Readers recall Graham Hill, Alex Zanardi and the sport’s more human age
Your article about the Lotus 49 brought back memories [Rebirth of an F1 wonder, June]. In the 1990s I lived in a small village outside Northampton. On Sunday afternoons I…
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To spend time with Jean Alesi is to be reminded that Formula 1, for all its modern sheen of algorithmic optimisation, was once populated – perhaps even defined – by…
Pondering on Kimi Antonelli’s precocious run of early Grand Prix successes this year highlights the Italian’s youth at the time of his first World Championship-qualifying Grand Prix victory at Shanghai,…
Trips down the more arcane and lesser-trodden byways of Formula 1 history are always a treat. So this book, which tells the stories of the efforts of numerous South Africans…
This month we feature two anniversaries, both of them significant and yet shrouded in incertitude. The first forms the basis of our cover story which celebrates 75 years since Ferrari,…
The assembly area at the Goodwood Festival of Speed was packed with cars. But one driver was missing. Fans were around Tom Wheatcroft’s pale-green BRM V16. Argentine great José Froilán…
Hamilton drove Montreal like his old self, but two favourite circuits, one off-form team-mate, and 18 years of history mean the real test is still to come
In Montreal, Formula 1 got its clearest look yet at a championship battle being fought in completely different ways
The backlash against the Ferrari Luce, its first electric car is not really about the vehicle, but about identity, and Formula 1 could learn from it
Your article about the Lotus 49 brought back memories [Rebirth of an F1 wonder, June]. In the 1990s I lived in a small village outside Northampton. On Sunday afternoons I…
To spend time with Jean Alesi is to be reminded that Formula 1, for all its modern sheen of algorithmic optimisation, was once populated – perhaps even defined – by…
Pondering on Kimi Antonelli’s precocious run of early Grand Prix successes this year highlights the Italian’s youth at the time of his first World Championship-qualifying Grand Prix victory at Shanghai,…
Trips down the more arcane and lesser-trodden byways of Formula 1 history are always a treat. So this book, which tells the stories of the efforts of numerous South Africans…
This month we feature two anniversaries, both of them significant and yet shrouded in incertitude. The first forms the basis of our cover story which celebrates 75 years since Ferrari,…
The assembly area at the Goodwood Festival of Speed was packed with cars. But one driver was missing. Fans were around Tom Wheatcroft’s pale-green BRM V16. Argentine great José Froilán…
Hamilton drove Montreal like his old self, but two favourite circuits, one off-form team-mate, and 18 years of history mean the real test is still to come
In Montreal, Formula 1 got its clearest look yet at a championship battle being fought in completely different ways
The backlash against the Ferrari Luce, its first electric car is not really about the vehicle, but about identity, and Formula 1 could learn from it
Mark Hughes analyses the finely poised strategic battle that underpinned Lewis Hamilton’s landmark first Ferrari victory in Barcelona
Mark Hughes examines why Barcelona’s high-energy demands could be the perfect antidote to Russell’s Monaco misery, and why Leclerc’s brake woes are harder to solve than they appear
As Brembo pushes back against Leclerc’s public criticism, Mark Hughes traces the rift back to the moment Hamilton walked through Ferrari’s door
With apologies to David Byrne and Talking Heads: And you may find yourself Watching someone lift and coast And you may find yourself Watching cars slowly decelerate down the straights…
May 24, 2026 Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, Indiana It was a photo finish in the 110th running of the Indianapolis 500 after a one-lap shootout at the close. Mick Schumacher’s…
Pierre Gasly has his Monaco podium back, for now. But the measurement failure might need more answers before the issue is settled
F1 has agreed a phased rebalancing of the 2026 power unit framework, but the two-year road to 60/40 raises as many questions as it answers
Jean Alesi’s only Formula 1 win, the story of that Montreal afternoon remains one of the sport’s most beloved, and most bittersweet
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