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Why McLaren’s 2025 F1 success guarantees nothing in 2026
McLaren faces a rules reset that renders its 2025 dominance meaningless – and a potential works team disadvantage it will have to overcome
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Newey’s first Aston Martin: The F1 car that must justify everything
Adrian Newey’s first Aston Martin arrives with the designer juggling dual responsibilities, a works Honda engine and the expectation to fight for wins
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Does Cadillac stand a chance of escaping the bottom in F1 2026?
Cadillac built a 500-person Formula 1 team in less than a year and got a car to Barcelona, but the test confirmed what history suggests: the hard part is what comes next
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2026 Cadillac F1 car launch: team makes Super Bowl splash with livery reveal
America’s second Formula 1 team unveiled its debut livery on Sunday
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Will F1 fans be able to understand the racing in 2026?
As F1’s 2026 revolution starts, the series faces an uncomfortable question: can fans comprehend racing where the most crucial battles are invisible?
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MPH: ‘Speed chess’ and the new DNA of F1 racing
F1’s new ’50/50′ power units bring the fiendish problem of how to deploy and harvest electrical energy. It’s the ideal scenario for AI, writes Mark Hughes. F1 is on the brink of a significant evolution
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‘Never been done before’: Newey on Aston Martin’s aggressive F1 design direction
Newey has opened up on Aston Martin’s bold design choices for its 2026 F1 car
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Williams reveals 2026 F1 look after Barcelona test setback
Williams presents its 2026 F1 car livery after the “painful” decision to skip the Barcelona test
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Matt Bishop: Heroic Kubica rose above racing’s cruel blows – don’t ask what might have been
Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton rated Robert Kubica as a future F1 champion before his brutal rally crash. But, writes Matt Bishop, his story will be remembered as one of determination and reinvention rather than loss
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Why McLaren’s 2025 F1 success guarantees nothing in 2026
McLaren faces a rules reset that renders its 2025 dominance meaningless – and a potential works team disadvantage it will have to overcome
F1
Newey’s first Aston Martin: The F1 car that must justify everything
Adrian Newey’s first Aston Martin arrives with the designer juggling dual responsibilities, a works Honda engine and the expectation to fight for wins
F1
Does Cadillac stand a chance of escaping the bottom in F1 2026?
Cadillac built a 500-person Formula 1 team in less than a year and got a car to Barcelona, but the test confirmed what history suggests: the hard part is what comes next
F1
2026 Cadillac F1 car launch: team makes Super Bowl splash with livery reveal
America’s second Formula 1 team unveiled its debut livery on Sunday
F1
Will F1 fans be able to understand the racing in 2026?
As F1’s 2026 revolution starts, the series faces an uncomfortable question: can fans comprehend racing where the most crucial battles are invisible?
F1
MPH: ‘Speed chess’ and the new DNA of F1 racing
F1’s new ’50/50′ power units bring the fiendish problem of how to deploy and harvest electrical energy. It’s the ideal scenario for AI, writes Mark Hughes. F1 is on the brink of a significant evolution
F1
‘Never been done before’: Newey on Aston Martin’s aggressive F1 design direction
Newey has opened up on Aston Martin’s bold design choices for its 2026 F1 car
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Williams reveals 2026 F1 look after Barcelona test setback
Williams presents its 2026 F1 car livery after the “painful” decision to skip the Barcelona test
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Matt Bishop: Heroic Kubica rose above racing’s cruel blows – don’t ask what might have been
Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton rated Robert Kubica as a future F1 champion before his brutal rally crash. But, writes Matt Bishop, his story will be remembered as one of determination and reinvention rather than loss
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MPH: Lando Norris’s F1 magic deserves more appreciation
Lando Norris’s soaring confidence and an improved McLaren mean we’re witnessing a Formula 1 driver at his outer limits, Mark Hughes argues
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Mark Hughes: Too fast to win. How Norris lost Spanish GP to slow-driving Antonelli
Fast enough to build an unassailable lead, Lando Norris was too quick to catch the VSC pit window. And so his flawless F1 Madring weekend ended cruelly, as even the winner acknowledged, Mark Hughes says
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Mark Hughes: Super-smooth Madrid circuit is an F1 minefield
With a brand new surface and a tyre-punishing banked Turn 12, Madrid’s inaugural Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix weekend could reshuffle the Mercedes-McLaren-Ferrari pecking order once again, writes Mark Hughes
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McLaren’s short gearing explains its Zandvoort advantage over Mercedes
Two consecutive victories from pole for McLaren’s Lando Norris to bring him within 83 points of Kimi Antonelli’s championship lead with half the season still to go had Mercedes’ Toto…
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Karun Chandhok: McLaren’s pace puts Norris back in the F1 title fight
The Dutch Grand Prix was an exciting way to kick off the second half of the season after the summer break. Following on from Lando Norris’s dominant victory in Budapest…
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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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The secret wind tunnel test that found flaw in McLaren’s radical F1 car
A secret Teddington wind tunnel shared with torpedo tests and a particle accelerator gave McLaren its first taste of porpoising four decades before the sport rediscovered it
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Is Formula 1’s VSC problem actually fixable?
There’s no version of the VSC rule that’s fair to everyone, and the Spanish GP just proved it again
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How sprint races will work in 2027
The 2027 Formula 1 season will include ten sprint races, including a Monaco round: here’s what it means for next year
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