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2021 title battle shows how crucial Charlie Whiting was to Formula 1
F1’s 2021 title battle has captured the imagination of many but the refereeing has been suspect. It may never have been the case years ago
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Trackside view, January 2022
Race report Max Verstappen rules in Austin and Mexico City, but was crushed by Hamilton in Brazil Word on the beat China set to double up, McLaren and Audi rumours…
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Racing’s toxic rivals
February 18, 1979. Notionally the focus should have been on Richard Petty as he extended his Daytona 500 victory tally to six in the first full NASCAR race broadcast live…
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FIA presidential candidate Graham Stoker’s mission to bring change to motor sport
On December 17 a leader for global motor sport will be elected in Paris. Jean Todt, president of the Federation Internationale de l’Automobile since 2009, has served his time and…
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‘Stewards – take the time to make your decisions, just don’t get them wrong’
Consternation is growing with the amount of time F1 Stewards are taking with their decisions, but it’s better to wait for the right decision than vice versa, says Chris Medland
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Hamilton vs Verstappen: F1’s latest, great rivalry is simmering nicely
The showdown that Formula 1 fans have been wanting for years is finally here – Hamilton vs Verstappen, the all-time great against the pretender to his crown. A rivalry which…
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You were there: 1970s F1 in France and Spain
My racing aide-mémoire: “Photographs are my diaries – I’d forget it all without them,” says Philippe Gouvet of his 50 years capturing motor sport on film. As a Pau resident,…
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Gabriele Tarquini: The Motor Sport Interview
Yann Ehrlacher, the World Touring Car Cup champion and nephew to Yvan Muller, is 25 years old – which means he was born in 1996. By then, Gabriele Tarquini’s Formula…
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Flashback: Jenks talks pistons with BMW
It’s 25 years this month since Motor Sport’s continental correspondent Denis Jenkinson (DSJ) went off to roam the celestial paddock and meet his old motoring mates. I took this shot in…
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2021 title battle shows how crucial Charlie Whiting was to Formula 1
F1’s 2021 title battle has captured the imagination of many but the refereeing has been suspect. It may never have been the case years ago
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Trackside view, January 2022
Race report Max Verstappen rules in Austin and Mexico City, but was crushed by Hamilton in Brazil Word on the beat China set to double up, McLaren and Audi rumours…
Archive
Racing’s toxic rivals
February 18, 1979. Notionally the focus should have been on Richard Petty as he extended his Daytona 500 victory tally to six in the first full NASCAR race broadcast live…
Archive
FIA presidential candidate Graham Stoker’s mission to bring change to motor sport
On December 17 a leader for global motor sport will be elected in Paris. Jean Todt, president of the Federation Internationale de l’Automobile since 2009, has served his time and…
F1
‘Stewards – take the time to make your decisions, just don’t get them wrong’
Consternation is growing with the amount of time F1 Stewards are taking with their decisions, but it’s better to wait for the right decision than vice versa, says Chris Medland
Archive
Hamilton vs Verstappen: F1’s latest, great rivalry is simmering nicely
The showdown that Formula 1 fans have been wanting for years is finally here – Hamilton vs Verstappen, the all-time great against the pretender to his crown. A rivalry which…
Archive
You were there: 1970s F1 in France and Spain
My racing aide-mémoire: “Photographs are my diaries – I’d forget it all without them,” says Philippe Gouvet of his 50 years capturing motor sport on film. As a Pau resident,…
Great Read
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Gabriele Tarquini: The Motor Sport Interview
Yann Ehrlacher, the World Touring Car Cup champion and nephew to Yvan Muller, is 25 years old – which means he was born in 1996. By then, Gabriele Tarquini’s Formula…
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Flashback: Jenks talks pistons with BMW
It’s 25 years this month since Motor Sport’s continental correspondent Denis Jenkinson (DSJ) went off to roam the celestial paddock and meet his old motoring mates. I took this shot in…
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The disastrous tease that half the F1 grid fell for at Bahrain GP in Malaysia
Back in Malaysia for the first time in nine years, plenty of Formula 1 teams were caught out by the unique characteristics of the Sepang circuit where one decision had a devastating effect on their whole Bahrain GP weekend
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Mark Hughes: Tyre-wrecking Sepang threatens an F1 upset
Mark Hughes dissects how Sepang’s brutally abrasive surface and restricted tyre allocation are turning this weekend into a strategic gauntlet where the right compound choice could matter more than raw pace
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MPH: Will Ferrari dare to hire Horner AND fix its biggest issue?
Ferrari’s latest leadership rumour ignores two decades of history: swapping team principals won’t work until Maranello hands real power to the person in the role, says Mark Hughes
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Max Verstappen: ‘Why I’m staying to rebuild Red Bull rather than quitting’
The first few months of this season were nervous ones for the bosses of Red Bull’s Formula 1 team. Victories were not on the agenda. The car Red Bull had…
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The wreck of Red Bull… and how the F1 team is fixing it
Who knows what riches Max Verstappen was offered to lure him away from Red Bull Racing? A blank cheque, the keys to any kingdom he might desire and all the…
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VR46 Academy’s latest title hope: how Marco Bezzecchi found his MotoGP edge
Valentino Rossi’s VR46 Riders Academy – established a decade ago by the seven-times MotoGP king to create a new generation of Italian talent – has so far produced one MotoGP…
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F1’s ten most controversial team orders
Formula 1 returns to Sepang, 13 years after Red Bull’s Multi 21 controversy joined some of the most notorious team orders in grand prix racing
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Hamilton’s cutting question that Vasseur failed to answer
Hamilton backed Vasseur at Sepang while saying the hierarchy above him is “a question”. A day later, Vasseur’s answers were only about relationships and unity
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The best Malaysian Grands Prix: Sepang’s greatest F1 races
Tropical storms, team orders and some legendary drives. We pick the best F1 races in Malaysia, plus a bonus two-wheel spectacular
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