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Michael Schumacher’s moment of madness at Jerez 1997
Ferrari’s 1997 F1 challenger wasn’t the fastest car on the grid. It wasn’t even the second-fastest car and yet Michael Schumacher arrived at the final race of the season leading…
MPH: Unique Portimao set up old-fashioned drubbing by Hamilton
The occasion of Lewis Hamilton’s record-breaking 92nd grand prix victory was a virtuoso performance in a Mercedes with an advantage that was exaggerated by Red Bull’s wrong tyre choice. Ironically,…
2020 Portuguese Grand Prix: as it happened, lap by lap
Lewis Hamilton put on one of his most dominant performances of the season to clinch his 92nd victory in Formula 1, becoming the series’ most successful driver of all time.…
2020 Portuguese Grand Prix report: Hamilton takes record 92nd F1 win
Formula 1’s visit to the Algarve International Circuit for a race might prove to be a one-off, but thanks to Lewis Hamilton the venue will have a place in the…
2020 Portuguese Grand Prix qualifying: over-confident Bottas misses out on pole
‘Portimao is like a small Spa — expect lots of mistakes and overtaking’
In spite of not hosting a grand prix for almost 25 years, Portugal’s most recent and most successful Formula 1 driver Tiago Monteiro says the series’ return to the country…
Revelation of Estoril: how Ayrton Senna won the 1985 Portuguese GP
For all the F1 history that Ayrton Senna created, there’s some irony in the fact that many see his first win as his greatest. Never mind the Donington ‘93 masterclass,…
Haas opts for new 2021 line-up: Magnussen and Grosjean to leave
Kevin Magnussen and Romain Grosjean will leave Haas at the end of this season, as the team opts for an all-new line-up in 2021. The changes were widely expected, given…
‘Honest’ Hamilton is more like Häkkinen than Schumacher, says Martin Whitmarsh
Michael Schumacher’s moment of madness at Jerez 1997
Ferrari’s 1997 F1 challenger wasn’t the fastest car on the grid. It wasn’t even the second-fastest car and yet Michael Schumacher arrived at the final race of the season leading…
MPH: Unique Portimao set up old-fashioned drubbing by Hamilton
The occasion of Lewis Hamilton’s record-breaking 92nd grand prix victory was a virtuoso performance in a Mercedes with an advantage that was exaggerated by Red Bull’s wrong tyre choice. Ironically,…
2020 Portuguese Grand Prix: as it happened, lap by lap
Lewis Hamilton put on one of his most dominant performances of the season to clinch his 92nd victory in Formula 1, becoming the series’ most successful driver of all time.…
2020 Portuguese Grand Prix report: Hamilton takes record 92nd F1 win
Formula 1’s visit to the Algarve International Circuit for a race might prove to be a one-off, but thanks to Lewis Hamilton the venue will have a place in the…
2020 Portuguese Grand Prix qualifying: over-confident Bottas misses out on pole
‘Portimao is like a small Spa — expect lots of mistakes and overtaking’
In spite of not hosting a grand prix for almost 25 years, Portugal’s most recent and most successful Formula 1 driver Tiago Monteiro says the series’ return to the country…
Revelation of Estoril: how Ayrton Senna won the 1985 Portuguese GP
For all the F1 history that Ayrton Senna created, there’s some irony in the fact that many see his first win as his greatest. Never mind the Donington ‘93 masterclass,…
Haas opts for new 2021 line-up: Magnussen and Grosjean to leave
Kevin Magnussen and Romain Grosjean will leave Haas at the end of this season, as the team opts for an all-new line-up in 2021. The changes were widely expected, given…
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Aston Martin’s giant leap? Alonso will fight McLarens if Newey & Honda F1 upgrades work perfectly
Mark Hughes crunches the numbers on Aston Martin’s big upgrade for the Hungarian Grand Prix – and asks whether it can be enough to close a four-second deficit to near the front of the F1 pack
MPH: Revealed – the fault behind Mercedes’ Belgian GP deployment chaos
George Russell’s Belgian Grand Prix was wrecked by a software fault buried deep in Mercedes’ code. Mark Hughes explains what really happened
Russell zapped, and Spa made ridiculously easy in F1’s energy-deployment GP
Kimi Antonelli delivered his sixth F1 victory of 2026 at the Belgian Grand Prix, writes Mark Hughes. But this year’s cars and their energy limitations made Spa-Francorchamps a shadow of the challenge it usually is
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Pedro Rodríguez wins at Spa as Brabham leads the 1970 F1 title race
June 7, 1970 Spa-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium By F1’s Round 4 at Spa in 1970, Jack Brabham was at the top of the standings with eventual title winner Jochen Rindt trailing by…
Toyota’s resourcefulness delivered a sixth Le Mans 24 Hours victory against the odds
Toyota returned to the top step of the podium at the Le Mans 24 Hours after a three-year absence. Finally, the Japanese manufacturer triumphed against factory opposition, which was not…
Mighty Mondeo: how Rouse and Radisich made Ford’s touring car a world-beater
When Ford turned to Andy Rouse to spearhead its British Touring Car Championship ambitions in the 1990s, a return to the glory days of the RS500 seemed on the cards.…
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F1 is drawing more attention to its 2026 flaws by trying to hide them
As F1’s power units run out of energy, the series’ response has been to hide the evidence rather than explain it, and fans are noticing
F1’s worst-performing team-mate – why Esteban Ocon isn’t as bad as he looks
The 18-3 scoreline looks decisive, but a closer look at Haas’s season shows a car that hasn’t been giving both drivers the same chance to score
Is F1’s world TV feed missing too much of the action in 2026?
A three-way fight for the final point at Spa, decided in a small picture-in-picture window – is F1’s world feed built for the racing it actually has now?
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