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‘Quick Vic’, more than a jack of all trades
One of motor racing’s all-time legendary figures, Vic Elford performed at the top level behind the wheel of pretty much everything
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Word on the beat, January 2021
The F1 Commission recently formally proposed a driver salary cap from 2023 of $30m (£25.3m) between each team’s two drivers. A refinement of the proposal was discussed whereby a team…
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Here comes the reign again: final races that secured Hamilton’s 7th F1 title
This trio of pandemic offspring Formula 1 races was where Lewis Hamilton, having equalled Michael Schumacher’s win record at the preceding Eifel race, could first step into his own unique…
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F1 needs a grip on tyre temperature
The Portimão and Turkish grands prix were each notable for the striking lack of grip from the newly resurfaced tracks. In the case of Istanbul Park, the resurfacing was completed only…
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Retirement: it’s a dirty word for racing drivers
Why are we always so keen to skip to the end? Once racing drivers hit a certain age, typically around their mid-to-late-30s, it’s so often tempting to start asking them…
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Mark Hughes: Controversies that decided F1 titles & the champion too clean to get caught up
Forty years ago Alan Jones clinched the world championship by driving his only title rival Nelson Piquet off the road at the first corner of the Canadian Grand Prix. Piquet…
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Behind the scenes of the chaotic 1984 Dallas GP: Flashback
This is the McLaren pit at the end of a practice session for the 1984 Dallas Grand Prix. It’s a chaotic scene, in keeping with the weekend itself, mainly because…
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The Editor: Still he’ll arise, whether Lewis Hamilton is knighted or not
Henry Segrave, Malcolm Campbell, Jack Brabham, Frank Williams, Stirling Moss, Jackie Stewart, Patrick Head, Lewis Hamilton? In the aftermath of the boy from Stevenage’s record-equalling seventh world championship and the…
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Formula 1 under fire for Saudi GP
Human rights groups have condemned the decision to hold a grand prix in Saudi Arabia next year and urged drivers and teams to speak out against the decision. The call…
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‘Quick Vic’, more than a jack of all trades
One of motor racing’s all-time legendary figures, Vic Elford performed at the top level behind the wheel of pretty much everything
Archive
Word on the beat, January 2021
The F1 Commission recently formally proposed a driver salary cap from 2023 of $30m (£25.3m) between each team’s two drivers. A refinement of the proposal was discussed whereby a team…
Archive
Here comes the reign again: final races that secured Hamilton’s 7th F1 title
This trio of pandemic offspring Formula 1 races was where Lewis Hamilton, having equalled Michael Schumacher’s win record at the preceding Eifel race, could first step into his own unique…
Archive
F1 needs a grip on tyre temperature
The Portimão and Turkish grands prix were each notable for the striking lack of grip from the newly resurfaced tracks. In the case of Istanbul Park, the resurfacing was completed only…
Sports Car News
Retirement: it’s a dirty word for racing drivers
Why are we always so keen to skip to the end? Once racing drivers hit a certain age, typically around their mid-to-late-30s, it’s so often tempting to start asking them…
Archive
Mark Hughes: Controversies that decided F1 titles & the champion too clean to get caught up
Forty years ago Alan Jones clinched the world championship by driving his only title rival Nelson Piquet off the road at the first corner of the Canadian Grand Prix. Piquet…
Archive
Behind the scenes of the chaotic 1984 Dallas GP: Flashback
This is the McLaren pit at the end of a practice session for the 1984 Dallas Grand Prix. It’s a chaotic scene, in keeping with the weekend itself, mainly because…
Opinion
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The Editor: Still he’ll arise, whether Lewis Hamilton is knighted or not
Henry Segrave, Malcolm Campbell, Jack Brabham, Frank Williams, Stirling Moss, Jackie Stewart, Patrick Head, Lewis Hamilton? In the aftermath of the boy from Stevenage’s record-equalling seventh world championship and the…
Archive
Formula 1 under fire for Saudi GP
Human rights groups have condemned the decision to hold a grand prix in Saudi Arabia next year and urged drivers and teams to speak out against the decision. The call…
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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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MPH: Antonelli vs Russell – is this F1’s next epic title battle?
He’s only 19, but Kimi Antonelli has shown F1 championship-winning pace and may never get a better title shot. The ingredients are there for another historic battle between one experienced team-mate and a thrusting newcomer, says Mark Hughes
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Flawed F1 exposed again at Suzuka, but searing Antonelli would win in any era
Kimi Antonelli looked like he’d have blasted to victory in the 2026 Japanese Grand Prix, no matter what rules F1 was racing under, says Mark Hughes. However, the result was once again overshadowed by the shortcomings of the series’ new regulations
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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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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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Porsche Penske’s Sebring win marred by team orders dispute in Florida endurance double
March 21, 2026 Sebring, Florida, USA Porsche Penske Motorsport trio Felipe Nasr, Julien Andlauer and Laurin Heinrich completed a double in the ‘36 Hours of Florida’ when they added Sebring…
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Lock in fans, then make everything worse: F1 risks falling into Big Tech trap
There is a word for what happens when platforms stop serving the people who made them great. Should Formula 1 learn it?
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Ready for the F1 title fight: How Kimi Antonelli revealed he has what it takes
Motor Sport F1 Show with Mark Hughes
Leading the world championship aged 19, Kimi Antonelli has proved he has the pace to win the title — and this could be his best shot. Plus: how GPs could be shortened over safety fears, and why Max Verstappen is serious in threatening to quit
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Stewart and Jenkinson clash over safety as Rindt wins at Clermont-Ferrand
July 5, 1970 Clermont-Ferrand, France Smiles here, but the reigning Formula 1 champion Jackie Stewart and Motor Sport’s continental correspondent Denis Jenkinson were embroiled in a bitter war of words…
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