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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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MPH: F1’s 2026 rules get pruned but there’s still a forest of fake plastic trees
F1 has trimmed its 2026 regulations ahead of Miami. Mark Hughes points out that these minor changes don’t address the real issues — and pretending otherwise helps no-one
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MPH: How to fix F1 – and why it probably won’t happen
As F1 prepares to vote on a package of 2026 regulation tweaks, Mark Hughes argues the most meaningful fix is the one it’s least likely to try
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MPH: Verstappen’s powers are blunted, now Leclerc is the F1 driver with a magic touch
Charles Leclerc has mastered F1’s new regulations by rooting out the best deployment tricks, while Max Verstappen has been stripped of his advantage, writes Mark Hughes
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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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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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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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The best F1 drivers who never won a world championship
A Formula 1 world championship is meant to identify the best-of-the best. But being among the greatest drivers of your era is no guarantee of a title: here are some of the legendary characters never to be crowned a world champion
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F1 is returning to Turkey – here are five more circuits that should come back
Istanbul Park’s return to the calendar is welcome news, and a reminder that other venues are still available
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F1 race contracts: How long each circuit will stay on the calendar
As F1 expands globally, the future of each grand prix depends on complex, evolving contracts between race promoters and commercial rights holders, with some circuits secured long-term and others facing uncertainty
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