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Stefano Domenicali — My route to the top of Formula 1
At the start of this year Stefano Domenicali joined the Formula 1 organisation as its new CEO, and is only its third ever top man after Bernie Ecclestone and Chase…
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‘Carlos Reutemann was one of the greats but never found his perfect fit within F1’
Carlos Reutemann – quick, moody, handsome. He was one of the greats of the ’70s and ’80s but somehow never quite found his perfect fit within F1, other than for…
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Flashback: Mischief with Gerhard Berger in Detroit
I may have been in a minority, but I enjoyed the Detroit Grand Prix from the very first race in 1982. The streets were bumpy and angular but there was…
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‘Written rules for racing shouldn’t exist’ — Johnny Herbert
Driver penalties were back on the agenda after the Austrian Grand Prix when Lando Norris was penalised for apparently forcing Sergio Pérez off at Turn 4, then Pérez incurred two…
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How the shark-teeth diffuser is giving Red Bull extra bite
Red Bull first tried a diffuser with shark teeth serrations along a gurney flap during Monaco practice. In that version, the serrations were at the outboard ends of the top…
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Undercut strategy that won Red Bull the 2021 French Grand Prix
Strategy becomes a whole lot simpler when you have a faster car than your opponent. Red Bull demonstrated as much in the two Austria races, but in the preceding Paul…
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Trackside view, September 2021
Race report Red Bull rampant at the French, Styrian and Austrian GPs Word on the beat Speculation builds on who will be Lewis Hamilton’s team-mate Tactical analysis How an undercut…
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Family fortunes: Julian Bailey and his pioneering motor sport family
Julian Bailey was always the dark horse of British motor sport’s 1980s ‘Rat Pack’. A tough, dour working class lad born and bred in a council house in Woolwich, he…
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Phil Hill’s 1961 World Championship victory that ended British winning run
Right now I’m remembering a very important year. It was 60 years ago, the summer of ’61, still a schoolboy, in my teens, sap rising – remember? Even then I…
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Stefano Domenicali — My route to the top of Formula 1
At the start of this year Stefano Domenicali joined the Formula 1 organisation as its new CEO, and is only its third ever top man after Bernie Ecclestone and Chase…
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‘Carlos Reutemann was one of the greats but never found his perfect fit within F1’
Carlos Reutemann – quick, moody, handsome. He was one of the greats of the ’70s and ’80s but somehow never quite found his perfect fit within F1, other than for…
Great Read
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Flashback: Mischief with Gerhard Berger in Detroit
I may have been in a minority, but I enjoyed the Detroit Grand Prix from the very first race in 1982. The streets were bumpy and angular but there was…
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‘Written rules for racing shouldn’t exist’ — Johnny Herbert
Driver penalties were back on the agenda after the Austrian Grand Prix when Lando Norris was penalised for apparently forcing Sergio Pérez off at Turn 4, then Pérez incurred two…
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How the shark-teeth diffuser is giving Red Bull extra bite
Red Bull first tried a diffuser with shark teeth serrations along a gurney flap during Monaco practice. In that version, the serrations were at the outboard ends of the top…
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Undercut strategy that won Red Bull the 2021 French Grand Prix
Strategy becomes a whole lot simpler when you have a faster car than your opponent. Red Bull demonstrated as much in the two Austria races, but in the preceding Paul…
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Trackside view, September 2021
Race report Red Bull rampant at the French, Styrian and Austrian GPs Word on the beat Speculation builds on who will be Lewis Hamilton’s team-mate Tactical analysis How an undercut…
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Family fortunes: Julian Bailey and his pioneering motor sport family
Julian Bailey was always the dark horse of British motor sport’s 1980s ‘Rat Pack’. A tough, dour working class lad born and bred in a council house in Woolwich, he…
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Phil Hill’s 1961 World Championship victory that ended British winning run
Right now I’m remembering a very important year. It was 60 years ago, the summer of ’61, still a schoolboy, in my teens, sap rising – remember? Even then I…
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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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