The problems F1 and the FIA must fix over the winter break
It was a memorable F1 season but some of the controversies won’t be forgotten any time soon. Chris Medland says the FIA has to address some major issues before next season
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My verdict on the last-lap shootout that decided the 2021 Formula 1 World Championship? The FIA needs to have a hard think about how it operates grands prix. This should…
Red Bull’s Christian Horner was adamant during the Brazilian Grand Prix that Mercedes had somehow got around the tougher rear wing flexibility tests introduced earlier this season. These were brought…
Good month Haas anyone seen Gene? Diehard budget F1 outfit Haas decided not to fly owner Gene Haas in for the final race of the season, but just Photoshop him…
There was a weird positive tactical implication for Red Bull of the five-place grid penalty taken by Max Verstappen in Qatar. He received the penalty for having not slowed at…
15 years after the little Super Aguri squad made its debut, Takuma Sato reflects on a shoestring team that performed miracles
In addition to his race seat at Haas, Mick Schumacher will perform 2022 reserve driver duties for Ferrari, sharing the role with Antonio Giovinazzi
In the end Mercedes withdrew its appeal contesting the result of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, but what happened there was wrong. There may be ways of justifying it with…
Forget for a moment, if you can, the way the outcome of the Abu Dhabi finale – and therefore of the whole championship – was decided. Let’s just focus on…
It was a memorable F1 season but some of the controversies won’t be forgotten any time soon. Chris Medland says the FIA has to address some major issues before next season
My verdict on the last-lap shootout that decided the 2021 Formula 1 World Championship? The FIA needs to have a hard think about how it operates grands prix. This should…
Red Bull’s Christian Horner was adamant during the Brazilian Grand Prix that Mercedes had somehow got around the tougher rear wing flexibility tests introduced earlier this season. These were brought…
Good month Haas anyone seen Gene? Diehard budget F1 outfit Haas decided not to fly owner Gene Haas in for the final race of the season, but just Photoshop him…
There was a weird positive tactical implication for Red Bull of the five-place grid penalty taken by Max Verstappen in Qatar. He received the penalty for having not slowed at…
15 years after the little Super Aguri squad made its debut, Takuma Sato reflects on a shoestring team that performed miracles
In addition to his race seat at Haas, Mick Schumacher will perform 2022 reserve driver duties for Ferrari, sharing the role with Antonio Giovinazzi
In the end Mercedes withdrew its appeal contesting the result of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, but what happened there was wrong. There may be ways of justifying it with…
Forget for a moment, if you can, the way the outcome of the Abu Dhabi finale – and therefore of the whole championship – was decided. Let’s just focus on…
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
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
Verstappen’s stunning Nürburgring 24 Hours assault exposed the gap between what Formula 1 is and what racing can be, Mark Hughes argues
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.…
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.…
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…
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
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
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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