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George Russell conducted tyre testing for Mercedes at the Hungaroring in the week after the race at Budapest. He has tested for the team here twice before and on this…
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Michael Schumacher’s scintillating Spa F1 debut: ‘You just knew he was special’
30 years ago today, Michael Schumacher announced himself to the F1 world – the man who was right beside him, Trevor Foster, recalled the weekend to James Elson
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Roy Salvadori was a tough customer, Ken Wharton no softie: Doug Nye
Throughout racing history we have seen clean drivers and dirty drivers, aggressive drivers, and timid ones too. Partisan – largely social media – outbursts plonked convenient labels on both the…
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Ferrari’s F1 improvement bodes well for 2022: Mark Hughes
Looking at the half-season to date as Formula 1 takes its summer break, Ferrari is the most improved team from last year – albeit from a base of 2020 being…
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Gasly: ‘I want to win; it’s not interesting to fight for eighth’
Pierre Gasly has been putting together his finest F1 season to date. Adam Cooper looks at whether it’ll be enough for another promotion
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Jenson Button remembers his first F1 win: ‘I never wanted those laps to end’
15 years ago, Jenson Button overcame the conditions in the only way he knew how to take his debut F1 win – he recalled the story to James Elson
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Red Bull wants Perez, but he doesn’t want No2 role — MPH
Christian Horner recently confirmed that it was highly likely Red Bull would be retaining Sergio Perez into next season, praising him for his contribution to the team. “He has brought…
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How Alex Albon’s F1 driver coach takes lessons from the boxing ring to the track
“It’s awesome that he works with other athletes,” Formula 3 title contender Oli Caldwell says. “I’ve gone to a boxing gym a few times with Alex Albon – Patrick coaches…
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Japanese GP cancellation confirmed by F1
Formula 1 has confirmed the cancellation of the Japanese Grand Prix, providing a potential headache if it wants to replace the race
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Word on the beat, October 2021
George Russell conducted tyre testing for Mercedes at the Hungaroring in the week after the race at Budapest. He has tested for the team here twice before and on this…
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Michael Schumacher’s scintillating Spa F1 debut: ‘You just knew he was special’
30 years ago today, Michael Schumacher announced himself to the F1 world – the man who was right beside him, Trevor Foster, recalled the weekend to James Elson
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Roy Salvadori was a tough customer, Ken Wharton no softie: Doug Nye
Throughout racing history we have seen clean drivers and dirty drivers, aggressive drivers, and timid ones too. Partisan – largely social media – outbursts plonked convenient labels on both the…
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Ferrari’s F1 improvement bodes well for 2022: Mark Hughes
Looking at the half-season to date as Formula 1 takes its summer break, Ferrari is the most improved team from last year – albeit from a base of 2020 being…
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Gasly: ‘I want to win; it’s not interesting to fight for eighth’
Pierre Gasly has been putting together his finest F1 season to date. Adam Cooper looks at whether it’ll be enough for another promotion
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Jenson Button remembers his first F1 win: ‘I never wanted those laps to end’
15 years ago, Jenson Button overcame the conditions in the only way he knew how to take his debut F1 win – he recalled the story to James Elson
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Red Bull wants Perez, but he doesn’t want No2 role — MPH
Christian Horner recently confirmed that it was highly likely Red Bull would be retaining Sergio Perez into next season, praising him for his contribution to the team. “He has brought…
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How Alex Albon’s F1 driver coach takes lessons from the boxing ring to the track
“It’s awesome that he works with other athletes,” Formula 3 title contender Oli Caldwell says. “I’ve gone to a boxing gym a few times with Alex Albon – Patrick coaches…
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Japanese GP cancellation confirmed by F1
Formula 1 has confirmed the cancellation of the Japanese Grand Prix, providing a potential headache if it wants to replace the race
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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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