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Is Valtteri Bottas’s time at Mercedes finally up?
Valtteri Bottas has been the safe option for Mercedes as team-mate to Lewis Hamilton for years. Has the Red Bull title threat finally changed that?
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How Jenson Button led half a lap and won – the 2011 Canadian GP
Six pitstops, slowest-ever grand prix, longest–ever race duration and half a lap led – just how did Button do it? McLaren’s former PR guru Matt Bishop recalls JB’s finest [four] hour[s]
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The painful decisions Jost Capito faces as Williams boss – MPH
Simon Roberts took over the Williams Team Principal role as Claire Williams bowed out after last year’s Italian Grand Prix. Roberts had joined the team, from McLaren, as MD only…
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James Hunt’s last Hesketh F1 car sells 45 years after its final race
Lord Hesketh says his team and its final car – the 308C – represented “a belief in a kind of English genius”
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Montjuïc Park’s modern-day F1 equivalent – that won’t suffer the same fate
Montjuïc Park is often thought of by those in the ‘know’ as the great lost F1 circuit – but there might just be one track on the calendar which shares many of its virtues
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Sergio Perez joins the illustrious — but tragic — 2-time GP winners’ club
It’s easy to imagine a big grin spreading across the face of Sergio Perez as Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes-AMG sailed straight on up the Turn 1 escape road at the restart…
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How the sound of radio silence betrayed Hamilton’s emotions in Baku
Lewis Hamilton said surprisingly little to his team after his big Baku error, and Merc had few words of comfort either – are cracks starting to show at Mercedes?
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F1 drivers don’t trust Pirelli after too many tyre failures
Even when Pirelli has been under pretty intense fire, I’ve always had quite a lot of sympathy for the Italian manufacturer since it became Formula 1’s sole tyre supplier. That’s…
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Jost Capito takes over from Simon Roberts as Williams team principal
Williams has completed an internal restructuring that will mean Jost Capito takes over as team principal of the team
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Is Valtteri Bottas’s time at Mercedes finally up?
Valtteri Bottas has been the safe option for Mercedes as team-mate to Lewis Hamilton for years. Has the Red Bull title threat finally changed that?
F1
How Jenson Button led half a lap and won – the 2011 Canadian GP
Six pitstops, slowest-ever grand prix, longest–ever race duration and half a lap led – just how did Button do it? McLaren’s former PR guru Matt Bishop recalls JB’s finest [four] hour[s]
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The painful decisions Jost Capito faces as Williams boss – MPH
Simon Roberts took over the Williams Team Principal role as Claire Williams bowed out after last year’s Italian Grand Prix. Roberts had joined the team, from McLaren, as MD only…
F1
James Hunt’s last Hesketh F1 car sells 45 years after its final race
Lord Hesketh says his team and its final car – the 308C – represented “a belief in a kind of English genius”
Opinion
F1
Montjuïc Park’s modern-day F1 equivalent – that won’t suffer the same fate
Montjuïc Park is often thought of by those in the ‘know’ as the great lost F1 circuit – but there might just be one track on the calendar which shares many of its virtues
F1
Sergio Perez joins the illustrious — but tragic — 2-time GP winners’ club
It’s easy to imagine a big grin spreading across the face of Sergio Perez as Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes-AMG sailed straight on up the Turn 1 escape road at the restart…
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How the sound of radio silence betrayed Hamilton’s emotions in Baku
Lewis Hamilton said surprisingly little to his team after his big Baku error, and Merc had few words of comfort either – are cracks starting to show at Mercedes?
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F1 drivers don’t trust Pirelli after too many tyre failures
Even when Pirelli has been under pretty intense fire, I’ve always had quite a lot of sympathy for the Italian manufacturer since it became Formula 1’s sole tyre supplier. That’s…
F1
Jost Capito takes over from Simon Roberts as Williams team principal
Williams has completed an internal restructuring that will mean Jost Capito takes over as team principal of the team
Standings – 2025 F1 World Championship
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MPH: Assessing F1’s rookie class of 2025 – the Mark Hughes verdict
Mark Hughes weighs up an exceptional 2025 rookie class, dissecting four contrasting debut seasons to reveal who truly stood out the most
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Mark Hughes: Andrea Stella finally banished the ghost of 2010 Abu Dhabi disaster
Mark Hughes revisits the race that gave McLaren team principal Andrea Stella a sleepless night ahead of this year’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix: how victory in 2025 was forged from a Ferrari failure 15 years earlier
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Mark Hughes: Piastri pass on Norris was part of McLaren’s bold strategy to foil Verstappen
Mark Hughes explains how McLaren’s pre-planned lap-one swap and split-tyre strategy blunted Verstappen’s threat and laid the groundwork for Norris’s title-winning drive
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Jamie Chadwick shines at the Silverstone 4 Hours
IDEC Sport Silverstone 4 Hours 14/9/25 A home win for Jamie Chadwick capped a happy return for contemporary Le Mans Prototype racing to the UK, as the European Le Mans…
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McLaren drivers swapped tips ahead of Chinese GP. Norris also quietly planned attack
Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris worked together ahead of the 2025 Chinese GP, finding the pace that delivered a 1-2 finish, while Norris also prepared to attack his team-mate during the race. Brake issues denied him, says Mark Hughes but the F1 title duel is coming
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One race to prove himself at Alpine? Heat is on Jack Doohan as Ocon signs off
Esteban Ocon’s Alpine stint ended at the 2024 Qatar GP, giving Jack Doohan a make-or-break F1 chance in Abu Dhabi. Elsewhere FIA boss Mohammed Ben Sulayem dismissed driver concerns and mechanics just wanted a kip: Chris Medland‘s paddock diary
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Return of the Portuguese GP. Is it a placeholder for another F1 street track?
Formula 1’s two-year return to Portimao may be less a long-term endorsement than a holding pattern, as the championship keeps calendar space open for future street races
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Matt Bishop: He was Williams’ first winning driver but so few know his name
Two Australian F1 drivers who came to Europe at the same time: one became world champion, the other faded from memory. But both Alan Jones and Brian McGuire have their place in racing history
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Martin Brundle reveals his F1 driver of 2025
Veteran broadcaster and F1 driver Martin Brundle has picked out the contender he’s been most impressed with this year
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