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Miami GP on the calendar for 2022
The addition of a Miami Grand Prix to the Formula 1 calendar from 2022 represents an important milestone – and a significant degree of face saving – for commercial rights…
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Formula 1 good month, bad month: June 2021
Good month F1’s classic tracks The swoop of Aqua Minarale, the dive into Rivazza, the thrill of Piratella: Imola is the closest that bitumen gets to poetry. Surely the drama of…
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F1’s gladiators going at it: I’m enjoying 2021 — Johnny Herbert
What a great time to become Motor Sport’s new columnist, as we head into a Formula 1 season that looks set to be just what we’ve all been waiting for.…
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How F1 rake angles have shaken up the 2021 championship
From the moment the regulation floor trim of 2021 was announced there were competing theories about how it would affect the low-rake and high-rake cars respectively. The fact that the…
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Yuki Tsunoda: Still much to learn
AlphaTauri’s Yuki Tsunoda was the sensation of the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix, but the old-school Imola circuit made him look like the rookie he is. In Bahrain he took two…
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Mercedes treads carefully on tyre strategy
Mercedes overcame a faster Red Bull on race day in Bahrain through a bold early stopping strategy which vaulted Lewis Hamilton ahead of early leader and pole-sitter Max Verstappen.Making the…
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Word on the beat, June 2021
New Williams boss Jost Capito, above, has wasted no time in recruiting his former VW Motorsport technical director François-Xavier Demaison to the same position at Williams F1. Together they won…
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A GP in two parts: what F1’s sprint races will look like
After much debate among between the teams, the FIA and the Formula 1 organisation over the past couple of years, Monday saw formal confirmation via a vote of the F1…
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F1 approves sprint races, offering championship points
F1 teams and officials have unanimously approved sprint race trials at three grands prix this season. Championship points will be awarded for the top three finishers in each of the…
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Miami GP on the calendar for 2022
The addition of a Miami Grand Prix to the Formula 1 calendar from 2022 represents an important milestone – and a significant degree of face saving – for commercial rights…
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Formula 1 good month, bad month: June 2021
Good month F1’s classic tracks The swoop of Aqua Minarale, the dive into Rivazza, the thrill of Piratella: Imola is the closest that bitumen gets to poetry. Surely the drama of…
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F1’s gladiators going at it: I’m enjoying 2021 — Johnny Herbert
What a great time to become Motor Sport’s new columnist, as we head into a Formula 1 season that looks set to be just what we’ve all been waiting for.…
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How F1 rake angles have shaken up the 2021 championship
From the moment the regulation floor trim of 2021 was announced there were competing theories about how it would affect the low-rake and high-rake cars respectively. The fact that the…
Archive
Yuki Tsunoda: Still much to learn
AlphaTauri’s Yuki Tsunoda was the sensation of the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix, but the old-school Imola circuit made him look like the rookie he is. In Bahrain he took two…
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Mercedes treads carefully on tyre strategy
Mercedes overcame a faster Red Bull on race day in Bahrain through a bold early stopping strategy which vaulted Lewis Hamilton ahead of early leader and pole-sitter Max Verstappen.Making the…
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Word on the beat, June 2021
New Williams boss Jost Capito, above, has wasted no time in recruiting his former VW Motorsport technical director François-Xavier Demaison to the same position at Williams F1. Together they won…
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A GP in two parts: what F1’s sprint races will look like
After much debate among between the teams, the FIA and the Formula 1 organisation over the past couple of years, Monday saw formal confirmation via a vote of the F1…
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F1 approves sprint races, offering championship points
F1 teams and officials have unanimously approved sprint race trials at three grands prix this season. Championship points will be awarded for the top three finishers in each of the…
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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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