silverstone 4 Hours
IDEC Sport Silverstone 4 Hours 14/9/25 A home win for Jamie Chadwick capped a happy return for contemporary Le Mans Prototype racing to the UK, as the European Le Mans…
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McLaren drivers swapped tips ahead of Chinese GP. Norris also quietly planned attack
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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One race to prove himself at Alpine? Heat is on Jack Doohan as Ocon signs off
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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Explained: The new mode names for active aero and energy boost for F1 2026
The FIA defined clear new terminology for 2026 F1 as radical aero and power changes reshape the series
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Return of the Portuguese GP. Is it a placeholder for another F1 street track?
Formula 1’s two-year return to Portimao may be less a long-term endorsement than a holding pattern, as the championship keeps calendar space open for future street races
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Matt Bishop: He was Williams’ first winning driver but so few know his name
Two Australian F1 drivers who came to Europe at the same time: one became world champion, the other faded from memory. But both Alan Jones and Brian McGuire have their place in racing history
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