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Silverstone tyre blowouts: what happens next?
As the camera cut from one failure to the next, there was a sense of déjà vu as drivers were forced to limp around Silverstone with deflated Pirelli tyres, causing…
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MPH: Piecing together Silverstone’s shredded tyre drama
You know all about the dramatic tyre-bursting end which crowned an otherwise predictable Mercedes demonstration. How with even just three inflated tyres for most of the last lap, Lewis Hamilton…
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2020 British Grand Prix race report: Hamilton holds on after final lap blowout
Even an eternal optimist would have struggled to see the dramatic conclusion of the British Grand Prix coming — despite the lessons learned from Austria. At the season-opener, a well-timed…
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2020 British Grand Prix qualifying report: grid set for opening lap fireworks
The two principal car requirements of Silverstone are aerodynamic efficiency and horsepower. And so, obviously, you didn’t need to look beyond the Mercedes W11. The team’s recent Silverstone record was…
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The Ferrari F1 stand-in who almost won: Mika Salo’s ’99 German GP
21 years ago, Mike Salo was leading the 1999 German Grand Prix for Ferrari, while standing in for the injured Michael Schumacher. Then came a radio call from the pits…
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Mercedes’ dominant 1954 return to grand prix racing: Formula 1 Car by Car extract
1954 brought the return of Mercedes to grand prix racing. In a story familiar to the hybrid era, its W196 was the class of the field. Peter Higham tells the story in an extract from Formula 1 Car by Car 1950-59
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Confirmed: Nico Hülkenberg replaces Sergio Perez for the British GP
Nico Hülkenberg will race in this weekend’s British Grand Prix for Racing Point, taking the place of Sergio Perez who has tested positive for coronavirus. The German driver, who was…
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The data that shows this year’s Mercedes is the most dominant yet
Mercedes has won every championship in the hybrid era, and nothing’s likely to change this season. Analysis by Mark Hughes suggests the 2020 car is the most dominant of the current generation
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Sergio Perez becomes first F1 driver to test positive for coronavirus
Sergio Perez has tested positive for coronavirus ahead of the British Grand Prix and will miss this weekend’s race. He is the first Formula 1 driver to test positive for…
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Silverstone tyre blowouts: what happens next?
As the camera cut from one failure to the next, there was a sense of déjà vu as drivers were forced to limp around Silverstone with deflated Pirelli tyres, causing…
F1
MPH: Piecing together Silverstone’s shredded tyre drama
You know all about the dramatic tyre-bursting end which crowned an otherwise predictable Mercedes demonstration. How with even just three inflated tyres for most of the last lap, Lewis Hamilton…
F1
2020 British Grand Prix race report: Hamilton holds on after final lap blowout
Even an eternal optimist would have struggled to see the dramatic conclusion of the British Grand Prix coming — despite the lessons learned from Austria. At the season-opener, a well-timed…
F1
2020 British Grand Prix qualifying report: grid set for opening lap fireworks
The two principal car requirements of Silverstone are aerodynamic efficiency and horsepower. And so, obviously, you didn’t need to look beyond the Mercedes W11. The team’s recent Silverstone record was…
Great Read
F1
The Ferrari F1 stand-in who almost won: Mika Salo’s ’99 German GP
21 years ago, Mike Salo was leading the 1999 German Grand Prix for Ferrari, while standing in for the injured Michael Schumacher. Then came a radio call from the pits…
Racing History
Mercedes’ dominant 1954 return to grand prix racing: Formula 1 Car by Car extract
1954 brought the return of Mercedes to grand prix racing. In a story familiar to the hybrid era, its W196 was the class of the field. Peter Higham tells the story in an extract from Formula 1 Car by Car 1950-59
F1
Confirmed: Nico Hülkenberg replaces Sergio Perez for the British GP
Nico Hülkenberg will race in this weekend’s British Grand Prix for Racing Point, taking the place of Sergio Perez who has tested positive for coronavirus. The German driver, who was…
Mark Hughes
The data that shows this year’s Mercedes is the most dominant yet
Mercedes has won every championship in the hybrid era, and nothing’s likely to change this season. Analysis by Mark Hughes suggests the 2020 car is the most dominant of the current generation
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Sergio Perez becomes first F1 driver to test positive for coronavirus
Sergio Perez has tested positive for coronavirus ahead of the British Grand Prix and will miss this weekend’s race. He is the first Formula 1 driver to test positive for…
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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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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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