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The long road to convergence: How F1 closed the gaps of the hybrid era
Twelve years after Mercedes blew the field apart, we chart how F1 finally closed the gaps – and why the 2026 reset could reopen them
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F1 through a different lens: the best of Matt Bishop from 2025
Every Tuesday in 2025, Matt Bishop delivered his idiosyncratic and meticulously researched stories to Motor Sport readers. Here are five of the highlights
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Matt Bishop: ‘The impossibly glamorous way F1 once started the year’
Blazing sunshine over a mesmerising, daunting circuit with Murray Walker calling the action. Has there ever been a more glorious start to the F1 season?
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Motor Sport’s best 2025 onboards: F1, MotoGP and NASCAR
From Japan to Mexico, Surfers Paradise and Milwaukee, we chart the best onboard racing shots caught in 2025
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Season Review Awards: 2025’s best F1 moments as voted by you
F1’s 2025 world championship delivered edge-of-the-seat drama and unpredictable twists – and you’ve chosen the standout moments that defined the year
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Sauber’s most famous F1 races as it transforms into Audi
As Sauber prepares to disappear from the Formula 1 entry list and evolve into Audi, we look back at the Hinwil team’s defining moments
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F1 driver contracts: the deals in place for 2026 grid
Here’s a breakdown of the 2026 Formula 1 grid, where every seat is already set but the rules reset is quietly shaping the next phase of the silly season
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Adrian Newey’s greatest F1 cars – Can 2026 Aston join the list?
As Adrian Newey begins sketching Aston Martin’s first clean-sheet 2026 challenger, we look back at the landmark designs that defined his career and reshaped Formula 1’s competitive landscape
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Matt Bishop: How about a Christmas GP in Africa? After all, F1 has done it before
South Africa’s Prince George circuit hosted the dramatic 1962 F1 title showdown between Jim Clark and Graham Hill in late December. It’s time the World Championship returned to Africa, so why not make it a Christmas race weekend?
F1
The long road to convergence: How F1 closed the gaps of the hybrid era
Twelve years after Mercedes blew the field apart, we chart how F1 finally closed the gaps – and why the 2026 reset could reopen them
F1
F1 through a different lens: the best of Matt Bishop from 2025
Every Tuesday in 2025, Matt Bishop delivered his idiosyncratic and meticulously researched stories to Motor Sport readers. Here are five of the highlights
F1
Matt Bishop: ‘The impossibly glamorous way F1 once started the year’
Blazing sunshine over a mesmerising, daunting circuit with Murray Walker calling the action. Has there ever been a more glorious start to the F1 season?
F1
Motor Sport’s best 2025 onboards: F1, MotoGP and NASCAR
From Japan to Mexico, Surfers Paradise and Milwaukee, we chart the best onboard racing shots caught in 2025
Awards
Season Review Awards: 2025’s best F1 moments as voted by you
F1’s 2025 world championship delivered edge-of-the-seat drama and unpredictable twists – and you’ve chosen the standout moments that defined the year
F1
Sauber’s most famous F1 races as it transforms into Audi
As Sauber prepares to disappear from the Formula 1 entry list and evolve into Audi, we look back at the Hinwil team’s defining moments
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F1 driver contracts: the deals in place for 2026 grid
Here’s a breakdown of the 2026 Formula 1 grid, where every seat is already set but the rules reset is quietly shaping the next phase of the silly season
F1
Adrian Newey’s greatest F1 cars – Can 2026 Aston join the list?
As Adrian Newey begins sketching Aston Martin’s first clean-sheet 2026 challenger, we look back at the landmark designs that defined his career and reshaped Formula 1’s competitive landscape
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Matt Bishop: How about a Christmas GP in Africa? After all, F1 has done it before
South Africa’s Prince George circuit hosted the dramatic 1962 F1 title showdown between Jim Clark and Graham Hill in late December. It’s time the World Championship returned to Africa, so why not make it a Christmas race weekend?
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MPH: Decoded – why Russell and Piastri can’t keep up with their F1 team-mates
Hungary revealed how wind and worn tarmac are rewriting the rules of 2026 F1 performance, and why some of the grid’s best drivers are struggling to keep up. Mark Hughes explains
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Formula 1 2026 half-term report. Every driver rated – who deserves an A+?
Kimi Antonelli Astonishing progression from his patchy and underprepared rookie season. Yes, he’s in the best car but he’s doing things with it that stand comparison with the finest. In…
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‘Kimi Antonelli was 11 when I saw him race. He amazed me’: when Mercedes’ talent scout discovered the F1 sensation
To call Gwen Lagrue a ’scout’ is reductive. Identifying talent is just part of the equation; he supplements that by developing it, playing a central role in nurturing a plethora…
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Kimi Antonelli’s mid-season charge reshapes Formula 1’s 2026 title fight
Monaco Lewis Hamilton Many had written off Lewis Hamilton in F1 – too long in the tooth at 41, a poor fit with Ferrari, the rise of rivals, and so…
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Madring’s La Monumental gives Madrid’s new F1 circuit a distinctive challenge
There was a time when circuit corner names were utilitarian labels, nothing more. Even for the greatest curves, inspiration was drawn from local landmarks or topography: think of Eau Rouge…
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Scott Dixon leaves Ganassi after 25 years as Arrow McLaren reshapes its IndyCar future
The 2025 IndyCar championship was a snoozer, as Álex Palou clinched the title with several rounds remaining. The most compelling storyline in the closing weeks of the season was whether…
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‘It was the day Niki Lauda almost died. Who remembers a frightened James Hunt’s brilliant win?’
Niki Lauda’s blazing Ferrari cast a pall over the 1976 German Grand Prix, so it’s easy to overlook what happened in the F1 race. Matt Bishop recognises James Hunt’s masterful and brave victory at the Nürburgring
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The Beatle who predicted F1’s TV boom decades early
Long before Drive to Survive, an ex-Beatle and lifelong racing obsessive told Barry Sheene how F1 would find its biggest audience
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The bizarre bug that cost Frentzen his F1 title shot – and why he’s made peace with it
A software bug cost Heinz-Harald Frentzen his best shot at the world title, but he explains why it never actually cost him much at all
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