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Mercedes drivers to test at Silverstone ahead of F1 return
Mercedes has announced a private test session at Silverstone to “practice protocols” ahead of F1’s return in July
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The creative and confusing history of qualifying formats
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Willy T Ribbs: ‘F1 drivers can change the world by backing Hamilton’
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Who will hit the ground running in F1’s rescheduled 2020 season?
After months of waiting, isolating, planning and negotiation, Formula 1 is set to restart the 2020 season next month with a double-header in Austria. A total of eight races have…
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F1 kicks back into life with one-month countdown to 2020 season
With the start of the season confirmed and a packed championship on the cards, Formula 1 is buzzing once more. But how will the drivers deal with the extended break?
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Revised 2020 F1 calendar finalised with Turkish GP return
F1 has announced the first eight races of the revised 2020 Formula 1 season
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Statue of Bruce McLaren unveiled, 50 years on
McLaren has unveiled a life-sized statue of its founder, Bruce McLaren, 50 years after he lost his life in a testing crash at Goodwood
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Mercedes drivers to test at Silverstone ahead of F1 return
Mercedes has announced a private test session at Silverstone to “practice protocols” ahead of F1’s return in July
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The creative and confusing history of qualifying formats
Formula 1’s latest attempt to test a reverse-grid qualifying session looks to have been blocked once more, ending the prospect of starting line-ups being decided by a sprint race, where…
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Willy T Ribbs: ‘F1 drivers can change the world by backing Hamilton’
The first black person to drive an F1 car, Willy T Ribbs, has called for more F1 team owners and investors from minority backgrounds
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F1 at 70: The best grand prix circuits – by those who know
What makes a great Formula 1 circuit and which is the greatest of all-time? Our panel of experts have driven them, engineered cars for them, photographed them and designed tracks
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Bruce McLaren: the man, the racer, the engineer
Fifty years after the death of Bruce McLaren, we remember his remarkable accomplishments from a life cut tragically short
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Who will hit the ground running in F1’s rescheduled 2020 season?
After months of waiting, isolating, planning and negotiation, Formula 1 is set to restart the 2020 season next month with a double-header in Austria. A total of eight races have…
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F1 kicks back into life with one-month countdown to 2020 season
With the start of the season confirmed and a packed championship on the cards, Formula 1 is buzzing once more. But how will the drivers deal with the extended break?
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Revised 2020 F1 calendar finalised with Turkish GP return
F1 has announced the first eight races of the revised 2020 Formula 1 season
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Statue of Bruce McLaren unveiled, 50 years on
McLaren has unveiled a life-sized statue of its founder, Bruce McLaren, 50 years after he lost his life in a testing crash at Goodwood
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MPH: Deployment and deception – decoding F1 testing runs in Bahrain
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MPH: ‘Does Mercedes’ power unit break F1 rules? It’s not as simple as that…’
Mercedes’ F1 rivals are united in protesting its new power unit, as the series aims to stamp out “smart rule interpretation”. But it won’t be easy to resolve, explains Mark Hughes
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Jamie Chadwick shines at the Silverstone 4 Hours
IDEC Sport Silverstone 4 Hours 14/9/25 A home win for Jamie Chadwick capped a happy return for contemporary Le Mans Prototype racing to the UK, as the European Le Mans…
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McLaren drivers swapped tips ahead of Chinese GP. Norris also quietly planned attack
Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris worked together ahead of the 2025 Chinese GP, finding the pace that delivered a 1-2 finish, while Norris also prepared to attack his team-mate during the race. Brake issues denied him, says Mark Hughes but the F1 title duel is coming
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One race to prove himself at Alpine? Heat is on Jack Doohan as Ocon signs off
Esteban Ocon’s Alpine stint ended at the 2024 Qatar GP, giving Jack Doohan a make-or-break F1 chance in Abu Dhabi. Elsewhere FIA boss Mohammed Ben Sulayem dismissed driver concerns and mechanics just wanted a kip: Chris Medland‘s paddock diary
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Bold, brave and unraced, the F1 cars that never made it to the grid
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Podcast: Sandbagging? Mercedes’ reason to hide F1 testing pace
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