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Budkowski leaves Alpine F1 team with immediate effect
Marcin Budkowski has left his post as executive director of Alpine with immediate effect the team has confirmed
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George Russell: Turning down Toto Wolff and secret DTM test led me to Mercedes F1 drive
In the latest edition of the ‘My Big Break’ Motor Sport podcast series, George Russell recalls how a Mercedes engineer may have influenced his signing and path to F1
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Podcast: George Russell, My big break
George Russell joins Mercedes as Lewis Hamilton’s team-mate in 2022, after an acclaimed three years at Williams. In our latest My big break episode, the 23-year-old reveals how he went from racing…
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Should we be worried about the 2022 Formula 1 car?
F1 has placed a lot of faith in the new technical regulations making the racing better but Chris Medland says even if they don’t, the reset can be a good thing
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A Jean Todt Ferrari comeback could rekindle past glory… but there’s a risk
Returning to the scene of past glories for another crack at success tends to be fraught with jeopardy, especially for those who hit the greatest heights first time around. The…
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Alonso: ‘Now I’m the oldest F1 driver, I work harder than everyone else’
He may have turned 40 last July, but Fernando Alonso has no intention of slowing down any time soon. After using the 2021 season to get back up to speed…
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When a talent like Max Verstappen sends F1 car design in the wrong direction — MPH
The equation between driver and car and car performance is a complex one. At F1 level the drivers are close enough in their basic speed that it’s often a fallacy…
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Did Mercedes announcement slow Russell down in 2021?
It was one of the worst-kept secrets of the paddock in 2021 but did Mercedes’ George Russell announcement make him slower?
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Given up on F1? Why 2022 is not the season to switch off
New car, driver line-ups, regulations and defending champion, there are plenty of reasons to stick with F1 in 2022
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Budkowski leaves Alpine F1 team with immediate effect
Marcin Budkowski has left his post as executive director of Alpine with immediate effect the team has confirmed
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George Russell: Turning down Toto Wolff and secret DTM test led me to Mercedes F1 drive
In the latest edition of the ‘My Big Break’ Motor Sport podcast series, George Russell recalls how a Mercedes engineer may have influenced his signing and path to F1
Motor Sport Podcast
Podcast: George Russell, My big break
George Russell joins Mercedes as Lewis Hamilton’s team-mate in 2022, after an acclaimed three years at Williams. In our latest My big break episode, the 23-year-old reveals how he went from racing…
F1
Should we be worried about the 2022 Formula 1 car?
F1 has placed a lot of faith in the new technical regulations making the racing better but Chris Medland says even if they don’t, the reset can be a good thing
F1
A Jean Todt Ferrari comeback could rekindle past glory… but there’s a risk
Returning to the scene of past glories for another crack at success tends to be fraught with jeopardy, especially for those who hit the greatest heights first time around. The…
F1
Alonso: ‘Now I’m the oldest F1 driver, I work harder than everyone else’
He may have turned 40 last July, but Fernando Alonso has no intention of slowing down any time soon. After using the 2021 season to get back up to speed…
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When a talent like Max Verstappen sends F1 car design in the wrong direction — MPH
The equation between driver and car and car performance is a complex one. At F1 level the drivers are close enough in their basic speed that it’s often a fallacy…
F1
Did Mercedes announcement slow Russell down in 2021?
It was one of the worst-kept secrets of the paddock in 2021 but did Mercedes’ George Russell announcement make him slower?
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Given up on F1? Why 2022 is not the season to switch off
New car, driver line-ups, regulations and defending champion, there are plenty of reasons to stick with F1 in 2022
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MPH: Why Red Bull’s rivals could push Max Verstappen out of F1 for good
As F1 power unit manufacturers fail to agree on rule changes, so the threat of Max Verstappen quitting the series becomes more real, writes Mark Hughes
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Mark Hughes: Hamilton chose wrong F1 track for simulator gamble
Hamilton decided not to use the simulator to prepare for the Canadian GP, but as Mark Hughes explains, Montreal may be exactly the wrong place to ditch it
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MPH: What Verstappen did at the Nürburgring is everything F1 can’t offer
Verstappen’s stunning Nürburgring 24 Hours assault exposed the gap between what Formula 1 is and what racing can be, Mark Hughes argues
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Nico Rosberg celebrates victory at Suzuka in 2016
October 7, 2016 Suzuka, Japan By Round 17, Nico Rosberg led Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton by 23 points. Here’s Rosberg in practice dramatically demonstrating the concept of lateral load transfer.…
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Derek Daly: why the numbers prove Williams sabotaged my 1982 F1 season for Rosberg
I raced in Formula 1 for five years at a dangerous time when you knew that at least one driver on average would probably be killed or maimed each year.…
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Ferrari’s bid for four straight Le Mans wins faces a tougher field and stricter BoP rules
Ferrari is bidding for a fourth consecutive Le Mans 24 Hours win this year. Or to put it another way, to continue an unbeaten run since it ended its 50-year exile from…
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Russell vs Antonelli resembles one of F1’s most toxic team-mate battles
The emerging Antonelli vs Russell F1 title duel brings to mind 2016 and the Hamilton-Rosberg years. But there’s an older, destructive example that’s a closer match for Mercedes’ current situation
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Johnny Servoz-Gavin: F1’s hippie racer whose career was cruelly ended by a twig
F1 flashback: Johnny Servoz-Gavin
He looked set to become one of Formula 1’s greats until a single twig in a French forest cut his career short. Matt Bishop remembers a playboy and prodigy
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‘Too safe’ call leaves McLaren under pressure in 2026 F1 title battle
An unfortunate tyre gamble and weak reliability in Canada left McLaren facing an uphill battle to defend its titles in 2026
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