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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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It’s now normal to hold F1 races where basic freedoms are denied — The Editor
The news that the last three races of 2021 will be played out on circuits in the Middle East has cast a shadow over this most glittering of Formula 1…
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Goin’ up, goin’ down: 2021 United States GP
Big stetsons, small stints, gigantic celebrities and more – here’s what was going up and down at the 2021 United States GP
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The Hamilton vs Verstappen battle you saw… and what was really going on at the US GP
What the record Austin crowd saw was a brilliantly vivid see-sawing contest between Max Verstappen’s Red Bull and Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes in which the former prevailed – just. What was…
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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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It’s now normal to hold F1 races where basic freedoms are denied — The Editor
The news that the last three races of 2021 will be played out on circuits in the Middle East has cast a shadow over this most glittering of Formula 1…
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Goin’ up, goin’ down: 2021 United States GP
Big stetsons, small stints, gigantic celebrities and more – here’s what was going up and down at the 2021 United States GP
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The Hamilton vs Verstappen battle you saw… and what was really going on at the US GP
What the record Austin crowd saw was a brilliantly vivid see-sawing contest between Max Verstappen’s Red Bull and Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes in which the former prevailed – just. What was…
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Mercedes seizes early 2026 F1 advantage as Russell and Antonelli dominate opening two races
China March 13–15 Like Round 1, the season’s second race was another Mercedes lockout, but the outcome at Shanghai differed from Albert Park: a 2-1 rather than a 1-2. Make…
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MPH: Antonelli vs Russell – is this F1’s next epic title battle?
He’s only 19, but Kimi Antonelli has shown F1 championship-winning pace and may never get a better title shot. The ingredients are there for another historic battle between one experienced team-mate and a thrusting newcomer, says Mark Hughes
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Flawed F1 exposed again at Suzuka, but searing Antonelli would win in any era
Kimi Antonelli looked like he’d have blasted to victory in the 2026 Japanese Grand Prix, no matter what rules F1 was racing under, says Mark Hughes. However, the result was once again overshadowed by the shortcomings of the series’ new regulations
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Katsuta triumphs in Safari Rally as Toyota driver ends 94-start wait with grit and resilience
He wasn’t the fastest driver in Kenya – he failed to win a single stage – but traditionalists will tell you that speed is not the most important thing on…
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Verstappen’s Nürburgring pole and battle overshadowed by tyre rule exclusion in NLS2
March 21, 2026 Nürburgring, Germany A hero’s welcome for Max Verstappen in the Nürburgring pitlane after what appeared to have been victory in NLS2 as the four-time Formula 1 champion…
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Porsche Penske’s Sebring win marred by team orders dispute in Florida endurance double
March 21, 2026 Sebring, Florida, USA Porsche Penske Motorsport trio Felipe Nasr, Julien Andlauer and Laurin Heinrich completed a double in the ‘36 Hours of Florida’ when they added Sebring…
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Lock in fans, then make everything worse: F1 risks falling into Big Tech trap
There is a word for what happens when platforms stop serving the people who made them great. Should Formula 1 learn it?
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Ready for the F1 title fight: How Kimi Antonelli revealed he has what it takes
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Leading the world championship aged 19, Kimi Antonelli has proved he has the pace to win the title — and this could be his best shot. Plus: how GPs could be shortened over safety fears, and why Max Verstappen is serious in threatening to quit
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Stewart and Jenkinson clash over safety as Rindt wins at Clermont-Ferrand
July 5, 1970 Clermont-Ferrand, France Smiles here, but the reigning Formula 1 champion Jackie Stewart and Motor Sport’s continental correspondent Denis Jenkinson were embroiled in a bitter war of words…
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