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F1 announces new ‘Overtake Award’ trophy
F1 has announced a new prize for the driver with the most overtakes at the end of a season, and a flurry of new in-race graphics to help fans follow competitors’ progress
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Formula 1 good month, bad month: October 2021
Good month F1’s greatest email exchange The heat’s increasing between Horner and Wolff – and so is the entertainment factor. Everyone loves a feud, especially during one of F1’s great…
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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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F1 announces new ‘Overtake Award’ trophy
F1 has announced a new prize for the driver with the most overtakes at the end of a season, and a flurry of new in-race graphics to help fans follow competitors’ progress
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Formula 1 good month, bad month: October 2021
Good month F1’s greatest email exchange The heat’s increasing between Horner and Wolff – and so is the entertainment factor. Everyone loves a feud, especially during one of F1’s great…
Archive
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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Aston Martin’s giant leap? Alonso will fight McLarens if Newey & Honda F1 upgrades work perfectly
Mark Hughes crunches the numbers on Aston Martin’s big upgrade for the Hungarian Grand Prix – and asks whether it can be enough to close a four-second deficit to near the front of the F1 pack
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MPH: Revealed – the fault behind Mercedes’ Belgian GP deployment chaos
George Russell’s Belgian Grand Prix was wrecked by a software fault buried deep in Mercedes’ code. Mark Hughes explains what really happened
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Russell zapped, and Spa made ridiculously easy in F1’s energy-deployment GP
Kimi Antonelli delivered his sixth F1 victory of 2026 at the Belgian Grand Prix, writes Mark Hughes. But this year’s cars and their energy limitations made Spa-Francorchamps a shadow of the challenge it usually is
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Pedro Rodríguez wins at Spa as Brabham leads the 1970 F1 title race
June 7, 1970 Spa-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium By F1’s Round 4 at Spa in 1970, Jack Brabham was at the top of the standings with eventual title winner Jochen Rindt trailing by…
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Toyota’s resourcefulness delivered a sixth Le Mans 24 Hours victory against the odds
Toyota returned to the top step of the podium at the Le Mans 24 Hours after a three-year absence. Finally, the Japanese manufacturer triumphed against factory opposition, which was not…
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Mighty Mondeo: how Rouse and Radisich made Ford’s touring car a world-beater
When Ford turned to Andy Rouse to spearhead its British Touring Car Championship ambitions in the 1990s, a return to the glory days of the RS500 seemed on the cards.…
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F1 is drawing more attention to its 2026 flaws by trying to hide them
As F1’s power units run out of energy, the series’ response has been to hide the evidence rather than explain it, and fans are noticing
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F1’s worst-performing team-mate – why Esteban Ocon isn’t as bad as he looks
The 18-3 scoreline looks decisive, but a closer look at Haas’s season shows a car that hasn’t been giving both drivers the same chance to score
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Is F1’s world TV feed missing too much of the action in 2026?
A three-way fight for the final point at Spa, decided in a small picture-in-picture window – is F1’s world feed built for the racing it actually has now?
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