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Red Bull: 2026 F1 engine row ‘a lot of noise about nothing’
The political noise between engine manufacturers is already rising ahead of the start of the 2026 F1 season
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2026 Red Bull F1 car launch: re-watch RB22 livery reveal
Red Bull has revealed its 2026 F1 livery at a launch event in Detroit, but we’re yet to see the RB22 itself: latest images and details of the new car
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The boldest and most lavish F1 car launches in history
From small town takeovers to a Spice Girl extravaganza: here are some of the most lavish and dramatic launch events we’ve seen in F1 history
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Red Bull: The F1 launch that has to reassure its champion
Red Bull’s 2026 F1 launch will be more than a reveal: it’s a test of the team’s first in-house engine project and a statement designed to convince Max Verstappen that his future still lies in Milton Keynes
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20 years of Red Bull: The ‘unplanned’ team that took over F1
Loud, brash, controversial and devastatingly successful – Red Bull has trodden its own winning path over 20 years in F1. Some of its key players look back on two decades of racing with James Elson
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Full-blown disaster? F1’s strangest engines
F1 will head into unchartered territory with its complex 2026 engines – we look back at previous power unit oddities
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MPH: How FIA can intervene immediately over ‘trick’ Mercedes F1 engine
Mercedes is rumoured to have an engine innovation promising a significant advantage over other Formula 1 power units. It could mean rivals are allowed extra benefits to catch up, explains Mark Hughes
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Matt Bishop: Just four drivers from F1’s first decade remain alive
The death last week of Hans Herrmann leaves just four living drivers who raced in 1950s world championship grands prix. The first decade of Formula 1 will soon slip beyond living memory
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Why F1 2026 launch season may be defined by fear
As Formula 1 prepares for its most complex regulation reset in decades, the 2026 launch season may be shaped less by ambition than by a collective determination not to get it wrong
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Red Bull: 2026 F1 engine row ‘a lot of noise about nothing’
The political noise between engine manufacturers is already rising ahead of the start of the 2026 F1 season
F1
2026 Red Bull F1 car launch: re-watch RB22 livery reveal
Red Bull has revealed its 2026 F1 livery at a launch event in Detroit, but we’re yet to see the RB22 itself: latest images and details of the new car
F1
The boldest and most lavish F1 car launches in history
From small town takeovers to a Spice Girl extravaganza: here are some of the most lavish and dramatic launch events we’ve seen in F1 history
F1
Red Bull: The F1 launch that has to reassure its champion
Red Bull’s 2026 F1 launch will be more than a reveal: it’s a test of the team’s first in-house engine project and a statement designed to convince Max Verstappen that his future still lies in Milton Keynes
F1
20 years of Red Bull: The ‘unplanned’ team that took over F1
Loud, brash, controversial and devastatingly successful – Red Bull has trodden its own winning path over 20 years in F1. Some of its key players look back on two decades of racing with James Elson
F1
Full-blown disaster? F1’s strangest engines
F1 will head into unchartered territory with its complex 2026 engines – we look back at previous power unit oddities
F1
MPH: How FIA can intervene immediately over ‘trick’ Mercedes F1 engine
Mercedes is rumoured to have an engine innovation promising a significant advantage over other Formula 1 power units. It could mean rivals are allowed extra benefits to catch up, explains Mark Hughes
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Matt Bishop: Just four drivers from F1’s first decade remain alive
The death last week of Hans Herrmann leaves just four living drivers who raced in 1950s world championship grands prix. The first decade of Formula 1 will soon slip beyond living memory
F1
Why F1 2026 launch season may be defined by fear
As Formula 1 prepares for its most complex regulation reset in decades, the 2026 launch season may be shaped less by ambition than by a collective determination not to get it wrong
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MPH: Lando Norris’s F1 magic deserves more appreciation
Lando Norris’s soaring confidence and an improved McLaren mean we’re witnessing a Formula 1 driver at his outer limits, Mark Hughes argues
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Mark Hughes: Too fast to win. How Norris lost Spanish GP to slow-driving Antonelli
Fast enough to build an unassailable lead, Lando Norris was too quick to catch the VSC pit window. And so his flawless F1 Madring weekend ended cruelly, as even the winner acknowledged, Mark Hughes says
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Mark Hughes: Super-smooth Madrid circuit is an F1 minefield
With a brand new surface and a tyre-punishing banked Turn 12, Madrid’s inaugural Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix weekend could reshuffle the Mercedes-McLaren-Ferrari pecking order once again, writes Mark Hughes
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McLaren’s short gearing explains its Zandvoort advantage over Mercedes
Two consecutive victories from pole for McLaren’s Lando Norris to bring him within 83 points of Kimi Antonelli’s championship lead with half the season still to go had Mercedes’ Toto…
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Karun Chandhok: McLaren’s pace puts Norris back in the F1 title fight
The Dutch Grand Prix was an exciting way to kick off the second half of the season after the summer break. Following on from Lando Norris’s dominant victory in Budapest…
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Kimi Antonelli’s mid-season charge reshapes Formula 1’s 2026 title fight
Monaco Lewis Hamilton Many had written off Lewis Hamilton in F1 – too long in the tooth at 41, a poor fit with Ferrari, the rise of rivals, and so…
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The secret wind tunnel test that found flaw in McLaren’s radical F1 car
A secret Teddington wind tunnel shared with torpedo tests and a particle accelerator gave McLaren its first taste of porpoising four decades before the sport rediscovered it
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Is Formula 1’s VSC problem actually fixable?
There’s no version of the VSC rule that’s fair to everyone, and the Spanish GP just proved it again
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How sprint races will work in 2027
The 2027 Formula 1 season will include ten sprint races, including a Monaco round: here’s what it means for next year
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