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For sale: Lola, two careful owners
There’s something eerie, a bit Mary Celeste about this place. It’s as if the workforce has downed tools and headed to the pub for lunch, and you almost expect them…
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V16 BRM P15: the sensational GP car that’s forever England
This is far more than just another Grand Prix car. Back in period, ‘The BRM’ was as much part of British national awareness as today’s news of a Covid vaccine.…
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Steve McQueen’s lost F1 movie: Day of The Champion
Steve McQueen or James Garner? Michael Delaney or Pete Aron? Hilts ‘The Cooler King’ or Hendley ‘The Scrounger’? You’ll have your preference. John Frankenheimer, director of 1966 motor racing blockbuster…
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MPH: ‘Will Perez have the measure of Max? I’d be amazed…’
The long-running saga of who drives the second Red Bull in 2021 finally came to a conclusion last week with the not-unexpected news that Sergio Perez would be replacing Alex…
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Jacques Villeneuve: ‘I watched my father Gilles draw his helmet design in our motorhome’
One of Jacques Villeneuve’s earliest memories is of his father Gilles colouring in his now-famous crash helmet design on a prototype lid as they sat in the family motorhome. In…
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Why Ineos stake in Mercedes is a ‘turning point’ for F1
As Formula 1 deals go, the one-third stake that Ineos has taken in Mercedes might seem underwhelming. There’s no change to the team name; Toto Wolff will remain in charge;…
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Where did it go wrong for Albon? The drives that cost him his Red Bull seat
Wind back to September 2019 and Alex Albon’s arrival at Red Bull was a shot in the arm for the team after the struggles of Pierre Gasly. An engine penalty…
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Sergio Perez a short-term fix for confused Red Bull
There had been uncertainty surrounding Red Bull’s driver plans for 2021 for a while, and it might have been leaking out as early as Thursday evening, but when Sergio Perez…
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Biofuel barrels arrive as F1 tests zero-carbon fuel
Formula 1 engines will run on new green, sustainable fuel this winter after the first barrels of FIA-produced biofuel rolled into the factories of power unit manufacturers. Mercedes, Ferrari, Renault…
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For sale: Lola, two careful owners
There’s something eerie, a bit Mary Celeste about this place. It’s as if the workforce has downed tools and headed to the pub for lunch, and you almost expect them…
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V16 BRM P15: the sensational GP car that’s forever England
This is far more than just another Grand Prix car. Back in period, ‘The BRM’ was as much part of British national awareness as today’s news of a Covid vaccine.…
Great Read
Archive
Steve McQueen’s lost F1 movie: Day of The Champion
Steve McQueen or James Garner? Michael Delaney or Pete Aron? Hilts ‘The Cooler King’ or Hendley ‘The Scrounger’? You’ll have your preference. John Frankenheimer, director of 1966 motor racing blockbuster…
F1
MPH: ‘Will Perez have the measure of Max? I’d be amazed…’
The long-running saga of who drives the second Red Bull in 2021 finally came to a conclusion last week with the not-unexpected news that Sergio Perez would be replacing Alex…
Single-Seaters
Jacques Villeneuve: ‘I watched my father Gilles draw his helmet design in our motorhome’
One of Jacques Villeneuve’s earliest memories is of his father Gilles colouring in his now-famous crash helmet design on a prototype lid as they sat in the family motorhome. In…
F1
Why Ineos stake in Mercedes is a ‘turning point’ for F1
As Formula 1 deals go, the one-third stake that Ineos has taken in Mercedes might seem underwhelming. There’s no change to the team name; Toto Wolff will remain in charge;…
F1
Where did it go wrong for Albon? The drives that cost him his Red Bull seat
Wind back to September 2019 and Alex Albon’s arrival at Red Bull was a shot in the arm for the team after the struggles of Pierre Gasly. An engine penalty…
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Sergio Perez a short-term fix for confused Red Bull
There had been uncertainty surrounding Red Bull’s driver plans for 2021 for a while, and it might have been leaking out as early as Thursday evening, but when Sergio Perez…
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Biofuel barrels arrive as F1 tests zero-carbon fuel
Formula 1 engines will run on new green, sustainable fuel this winter after the first barrels of FIA-produced biofuel rolled into the factories of power unit manufacturers. Mercedes, Ferrari, Renault…
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Mark Hughes: Tyre-wrecking Sepang threatens an F1 upset
Mark Hughes dissects how Sepang’s brutally abrasive surface and restricted tyre allocation are turning this weekend into a strategic gauntlet where the right compound choice could matter more than raw pace
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MPH: Will Ferrari dare to hire Horner AND fix its biggest issue?
Ferrari’s latest leadership rumour ignores two decades of history: swapping team principals won’t work until Maranello hands real power to the person in the role, says Mark Hughes
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Mark Hughes: Epic Baku battle a flashback to when F1 was flat-out
George Russell had it his way for most of the 2026 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, thanks to an underwhelming McLaren and rare error from Kimi Antonelli. But then came the late safety car
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Max Verstappen: ‘Why I’m staying to rebuild Red Bull rather than quitting’
The first few months of this season were nervous ones for the bosses of Red Bull’s Formula 1 team. Victories were not on the agenda. The car Red Bull had…
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The wreck of Red Bull… and how the F1 team is fixing it
Who knows what riches Max Verstappen was offered to lure him away from Red Bull Racing? A blank cheque, the keys to any kingdom he might desire and all the…
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VR46 Academy’s latest title hope: how Marco Bezzecchi found his MotoGP edge
Valentino Rossi’s VR46 Riders Academy – established a decade ago by the seven-times MotoGP king to create a new generation of Italian talent – has so far produced one MotoGP…
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F1’s ten most controversial team orders
Formula 1 returns to Sepang, 13 years after Red Bull’s Multi 21 controversy joined some of the most notorious team orders in grand prix racing
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Hamilton’s cutting question that Vasseur failed to answer
Hamilton backed Vasseur at Sepang while saying the hierarchy above him is “a question”. A day later, Vasseur’s answers were only about relationships and unity
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The best Malaysian Grands Prix: Sepang’s greatest F1 races
Tropical storms, team orders and some legendary drives. We pick the best F1 races in Malaysia, plus a bonus two-wheel spectacular
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