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McLaren’s boomerang
Illustration Craig Scarborough McLaren is rivalling Red Bull in how many new parts are being produced as each team continues to heavily develop their cars despite the looming challenge of…
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‘There is a maturity in Lando which we didn’t see in the past’ — Johnny Herbert
Lando Norris is my choice for driver of the first half-season in Formula 1 this year. Why? Because there is a wonderful maturity that is starting to appear in him,…
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How Hamilton reeled in Leclerc to win the 2021 British Grand Prix
At Silverstone, as soon as Lewis Hamilton had a) lost the lead to Charles Leclerc’s Ferrari as his momentum was checked by his collision with Max Verstappen and b) incurred…
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Trackside view, October 2021
Race report Entertainment all the way at the British and Hungarian GPs Word on the beat Lewis’s Covid problems and George Russell testing tyres with Mercedes Tactical analysis Mercedes played…
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All hot and bothered: 2021 British and Hungarian Grands Prix
2021 British Grand Prix | 2021 Hungarian Grand Prix In the narrative of the championship, this is where it got a little ugly, at Silverstone where the long-predicted on-track clash…
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The cost of crashing in modern F1
The car-damaging incidents at the two successive rounds of the Formula 1 championship, Silverstone and the Hungaroring, put damage costs very much in the news in this era of F1…
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How to watch F1: 2021 Belgian Grand Prix start time and TV schedule
TV start times, free-to-air coverage and live streams for the 2021 Belgian Grand Prix
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Word on the beat, October 2021
George Russell conducted tyre testing for Mercedes at the Hungaroring in the week after the race at Budapest. He has tested for the team here twice before and on this…
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Michael Schumacher’s scintillating Spa F1 debut: ‘You just knew he was special’
30 years ago today, Michael Schumacher announced himself to the F1 world – the man who was right beside him, Trevor Foster, recalled the weekend to James Elson
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McLaren’s boomerang
Illustration Craig Scarborough McLaren is rivalling Red Bull in how many new parts are being produced as each team continues to heavily develop their cars despite the looming challenge of…
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‘There is a maturity in Lando which we didn’t see in the past’ — Johnny Herbert
Lando Norris is my choice for driver of the first half-season in Formula 1 this year. Why? Because there is a wonderful maturity that is starting to appear in him,…
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How Hamilton reeled in Leclerc to win the 2021 British Grand Prix
At Silverstone, as soon as Lewis Hamilton had a) lost the lead to Charles Leclerc’s Ferrari as his momentum was checked by his collision with Max Verstappen and b) incurred…
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Trackside view, October 2021
Race report Entertainment all the way at the British and Hungarian GPs Word on the beat Lewis’s Covid problems and George Russell testing tyres with Mercedes Tactical analysis Mercedes played…
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All hot and bothered: 2021 British and Hungarian Grands Prix
2021 British Grand Prix | 2021 Hungarian Grand Prix In the narrative of the championship, this is where it got a little ugly, at Silverstone where the long-predicted on-track clash…
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The cost of crashing in modern F1
The car-damaging incidents at the two successive rounds of the Formula 1 championship, Silverstone and the Hungaroring, put damage costs very much in the news in this era of F1…
F1
How to watch F1: 2021 Belgian Grand Prix start time and TV schedule
TV start times, free-to-air coverage and live streams for the 2021 Belgian Grand Prix
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Word on the beat, October 2021
George Russell conducted tyre testing for Mercedes at the Hungaroring in the week after the race at Budapest. He has tested for the team here twice before and on this…
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Michael Schumacher’s scintillating Spa F1 debut: ‘You just knew he was special’
30 years ago today, Michael Schumacher announced himself to the F1 world – the man who was right beside him, Trevor Foster, recalled the weekend to James Elson
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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
Motor Sport F1 Show with Mark Hughes
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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