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Post your questions for Felipe Massa
Felipe Massa is our next guest in the Driving for Ferrari podcast series, and he’ll be joining us later this week. Now’s your chance to ask the 11-time race winner about his…
You were there: 1971 US Grand Prix at Watkins Glen
A drive in the woods: In autumn 1971, Fred Gerkens and some of his friends headed to Watkins Glen for the US Grand Prix and their first taste of F1.…
Parting shot: 1958 German Grand Prix
August 3, 1958 Nürburgring, Germany A noisy pitlane during practice at the German GP, with Wolfgang von Trips in a V6 Dino 246 covering his ears behind team-mate Peter…
The £80m question ahead of the 2020 Bahrain Grand Prix – what to watch for
The final triple-header of the 2020 Formula 1 season gets underway in Sakhir on the normal International Circuit layout this weekend for the Bahrain Grand Prix. Following the dramatic Turkish…
Racing through Europe
Lead image: Targa Florio May 1966 The Targa in a nutshell, as the Alpine A110 of Jean-Pierre Hanrioud and Jean-François Piot slams through one of the many villages scattered around…
Arturo Merzario: The little man in the cowboy hat
He won the Targa Florio twice, raced for Scuderia Ferrari, had his own grand prix team, created a car that bore his name and saved Niki Lauda’s life among many…
Romain Grosjean: ‘My F1 career is coming to an end and I can’t do anything about it’
Does Romain Grosjean, coming to the end of his F1 career, still feel he could go up against anyone? “Yes, for sure,” he instantly fires back. “Put me in a…
Home sweet home: 12 F1 wins that delighted the crowd
Jim Clark Silverstone 1965 For the first half of the British Grand Prix it had looked fairly straightforward, Jim Clark pulling away in his Lotus 33 with only Graham Hill able…
The Editor, January 2021
Post your questions for Felipe Massa
Felipe Massa is our next guest in the Driving for Ferrari podcast series, and he’ll be joining us later this week. Now’s your chance to ask the 11-time race winner about his…
You were there: 1971 US Grand Prix at Watkins Glen
A drive in the woods: In autumn 1971, Fred Gerkens and some of his friends headed to Watkins Glen for the US Grand Prix and their first taste of F1.…
Parting shot: 1958 German Grand Prix
August 3, 1958 Nürburgring, Germany A noisy pitlane during practice at the German GP, with Wolfgang von Trips in a V6 Dino 246 covering his ears behind team-mate Peter…
The £80m question ahead of the 2020 Bahrain Grand Prix – what to watch for
The final triple-header of the 2020 Formula 1 season gets underway in Sakhir on the normal International Circuit layout this weekend for the Bahrain Grand Prix. Following the dramatic Turkish…
Racing through Europe
Lead image: Targa Florio May 1966 The Targa in a nutshell, as the Alpine A110 of Jean-Pierre Hanrioud and Jean-François Piot slams through one of the many villages scattered around…
Arturo Merzario: The little man in the cowboy hat
He won the Targa Florio twice, raced for Scuderia Ferrari, had his own grand prix team, created a car that bore his name and saved Niki Lauda’s life among many…
Romain Grosjean: ‘My F1 career is coming to an end and I can’t do anything about it’
Does Romain Grosjean, coming to the end of his F1 career, still feel he could go up against anyone? “Yes, for sure,” he instantly fires back. “Put me in a…
Home sweet home: 12 F1 wins that delighted the crowd
Jim Clark Silverstone 1965 For the first half of the British Grand Prix it had looked fairly straightforward, Jim Clark pulling away in his Lotus 33 with only Graham Hill able…
Standings – 2026 F1 World Championship
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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
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
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…
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…
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
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
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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