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The F1 drivers who need a big season in 2026
As Formula 1 resets for 2026, it’s a moment of reckoning for some drivers whose racing career has reached a crunch point
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The long road to convergence: How F1 closed the gaps of the hybrid era
Twelve years after Mercedes blew the field apart, we chart how F1 finally closed the gaps – and why the 2026 reset could reopen them
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F1 through a different lens: the best of Matt Bishop from 2025
Every Tuesday in 2025, Matt Bishop delivered his idiosyncratic and meticulously researched stories to Motor Sport readers. Here are five of the highlights
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Matt Bishop: ‘The impossibly glamorous way F1 once started the year’
Blazing sunshine over a mesmerising, daunting circuit with Murray Walker calling the action. Has there ever been a more glorious start to the F1 season?
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Motor Sport’s best 2025 onboards: F1, MotoGP and NASCAR
From Japan to Mexico, Surfers Paradise and Milwaukee, we chart the best onboard racing shots caught in 2025
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Season Review Awards: 2025’s best F1 moments as voted by you
F1’s 2025 world championship delivered edge-of-the-seat drama and unpredictable twists – and you’ve chosen the standout moments that defined the year
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Sauber’s most famous F1 races as it transforms into Audi
As Sauber prepares to disappear from the Formula 1 entry list and evolve into Audi, we look back at the Hinwil team’s defining moments
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F1 driver contracts: the deals in place for 2026 grid
Here’s a breakdown of the 2026 Formula 1 grid, where every seat is already set but the rules reset is quietly shaping the next phase of the silly season
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Adrian Newey’s greatest F1 cars – Can 2026 Aston join the list?
As Adrian Newey begins sketching Aston Martin’s first clean-sheet 2026 challenger, we look back at the landmark designs that defined his career and reshaped Formula 1’s competitive landscape
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The F1 drivers who need a big season in 2026
As Formula 1 resets for 2026, it’s a moment of reckoning for some drivers whose racing career has reached a crunch point
F1
The long road to convergence: How F1 closed the gaps of the hybrid era
Twelve years after Mercedes blew the field apart, we chart how F1 finally closed the gaps – and why the 2026 reset could reopen them
F1
F1 through a different lens: the best of Matt Bishop from 2025
Every Tuesday in 2025, Matt Bishop delivered his idiosyncratic and meticulously researched stories to Motor Sport readers. Here are five of the highlights
F1
Matt Bishop: ‘The impossibly glamorous way F1 once started the year’
Blazing sunshine over a mesmerising, daunting circuit with Murray Walker calling the action. Has there ever been a more glorious start to the F1 season?
F1
Motor Sport’s best 2025 onboards: F1, MotoGP and NASCAR
From Japan to Mexico, Surfers Paradise and Milwaukee, we chart the best onboard racing shots caught in 2025
Awards
Season Review Awards: 2025’s best F1 moments as voted by you
F1’s 2025 world championship delivered edge-of-the-seat drama and unpredictable twists – and you’ve chosen the standout moments that defined the year
F1
Sauber’s most famous F1 races as it transforms into Audi
As Sauber prepares to disappear from the Formula 1 entry list and evolve into Audi, we look back at the Hinwil team’s defining moments
F1
F1 driver contracts: the deals in place for 2026 grid
Here’s a breakdown of the 2026 Formula 1 grid, where every seat is already set but the rules reset is quietly shaping the next phase of the silly season
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Adrian Newey’s greatest F1 cars – Can 2026 Aston join the list?
As Adrian Newey begins sketching Aston Martin’s first clean-sheet 2026 challenger, we look back at the landmark designs that defined his career and reshaped Formula 1’s competitive landscape
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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 where F1 first met porpoising
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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