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Race report Mercedes fatigue? All the action from the Portimão and Spanish GPs Word on the beat Covid cancellations continue, while Montoya to return to the Indy 500 Tactical analysis…
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Why the tight F1 championship battle looks set to rage all year
As we touch upon in the race reports of the two grands prix which have taken place since the last issue, the pattern of the season after four races suggests…
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Flashback: Enzo Ferrari presides over the signing of F1 Concorde Agreement
On Tuesday March 17, 1987 I was among eight members of the British media flown to Italy by the FIA to witness the signing of the latest Concorde Agreement. It…
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Damon Hill on Michael Schumacher: My Greatest Rival
Rivalries start with your team-mates. In Formula Ford it was the whole gang of them. I’d come from bike racing and this was the first time I’d been up against…
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1960 Goodwood Easter Monday meeting: You were there
Give me Goodwood on an Easter day… Some 55,000 people came to the Sussex track for this opening 1960 meet. Colin Weston was there too, capturing all the action Send us your…
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Parting shot: 1968 German Grand Prix
August 4, 1968 Nürburgring, Germany Ferrari’s Jacky Ickx (9) and Chris Amon (8) share the front row with Brabham’s Jochen Rindt at a wet German GP, but the Ferrari favourites…
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F1’s craziest wings: fins, boomerangs and tea-trays
From Arrows’ tip wing to Red Bull’s bendy rear wings, Formula 1 has seen some weird and wondeful innovation from front to back
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Former FIA president Max Mosley dies aged 81
Mosley was instrumental in greater safety development in Formula 1 as FIA president
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Team orders and new records: 2021 Monaco GP what you missed
It wasn’t the most exciting Monaco Grand Prix by some stretch but it changed the complexion of both championships as Max Verstappen and Red Bull overtook Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes…
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Trackside view, July 2021
Race report Mercedes fatigue? All the action from the Portimão and Spanish GPs Word on the beat Covid cancellations continue, while Montoya to return to the Indy 500 Tactical analysis…
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Why the tight F1 championship battle looks set to rage all year
As we touch upon in the race reports of the two grands prix which have taken place since the last issue, the pattern of the season after four races suggests…
Archive
Flashback: Enzo Ferrari presides over the signing of F1 Concorde Agreement
On Tuesday March 17, 1987 I was among eight members of the British media flown to Italy by the FIA to witness the signing of the latest Concorde Agreement. It…
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Damon Hill on Michael Schumacher: My Greatest Rival
Rivalries start with your team-mates. In Formula Ford it was the whole gang of them. I’d come from bike racing and this was the first time I’d been up against…
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1960 Goodwood Easter Monday meeting: You were there
Give me Goodwood on an Easter day… Some 55,000 people came to the Sussex track for this opening 1960 meet. Colin Weston was there too, capturing all the action Send us your…
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Parting shot: 1968 German Grand Prix
August 4, 1968 Nürburgring, Germany Ferrari’s Jacky Ickx (9) and Chris Amon (8) share the front row with Brabham’s Jochen Rindt at a wet German GP, but the Ferrari favourites…
F1
F1’s craziest wings: fins, boomerangs and tea-trays
From Arrows’ tip wing to Red Bull’s bendy rear wings, Formula 1 has seen some weird and wondeful innovation from front to back
F1
Former FIA president Max Mosley dies aged 81
Mosley was instrumental in greater safety development in Formula 1 as FIA president
F1
Team orders and new records: 2021 Monaco GP what you missed
It wasn’t the most exciting Monaco Grand Prix by some stretch but it changed the complexion of both championships as Max Verstappen and Red Bull overtook Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes…
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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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