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Race car buying guide: Shadow DN3 and DN5
Back in the 1970s, Formula 1 cars were built to last. It was common for smaller teams to use the same chassis for multiple years, often with just mild updates…
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2020 Belgian Grand Prix preview: Can anyone rain on the Mercedes parade?
There are storm clouds gathering as Mercedes continues to tighten its vice grip on the 2020 Formula 1 season. With the weather closing in for this weekend and the FIA…
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Racing Point: by imitation only
It was a 70th birthday party for the Formula 1 World Championship itself, but a fight broke out among the guests – a brawl, in fact, which involved more than…
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Lunch with… Jonathan Palmer
Was that really so long ago?” Jonathan Palmer shakes his head in disbelief at the rapidity of time’s passage. It was in 2006 that Motor Sport commenced its monthly ‘lunch’…
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A light upon the Shadows — The magnificent machines of a man of mystery: Book review
So you want to write a biography? You’ll be well served if you find someone who achieved something notable yet has mystery, even notoriety to his back story. And if…
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Word on the beat: F1 news and gossip, October 2020
In the wake of the pandemic, F1 reported a 96 per cent reduction in profits for the second quarter of 2020. Compared to the same quarter last year, the total…
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Red Bull’s luck turns on the tyres at Silverstone 2020
Red Bull devised a clever tyre strategy for the 70th Anniversary race, one which put the onus on Max Verstappen to deliver a big lap on a single run in…
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Silverstone’s summer blowout
Hungarian GP | British GP | 70th Anniversary GP | Spanish GP The first three of these four races were brought alive by the drama of jeopardy as various misfortunes…
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You were there: 1967 British racing season
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Race car buying guide: Shadow DN3 and DN5
Back in the 1970s, Formula 1 cars were built to last. It was common for smaller teams to use the same chassis for multiple years, often with just mild updates…
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2020 Belgian Grand Prix preview: Can anyone rain on the Mercedes parade?
There are storm clouds gathering as Mercedes continues to tighten its vice grip on the 2020 Formula 1 season. With the weather closing in for this weekend and the FIA…
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Racing Point: by imitation only
It was a 70th birthday party for the Formula 1 World Championship itself, but a fight broke out among the guests – a brawl, in fact, which involved more than…
Great Read
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Lunch with… Jonathan Palmer
Was that really so long ago?” Jonathan Palmer shakes his head in disbelief at the rapidity of time’s passage. It was in 2006 that Motor Sport commenced its monthly ‘lunch’…
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A light upon the Shadows — The magnificent machines of a man of mystery: Book review
So you want to write a biography? You’ll be well served if you find someone who achieved something notable yet has mystery, even notoriety to his back story. And if…
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Word on the beat: F1 news and gossip, October 2020
In the wake of the pandemic, F1 reported a 96 per cent reduction in profits for the second quarter of 2020. Compared to the same quarter last year, the total…
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Red Bull’s luck turns on the tyres at Silverstone 2020
Red Bull devised a clever tyre strategy for the 70th Anniversary race, one which put the onus on Max Verstappen to deliver a big lap on a single run in…
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Silverstone’s summer blowout
Hungarian GP | British GP | 70th Anniversary GP | Spanish GP The first three of these four races were brought alive by the drama of jeopardy as various misfortunes…
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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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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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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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ADUO: How F1 will unlock engine upgrades so strugglers can catch up
For Formula 1 teams that are down on power, the new ADUO process could be a lifeline: here’s how the mid-season engine development exemption will work and what it takes for teams to qualify for it
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The ‘credibility gap’ at the heart of F1’s 2026 overhaul
Formula 1’s audience is more divided than ever about the current state of the sport. Can that gap be bridged?
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Why Lambiase chose McLaren over continuing with Verstappen
Gianpiero Lambiase spent a decade defining Max Verstappen’s Formula 1 career at Red Bull. Now he is going to McLaren to define his own
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