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Yuki Tsunoda: Still much to learn
AlphaTauri’s Yuki Tsunoda was the sensation of the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix, but the old-school Imola circuit made him look like the rookie he is. In Bahrain he took two…
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Mercedes treads carefully on tyre strategy
Mercedes overcame a faster Red Bull on race day in Bahrain through a bold early stopping strategy which vaulted Lewis Hamilton ahead of early leader and pole-sitter Max Verstappen.Making the…
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Word on the beat, June 2021
New Williams boss Jost Capito, above, has wasted no time in recruiting his former VW Motorsport technical director François-Xavier Demaison to the same position at Williams F1. Together they won…
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A GP in two parts: what F1’s sprint races will look like
After much debate among between the teams, the FIA and the Formula 1 organisation over the past couple of years, Monday saw formal confirmation via a vote of the F1…
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F1 approves sprint races, offering championship points
F1 teams and officials have unanimously approved sprint race trials at three grands prix this season. Championship points will be awarded for the top three finishers in each of the…
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2005 San Marino Grand Prix: Alonso and Schumacher’s epic showdown
The 2005 San Marino Grand Prix has stood the test of time as being one of the all-time great battles between two championship-calibre drivers. 16 years on from Fernando Alonso…
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The five F1 stars struggling in new teams – MPH
Two races in, those experienced drivers new to their teams this year – Sergio Perez, Carlos Sainz, Fernando Alonso, Sebastian Vettel, Daniel Ricciardo – are all struggling relative to their…
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Red Bull poaches Mercedes engine guru for 2022
Red Bull has confirmed it has signed Ben Hodgkinson as its new technical director of the team’s powertrains division and he will be able to start in 2022. Mercedes and…
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Mercedes working to salvage Bottas’s engine after 30G Imola crash
Following his sizeable crash during the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, Mercedes says it is working hard to salvage as much of Valtteri Bottas’s W12 as possible ahead of the Portuguese…
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Yuki Tsunoda: Still much to learn
AlphaTauri’s Yuki Tsunoda was the sensation of the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix, but the old-school Imola circuit made him look like the rookie he is. In Bahrain he took two…
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Mercedes treads carefully on tyre strategy
Mercedes overcame a faster Red Bull on race day in Bahrain through a bold early stopping strategy which vaulted Lewis Hamilton ahead of early leader and pole-sitter Max Verstappen.Making the…
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Word on the beat, June 2021
New Williams boss Jost Capito, above, has wasted no time in recruiting his former VW Motorsport technical director François-Xavier Demaison to the same position at Williams F1. Together they won…
F1
A GP in two parts: what F1’s sprint races will look like
After much debate among between the teams, the FIA and the Formula 1 organisation over the past couple of years, Monday saw formal confirmation via a vote of the F1…
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F1 approves sprint races, offering championship points
F1 teams and officials have unanimously approved sprint race trials at three grands prix this season. Championship points will be awarded for the top three finishers in each of the…
F1
2005 San Marino Grand Prix: Alonso and Schumacher’s epic showdown
The 2005 San Marino Grand Prix has stood the test of time as being one of the all-time great battles between two championship-calibre drivers. 16 years on from Fernando Alonso…
F1
The five F1 stars struggling in new teams – MPH
Two races in, those experienced drivers new to their teams this year – Sergio Perez, Carlos Sainz, Fernando Alonso, Sebastian Vettel, Daniel Ricciardo – are all struggling relative to their…
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Red Bull poaches Mercedes engine guru for 2022
Red Bull has confirmed it has signed Ben Hodgkinson as its new technical director of the team’s powertrains division and he will be able to start in 2022. Mercedes and…
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Mercedes working to salvage Bottas’s engine after 30G Imola crash
Following his sizeable crash during the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, Mercedes says it is working hard to salvage as much of Valtteri Bottas’s W12 as possible ahead of the Portuguese…
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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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The best F1 drivers who never won a world championship
A Formula 1 world championship is meant to identify the best-of-the best. But being among the greatest drivers of your era is no guarantee of a title: here are some of the legendary characters never to be crowned a world champion
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F1 is returning to Turkey – here are five more circuits that should come back
Istanbul Park’s return to the calendar is welcome news, and a reminder that other venues are still available
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F1 race contracts: How long each circuit will stay on the calendar
As F1 expands globally, the future of each grand prix depends on complex, evolving contracts between race promoters and commercial rights holders, with some circuits secured long-term and others facing uncertainty
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