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The F1 champion over the Hill
F1 Retro July 2008 It’s 25 years this month since Damon Hill, after several near misses, finally stepped out of his father’s shadow and claimed the drivers’ title for himself…
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Has Mercedes found a crafty, draughty engine power boost?
Illustration by Craig Scarborough Some time before the Belgian Grand Prix, Red Bull submitted a query to the FIA regarding the placement of the heat sensors within the Mercedes power unit’s…
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‘I never expected anyone to give me a corner – I had to earn it’: Johnny Herbert
The Monza win was massive for Daniel Ricciardo. His problems this year at McLaren were just starting to chew away at him and you could see he was thinking ‘what…
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Fine margins for overtaking gave Verstappen the advantage at Zandvoort
Mercedes’ attempt at using a two-stopping Lewis Hamilton and a one-stopping Valtteri Bottas to ‘pincer’ Max Verstappen’s faster Red Bull in the Dutch Grand Prix was based around the calculated…
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Two out of three F1 wins ain’t bad for Verstappen
2021 Belgian GP | 2021 Dutch GP | 2021 Italian GP Only two of these events were actually races. In Belgium, for the first time in the championship’s history, points…
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The robots won’t win in F1’s pitstop wars
Ferrari was the first to introduce ‘intelligent wheelguns’ around three years ago and many of the other top teams quickly followed. These ‘smart’ guns had software that runs a series…
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Word on the beat, November 2021
● Asked by a fan when he first drove a car, Yuki Tsunoda, at Spa-Francorchamps, replied that he was eight years old, “a bit illegal in Japan”. An amused Fernando…
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Trackside view, November 2021
Race report Belgian washout gives way to a Dutch party, and McLaren’s Monza Word on the beat Driving violations, Alpine all-nighters, and who’s in at Alfa? Tactical analysis Zandvoort turned…
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VW steers F1 towards simpler engines: Mark Hughes
With the long-overdue confirmation that George Russell will replace Valtteri Bottas at Mercedes next year, a sequence of other driver moves was triggered. One of these – the recruitment of…
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The F1 champion over the Hill
F1 Retro July 2008 It’s 25 years this month since Damon Hill, after several near misses, finally stepped out of his father’s shadow and claimed the drivers’ title for himself…
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Has Mercedes found a crafty, draughty engine power boost?
Illustration by Craig Scarborough Some time before the Belgian Grand Prix, Red Bull submitted a query to the FIA regarding the placement of the heat sensors within the Mercedes power unit’s…
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‘I never expected anyone to give me a corner – I had to earn it’: Johnny Herbert
The Monza win was massive for Daniel Ricciardo. His problems this year at McLaren were just starting to chew away at him and you could see he was thinking ‘what…
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Fine margins for overtaking gave Verstappen the advantage at Zandvoort
Mercedes’ attempt at using a two-stopping Lewis Hamilton and a one-stopping Valtteri Bottas to ‘pincer’ Max Verstappen’s faster Red Bull in the Dutch Grand Prix was based around the calculated…
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Two out of three F1 wins ain’t bad for Verstappen
2021 Belgian GP | 2021 Dutch GP | 2021 Italian GP Only two of these events were actually races. In Belgium, for the first time in the championship’s history, points…
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The robots won’t win in F1’s pitstop wars
Ferrari was the first to introduce ‘intelligent wheelguns’ around three years ago and many of the other top teams quickly followed. These ‘smart’ guns had software that runs a series…
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Word on the beat, November 2021
● Asked by a fan when he first drove a car, Yuki Tsunoda, at Spa-Francorchamps, replied that he was eight years old, “a bit illegal in Japan”. An amused Fernando…
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Trackside view, November 2021
Race report Belgian washout gives way to a Dutch party, and McLaren’s Monza Word on the beat Driving violations, Alpine all-nighters, and who’s in at Alfa? Tactical analysis Zandvoort turned…
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VW steers F1 towards simpler engines: Mark Hughes
With the long-overdue confirmation that George Russell will replace Valtteri Bottas at Mercedes next year, a sequence of other driver moves was triggered. One of these – the recruitment of…
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Mark Hughes: McLaren ‘conspiracy’ is more likely a push for every microsecond
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
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MPH: Did Norris find code to crack Vegas at last year’s race?
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?
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MPH: F1 has its best drivers ever, says McLaren boss. He has a point
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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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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Genius designer remembers Lotus F1 team’s final days: ‘They didn’t invest’
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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Matt Bishop: ‘Tony Brise was set to be F1’s next superstar before tragic plane crash’
Lost alongside Graham Hill on a foggy November night 50 years ago, Tony Brise was already seen as “something special” in F1. All that’s left is the hint of what might have been
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Guenther Steiner: ‘F1 again? Never say never’
Guenther Steiner is that rare thing in modern motor sport: a genuine character; a straight-talking, old-school racer in an era of corporate jargon and marketing polish. Not despite that, but…
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