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Lando Norris streaming less on Twitch to appear more serious about F1
He might be having his best Formula 1 season to date but Lando Norris says he’s working just as hard out of the car as he is driving it. So…
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The 2021 F1 grid in full
Lewis Hamilton Key to extending that record of British victories will likely be in qualifying and using his Merc’s speed through Maggotts/Becketts. Valtteri Bottas Historically he’s been able to engage…
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Pirelli’s pop culture
The blow-outs suffered by Max Verstappen and Lance Stroll in Baku gave everyone involved serious cause for concern. At the time of writing Pirelli was still conducting an investigation into…
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Ride the lightning: 2021 Styrian Grand Prix what to watch for
The 2021 title race takes another twist with downpours forecast for the Styrian Grand Prix weekend
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Trackside view, August 2021
Race report If Monaco was short on thrills, Baku delivered by the bucketload Word on the beat Has Mercedes unwittingly recorded the world’s longest pitstop? Tactical analysis Baku gave both…
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Daniel Ricciardo: ‘homesickness and car struggles are fuelling me’
Consider for a moment the bad days you have at work. Not the ones when your work is going particularly badly, but when things outside of your professional life are…
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Under the skin of the Ferrari F1-2000: Red revolution
Twenty-one years ago, Ferrari returned to the pinnacle of Formula 1 achievement, adding the Drivers’ World Championship for Michael Schumacher to its second consecutive Formula 1 Constructors’ title, which itself was its…
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Max Power: the force of Mosley
Authors of many epitaphs on Max Mosley found the need to make heavy use of a thesaurus. One writer, searching for an alternative to ‘calculating’, had liberally sprinkled his piece…
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Max Mosley: Formula 1’s saviour or sinner?
No breed is more effective – or deadly – than the poacher turned gamekeeper. As the ‘M’ of March, that arch ‘disruptor’ of constructors, Max Mosley served the ideal apprenticeship…
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Lando Norris streaming less on Twitch to appear more serious about F1
He might be having his best Formula 1 season to date but Lando Norris says he’s working just as hard out of the car as he is driving it. So…
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The 2021 F1 grid in full
Lewis Hamilton Key to extending that record of British victories will likely be in qualifying and using his Merc’s speed through Maggotts/Becketts. Valtteri Bottas Historically he’s been able to engage…
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Pirelli’s pop culture
The blow-outs suffered by Max Verstappen and Lance Stroll in Baku gave everyone involved serious cause for concern. At the time of writing Pirelli was still conducting an investigation into…
F1
Ride the lightning: 2021 Styrian Grand Prix what to watch for
The 2021 title race takes another twist with downpours forecast for the Styrian Grand Prix weekend
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Trackside view, August 2021
Race report If Monaco was short on thrills, Baku delivered by the bucketload Word on the beat Has Mercedes unwittingly recorded the world’s longest pitstop? Tactical analysis Baku gave both…
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Daniel Ricciardo: ‘homesickness and car struggles are fuelling me’
Consider for a moment the bad days you have at work. Not the ones when your work is going particularly badly, but when things outside of your professional life are…
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Under the skin of the Ferrari F1-2000: Red revolution
Twenty-one years ago, Ferrari returned to the pinnacle of Formula 1 achievement, adding the Drivers’ World Championship for Michael Schumacher to its second consecutive Formula 1 Constructors’ title, which itself was its…
Archive
Max Power: the force of Mosley
Authors of many epitaphs on Max Mosley found the need to make heavy use of a thesaurus. One writer, searching for an alternative to ‘calculating’, had liberally sprinkled his piece…
Great Read
Archive
Max Mosley: Formula 1’s saviour or sinner?
No breed is more effective – or deadly – than the poacher turned gamekeeper. As the ‘M’ of March, that arch ‘disruptor’ of constructors, Max Mosley served the ideal apprenticeship…
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MPH: F1’s 2026 rules get pruned but there’s still a forest of fake plastic trees
F1 has trimmed its 2026 regulations ahead of Miami. Mark Hughes points out that these minor changes don’t address the real issues — and pretending otherwise helps no-one
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MPH: How to fix F1 – and why it probably won’t happen
As F1 prepares to vote on a package of 2026 regulation tweaks, Mark Hughes argues the most meaningful fix is the one it’s least likely to try
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MPH: Verstappen’s powers are blunted, now Leclerc is the F1 driver with a magic touch
Charles Leclerc has mastered F1’s new regulations by rooting out the best deployment tricks, while Max Verstappen has been stripped of his advantage, writes Mark Hughes
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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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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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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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Why F1’s fixation on overtaking is flawed
Formula 1 has seen a big increase in overtaking under the 2026 rules. But is that reason for celebration?
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The quietly brilliant Michele Alboreto is fading into F1 history. He deserves more respect
On the 25th anniversary of Michele Alboreto’s death, Matt Bishop makes a case for the former Ferrari F1 driver and Le Mans winner as one of racing’s most unjustly forgotten talents
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2026 F1 mid-season rule changes: what’s been agreed and why
Most changes will be implemented before the next race after several meetings
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