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Flashback: Jenks talks pistons with BMW
It’s 25 years this month since Motor Sport’s continental correspondent Denis Jenkinson (DSJ) went off to roam the celestial paddock and meet his old motoring mates. I took this shot in…
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Murray Walker Incredible! book review
He was part of the broadcasting landscape for more than 50 years and his celebrity extended far beyond the sport that made him famous. Murray Walker published his own autobiography…
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Formula 1 good month, bad month, January 2022
Good month Wolff at the door Toto Wolff was briefly possessed by the spirit of the average F1 fan as Hamilton finally passed Verstappen in Brazil – cameras caught the…
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‘Hamilton and Verstappen are the best I’ve seen going head-to-head for a title’: Johnny Herbert
Brazil was a fantastic race. Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen are the two best drivers I’ve seen going head-to-head for a title, and that includes Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost.…
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John Love: Beware of the underdog
F1 Retro January 2001 These days the idea of an F1 underdog upset is a junior driver from a massive multinational manufacturer-backed team winning for a slightly less good multinational…
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Mercedes stalls for improved times in F1
Footage from a rearward-facing facing camera on the Mercedes at Istanbul revealed just how far the rear of the car was sinking once past a certain speed. This was the…
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Word on the beat, January 2022
● With negotiations having broken down between Michael Andretti and Sauber over the purchase of the team, Andretti will continue to look for F1 opportunities. ● A new Chinese Grand Prix…
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A bumpy ride for F1 teams in the Americas
The Circuit of the Americas is tough on tyres, but this year it was more so. The bumps had developed further since they first became apparent in 2019 as the…
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Ferrari’s power unit gets a boost
When Ferrari introduced a revised spec of power unit at the Russian Grand Prix, with a switch from a 400v to 800v system and battery, it played it down. The…
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Flashback: Jenks talks pistons with BMW
It’s 25 years this month since Motor Sport’s continental correspondent Denis Jenkinson (DSJ) went off to roam the celestial paddock and meet his old motoring mates. I took this shot in…
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Murray Walker Incredible! book review
He was part of the broadcasting landscape for more than 50 years and his celebrity extended far beyond the sport that made him famous. Murray Walker published his own autobiography…
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Formula 1 good month, bad month, January 2022
Good month Wolff at the door Toto Wolff was briefly possessed by the spirit of the average F1 fan as Hamilton finally passed Verstappen in Brazil – cameras caught the…
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‘Hamilton and Verstappen are the best I’ve seen going head-to-head for a title’: Johnny Herbert
Brazil was a fantastic race. Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen are the two best drivers I’ve seen going head-to-head for a title, and that includes Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost.…
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John Love: Beware of the underdog
F1 Retro January 2001 These days the idea of an F1 underdog upset is a junior driver from a massive multinational manufacturer-backed team winning for a slightly less good multinational…
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Mercedes stalls for improved times in F1
Footage from a rearward-facing facing camera on the Mercedes at Istanbul revealed just how far the rear of the car was sinking once past a certain speed. This was the…
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Word on the beat, January 2022
● With negotiations having broken down between Michael Andretti and Sauber over the purchase of the team, Andretti will continue to look for F1 opportunities. ● A new Chinese Grand Prix…
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A bumpy ride for F1 teams in the Americas
The Circuit of the Americas is tough on tyres, but this year it was more so. The bumps had developed further since they first became apparent in 2019 as the…
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Ferrari’s power unit gets a boost
When Ferrari introduced a revised spec of power unit at the Russian Grand Prix, with a switch from a 400v to 800v system and battery, it played it down. The…
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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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