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Silverstone tyre blowouts: what happens next?
As the camera cut from one failure to the next, there was a sense of déjà vu as drivers were forced to limp around Silverstone with deflated Pirelli tyres, causing…
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MPH: Piecing together Silverstone’s shredded tyre drama
You know all about the dramatic tyre-bursting end which crowned an otherwise predictable Mercedes demonstration. How with even just three inflated tyres for most of the last lap, Lewis Hamilton…
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2020 British Grand Prix race report: Hamilton holds on after final lap blowout
Even an eternal optimist would have struggled to see the dramatic conclusion of the British Grand Prix coming — despite the lessons learned from Austria. At the season-opener, a well-timed…
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2020 British Grand Prix qualifying report: grid set for opening lap fireworks
The two principal car requirements of Silverstone are aerodynamic efficiency and horsepower. And so, obviously, you didn’t need to look beyond the Mercedes W11. The team’s recent Silverstone record was…
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The Ferrari F1 stand-in who almost won: Mika Salo’s ’99 German GP
21 years ago, Mike Salo was leading the 1999 German Grand Prix for Ferrari, while standing in for the injured Michael Schumacher. Then came a radio call from the pits…
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Mercedes’ dominant 1954 return to grand prix racing: Formula 1 Car by Car extract
1954 brought the return of Mercedes to grand prix racing. In a story familiar to the hybrid era, its W196 was the class of the field. Peter Higham tells the story in an extract from Formula 1 Car by Car 1950-59
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Confirmed: Nico Hülkenberg replaces Sergio Perez for the British GP
Nico Hülkenberg will race in this weekend’s British Grand Prix for Racing Point, taking the place of Sergio Perez who has tested positive for coronavirus. The German driver, who was…
Mark Hughes
The data that shows this year’s Mercedes is the most dominant yet
Mercedes has won every championship in the hybrid era, and nothing’s likely to change this season. Analysis by Mark Hughes suggests the 2020 car is the most dominant of the current generation
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Sergio Perez becomes first F1 driver to test positive for coronavirus
Sergio Perez has tested positive for coronavirus ahead of the British Grand Prix and will miss this weekend’s race. He is the first Formula 1 driver to test positive for…
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Silverstone tyre blowouts: what happens next?
As the camera cut from one failure to the next, there was a sense of déjà vu as drivers were forced to limp around Silverstone with deflated Pirelli tyres, causing…
F1
MPH: Piecing together Silverstone’s shredded tyre drama
You know all about the dramatic tyre-bursting end which crowned an otherwise predictable Mercedes demonstration. How with even just three inflated tyres for most of the last lap, Lewis Hamilton…
F1
2020 British Grand Prix race report: Hamilton holds on after final lap blowout
Even an eternal optimist would have struggled to see the dramatic conclusion of the British Grand Prix coming — despite the lessons learned from Austria. At the season-opener, a well-timed…
F1
2020 British Grand Prix qualifying report: grid set for opening lap fireworks
The two principal car requirements of Silverstone are aerodynamic efficiency and horsepower. And so, obviously, you didn’t need to look beyond the Mercedes W11. The team’s recent Silverstone record was…
Great Read
F1
The Ferrari F1 stand-in who almost won: Mika Salo’s ’99 German GP
21 years ago, Mike Salo was leading the 1999 German Grand Prix for Ferrari, while standing in for the injured Michael Schumacher. Then came a radio call from the pits…
Racing History
Mercedes’ dominant 1954 return to grand prix racing: Formula 1 Car by Car extract
1954 brought the return of Mercedes to grand prix racing. In a story familiar to the hybrid era, its W196 was the class of the field. Peter Higham tells the story in an extract from Formula 1 Car by Car 1950-59
F1
Confirmed: Nico Hülkenberg replaces Sergio Perez for the British GP
Nico Hülkenberg will race in this weekend’s British Grand Prix for Racing Point, taking the place of Sergio Perez who has tested positive for coronavirus. The German driver, who was…
Mark Hughes
The data that shows this year’s Mercedes is the most dominant yet
Mercedes has won every championship in the hybrid era, and nothing’s likely to change this season. Analysis by Mark Hughes suggests the 2020 car is the most dominant of the current generation
F1
Sergio Perez becomes first F1 driver to test positive for coronavirus
Sergio Perez has tested positive for coronavirus ahead of the British Grand Prix and will miss this weekend’s race. He is the first Formula 1 driver to test positive for…
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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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