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MPH: Will Vettel sign contract that confirms Leclerc as Ferrari No1?
If Sebastian Vettel signs a new contract with Ferrari for 2021, he will have to accept that he’s no longer the team’s chosen one, writes Mark Hughes
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2020 F1 season to start behind closed doors with Austrian Grand Prix in July
Formula 1 has announced its plans to start this year’s season on the weekend of 3-5 July with the Austrian Grand Prix, which will be held behind closed doors. A…
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2020 F1 British Grand Prix set to run without fans as French race cancelled
Silverstone is working on a plan to hold the British Grand Prix behind closed doors, after writing to ticket holders to say that fans will not be able to attend…
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Matters of Moment: The greatest race in F1 history?
May 13 is the 70th anniversary of the first Formula 1 World Championship race – held at Silverstone – and, 1018 grands prix later, Motor Sport will mark the occasion…
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The Editor: “Not the last time Mr Motor Racing appears in our pages”
It’s been said that Sir Stirling Moss’s accident at Goodwood was the crash that saved his life. The logic is that had his racing career not effectively ended in 1962,…
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F1 in the 2010s: a decade of innovation
A decade when only two teams have won world championships, amid tight technical restrictions, doesn’t offer the greatest promise when it comes to engineering innovations. But over the past decade,…
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Jules Bianchi deserved Ferrari drive more than me, says Leclerc — and he’d have been faster
“There was lots more to come” from Jules Bianchi, says Charles Leclerc of his close friend, mentor and godfather
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Charles Leclerc happy to keep Vettel as a team-mate: ‘We’ve always had a good relationship’
Despite on-track clashes last season, Charles Leclerc said that he had always got on with Sebastian Vettel and wanted to compete with him in virtual races
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Tears and laughter at the funeral of Sir Stirling Moss
The private funeral of Sir Stirling Moss took place last Friday. A celebration of his life will be held when restrictions allow
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MPH: Will Vettel sign contract that confirms Leclerc as Ferrari No1?
If Sebastian Vettel signs a new contract with Ferrari for 2021, he will have to accept that he’s no longer the team’s chosen one, writes Mark Hughes
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2020 F1 season to start behind closed doors with Austrian Grand Prix in July
Formula 1 has announced its plans to start this year’s season on the weekend of 3-5 July with the Austrian Grand Prix, which will be held behind closed doors. A…
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2020 F1 British Grand Prix set to run without fans as French race cancelled
Silverstone is working on a plan to hold the British Grand Prix behind closed doors, after writing to ticket holders to say that fans will not be able to attend…
Archive
Matters of Moment: The greatest race in F1 history?
May 13 is the 70th anniversary of the first Formula 1 World Championship race – held at Silverstone – and, 1018 grands prix later, Motor Sport will mark the occasion…
Opinion
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The Editor: “Not the last time Mr Motor Racing appears in our pages”
It’s been said that Sir Stirling Moss’s accident at Goodwood was the crash that saved his life. The logic is that had his racing career not effectively ended in 1962,…
F1
F1 in the 2010s: a decade of innovation
A decade when only two teams have won world championships, amid tight technical restrictions, doesn’t offer the greatest promise when it comes to engineering innovations. But over the past decade,…
F1
Jules Bianchi deserved Ferrari drive more than me, says Leclerc — and he’d have been faster
“There was lots more to come” from Jules Bianchi, says Charles Leclerc of his close friend, mentor and godfather
F1
Charles Leclerc happy to keep Vettel as a team-mate: ‘We’ve always had a good relationship’
Despite on-track clashes last season, Charles Leclerc said that he had always got on with Sebastian Vettel and wanted to compete with him in virtual races
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Tears and laughter at the funeral of Sir Stirling Moss
The private funeral of Sir Stirling Moss took place last Friday. A celebration of his life will be held when restrictions allow
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MPH: How to fix F1 – and why it probably won’t happen
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
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MPH: Verstappen’s powers are blunted, now Leclerc is the F1 driver with a magic touch
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
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Mercedes seizes early 2026 F1 advantage as Russell and Antonelli dominate opening two races
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…
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Katsuta triumphs in Safari Rally as Toyota driver ends 94-start wait with grit and resilience
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…
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Verstappen’s Nürburgring pole and battle overshadowed by tyre rule exclusion in NLS2
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…
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Porsche Penske’s Sebring win marred by team orders dispute in Florida endurance double
March 21, 2026 Sebring, Florida, USA Porsche Penske Motorsport trio Felipe Nasr, Julien Andlauer and Laurin Heinrich completed a double in the ‘36 Hours of Florida’ when they added Sebring…
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ADUO: How F1 will unlock engine upgrades so strugglers can catch up
For Formula 1 teams that are down on power, the new ADUO process could be a lifeline: here’s how the mid-season engine development exemption will work and what it takes for teams to qualify for it
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The ‘credibility gap’ at the heart of F1’s 2026 overhaul
Formula 1’s audience is more divided than ever about the current state of the sport. Can that gap be bridged?
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Why Lambiase chose McLaren over continuing with Verstappen
Gianpiero Lambiase spent a decade defining Max Verstappen’s Formula 1 career at Red Bull. Now he is going to McLaren to define his own
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