Mercedes: ‘We were too confident after eight years of F1 success’
Mercedes’ return to competitiveness has been a hard and gruelling journey. Key figures from the team tell Motor Sport what went wrong and how it clawed its way back to the front
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F1 heads to Hungary this weekend for a 70-lap tour of the Hungaroring — a circuit which often delivers plenty of racing action despite its narrow street-like nature. Viewers in…
In this month’s magazine, Karun Chandhok takes the Lotus 49 to the Hethel test track to find out why it’s the Race Car of the Century
One has the jitters, one has hope after years of agonising defeat and the other is struggling to keep up. Mark Hughes analyses how three key figures on the F1 grid are trying to overcome their confidence crises
Adrian Newey is heralded by many as the greatest F1 designer of all time. But what makes him so special? Cambridge Kisby identifies a common theme amongst his title-winning drivers that may provide an answer
Lotus founder Colin Chapman was the team boss, engineer and innovator who pushed design to the limits – read the Motor Sport profile
The 2024 F1 season has been a breath of fresh air, with six different race winners across the first 12 grands prix. But the scale of the competition — and Red Bull’s early advantage — are giving Max Verstappen few concerns in the championship
Ferrari has lost its way on the F1 development path in recent months, while its race strategy has fallen apart too – Leclerc, Sainz and Vasseur explains the team’s plan to get back on track
On an F1 grid obsessed by youth, Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso are outliers — but not just in terms of age. “I’ve never encountered any other driver nearly as competitive,” says Matt Bishop. “Both remain supremely capable”
Look beyond the head-to-head qualifying results between F1 team-mates, and a different picture emerges around which drivers are closely matched, writes Mark Hughes
For a few laps of the 2024 Hungarian Grand Prix, Lando Norris looked as if he was about to defy team orders, as Sebastian Vettel did in F1’s infamous ‘Multi 21’ episode. Mark Hughes examines the parallels
Max Verstappen’s rage and tension on Lando Norris’s F1 radio only diverted from McLaren’s walkover at the 2024 Hungarian Grand Prix, writes Mark Hughes, with much of the furore down to a single, small mistake
Christian Horner dominated the headlines in the run-up to — and during — the 2024 Bahrain GP weekend despite the best efforts of Alpine, Yuki Tsunoda and a glorious V8
2023 US Grand Prix diary: More lengthy post-race investigations, the challenge of COTA and Ricciardo returns with the stars — Chris Medland’s view from the F1 paddock
It took the efforts of both Ferraris to win the 2023 Singapore Grand Prix, writes Mark Hughes. Carlos Sainz earned the plaudits, but Charles Leclerc also played his support role to perfection
The 2024 Belgian Grand Prix weekend gets underway on Friday, with two hour-long practice sessions before another on Saturday, offering the first indications of the competitive order to come. Your…
Tackling Eau Rouge at Spa-Francorchamps used to be one of F1’s most daunting challenges but modern cars can just take it flat out. Has the circuit become too tame? Adam Cooper asks the current grid
Esteban Ocon will join Haas next season, in the latest F1 2025 driver line-up development that leaves five seats vacant next year. What next in the F1 transfer market? Here are the contracts in place, the rumoured deals, and who could end up where
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