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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The first black person to drive an F1 car, Willy T Ribbs, has called for more F1 team owners and investors from minority backgrounds
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
Fifty years after the death of Bruce McLaren, we remember his remarkable accomplishments from a life cut tragically short
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…
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?
F1 has announced the first eight races of the revised 2020 Formula 1 season
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
F1 may be an escape from the real world, but it can’t exist in a bubble, writes Mark Hughes. As its drivers speak out against racism, where is the sport’s moral compass?
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…
The first black person to drive an F1 car, Willy T Ribbs, has called for more F1 team owners and investors from minority backgrounds
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
Fifty years after the death of Bruce McLaren, we remember his remarkable accomplishments from a life cut tragically short
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…
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?
F1 has announced the first eight races of the revised 2020 Formula 1 season
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
F1 may be an escape from the real world, but it can’t exist in a bubble, writes Mark Hughes. As its drivers speak out against racism, where is the sport’s moral compass?
F1 has trimmed its 2026 regulations ahead of Miami. Mark Hughes points out that these minor changes don’t address the real issues — and pretending otherwise helps no-one
As F1 prepares to vote on a package of 2026 regulation tweaks, Mark Hughes argues the most meaningful fix is the one it’s least likely to try
Charles Leclerc has mastered F1’s new regulations by rooting out the best deployment tricks, while Max Verstappen has been stripped of his advantage, writes Mark Hughes
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…
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…
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…
Formula 1 has seen a big increase in overtaking under the 2026 rules. But is that reason for celebration?
On the 25th anniversary of Michele Alboreto’s death, Matt Bishop makes a case for the former Ferrari F1 driver and Le Mans winner as one of racing’s most unjustly forgotten talents
Most changes will be implemented before the next race after several meetings
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