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Daniil Kvyat switches to Alpine F1 Team as team’s reserve driver
Daniil Kvyat has been handed another F1 lifeline and will be Alpine F1’s reserve driver in 2021
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F1 2021 season preview: sparks will fly
Although the pandemic has given the old Ecclestone-inspired era of F1 a year’s stay of execution for 2021 before Liberty’s full vision of the sport becomes real next year, this…
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F1’s 2021 driver line-up: Gentlemen, start your engines
Lewis Hamilton Mission: To stand alone as the greatest of all time The challenge is laid bare for Lewis. Win one more title for the ‘unbeatable’ all-time record.…
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Alpine reveals 2021 F1 car and switch to blue
Alpine has launched its 2021 Formula 1 car, the A521. Esteban Ocon was on hand to reveal the new car, though Fernando Alonso was a conspicuous absence as he continues…
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Ross Brawn: 2021 will not be a normal F1 season
“Everyone was thinking that this year would be easier, but it is not. The proof we have given in terms of professionalism, structure and protocols in place have been very…
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Hamilton won’t sign another long-term contract: ‘I’ve achieved most of what I want to achieve’
Lewis Hamilton says he has little more to do in F1, and has alluded to a more long-term goal
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Mercedes has addressed ‘Achilles heel’ from 2020 with power unit fix
Mercedes says it has addressed its biggest weakness from last season with its new power unit fix for the 2021 season. Managing Director of Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains Hywel…
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Mercedes reveals 2021 Formula 1 car with new AMG livery
Mercedes has released the first images of its 2021 F1 car, the W12
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Under the skin of F1’s 2021 cars
Normally the middle of February would see Formula 1 teams shipping out to Barcelona for the first preseason tests. This year, however, testing is restricted to one three-day session at…
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Daniil Kvyat switches to Alpine F1 Team as team’s reserve driver
Daniil Kvyat has been handed another F1 lifeline and will be Alpine F1’s reserve driver in 2021
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F1 2021 season preview: sparks will fly
Although the pandemic has given the old Ecclestone-inspired era of F1 a year’s stay of execution for 2021 before Liberty’s full vision of the sport becomes real next year, this…
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F1’s 2021 driver line-up: Gentlemen, start your engines
Lewis Hamilton Mission: To stand alone as the greatest of all time The challenge is laid bare for Lewis. Win one more title for the ‘unbeatable’ all-time record.…
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Alpine reveals 2021 F1 car and switch to blue
Alpine has launched its 2021 Formula 1 car, the A521. Esteban Ocon was on hand to reveal the new car, though Fernando Alonso was a conspicuous absence as he continues…
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Ross Brawn: 2021 will not be a normal F1 season
“Everyone was thinking that this year would be easier, but it is not. The proof we have given in terms of professionalism, structure and protocols in place have been very…
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Hamilton won’t sign another long-term contract: ‘I’ve achieved most of what I want to achieve’
Lewis Hamilton says he has little more to do in F1, and has alluded to a more long-term goal
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Mercedes has addressed ‘Achilles heel’ from 2020 with power unit fix
Mercedes says it has addressed its biggest weakness from last season with its new power unit fix for the 2021 season. Managing Director of Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains Hywel…
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Mercedes reveals 2021 Formula 1 car with new AMG livery
Mercedes has released the first images of its 2021 F1 car, the W12
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Under the skin of F1’s 2021 cars
Normally the middle of February would see Formula 1 teams shipping out to Barcelona for the first preseason tests. This year, however, testing is restricted to one three-day session at…
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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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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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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’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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Podcast: F1 ‘insulting fans’ intelligence’ by trying to cover up failings?
Why ‘oversensitive’ officials have made a big mistake by trying to sweep Formula 1’s issues under the carpet
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