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One year on: How Miami GP kicked off McLaren’s F1 turnaround
This week Formula 1 returns to Miami, a venue where McLaren began to reap the regards of its transformation into championship contender after years of falling short
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Karun Chandhok: ‘Cool-headed Piastri is favourite for the title’
We’ve had four different winners across the first five races – including the sprint in China – but as I write this on the flight home from Bahrain, I wonder…
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What next for Lewis Hamilton?
Juan Pablo Montoya has always had an interesting take on things Formula 1 and he clearly follows it closely even though he left it mid-season 19 years ago. His views…
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Brawn F1 car owned by Button to be sold at Miami this weekend
A Brawn GP F1 car – one of just three, and once owned by Jenson Button – is going up for auction this weekend at the Miami GP
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50 years since a woman scored (half) an F1 point, why aren’t we closer to another?
In 1975, Lella Lombardi was the last — and only — woman F1 driver to finish in the points. 50 years on and we’re nowhere near seeing another, says Katy Fairman. In fact, progress seems to have reversed
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The six F1 races where only half points were awarded
Whether it was the tragedy of the 1975 Spanish GP, the controversy at Monaco in 1984, or the farcical scenes at the 2021 Belgian GP, the handful of F1 races to award half world championship points have become legendary footnotes in F1’s history
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Paradise lost: Montjuïc and the 1975 Spanish Grand Prix
Try to imagine your ideal street track, and the only limits are your imagination. It would be fast and challenging; a touch daunting. It would have sharp gradient changes –…
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MPH: If F1 wants equal engines, where does artificial competition stop?
Fears that one engine manufacturer will dominate F1 from 2026 are likely to see strugglers allowed to catch up. If power units are to be artificially equalised, how much of a technical competition will it be? asks Mark Hughes
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Fisichella recalls getting dream Ferrari call – to drive one of its worst F1 cars
For an Italian F1 driver, few roles are more coveted than a Ferrari race seat, but Giancarlo Fisichella had the misfortune of joining the team during a testing 2009 season
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One year on: How Miami GP kicked off McLaren’s F1 turnaround
This week Formula 1 returns to Miami, a venue where McLaren began to reap the regards of its transformation into championship contender after years of falling short
Opinion
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Karun Chandhok: ‘Cool-headed Piastri is favourite for the title’
We’ve had four different winners across the first five races – including the sprint in China – but as I write this on the flight home from Bahrain, I wonder…
Archive
What next for Lewis Hamilton?
Juan Pablo Montoya has always had an interesting take on things Formula 1 and he clearly follows it closely even though he left it mid-season 19 years ago. His views…
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Brawn F1 car owned by Button to be sold at Miami this weekend
A Brawn GP F1 car – one of just three, and once owned by Jenson Button – is going up for auction this weekend at the Miami GP
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50 years since a woman scored (half) an F1 point, why aren’t we closer to another?
In 1975, Lella Lombardi was the last — and only — woman F1 driver to finish in the points. 50 years on and we’re nowhere near seeing another, says Katy Fairman. In fact, progress seems to have reversed
F1
The six F1 races where only half points were awarded
Whether it was the tragedy of the 1975 Spanish GP, the controversy at Monaco in 1984, or the farcical scenes at the 2021 Belgian GP, the handful of F1 races to award half world championship points have become legendary footnotes in F1’s history
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Paradise lost: Montjuïc and the 1975 Spanish Grand Prix
Try to imagine your ideal street track, and the only limits are your imagination. It would be fast and challenging; a touch daunting. It would have sharp gradient changes –…
F1
MPH: If F1 wants equal engines, where does artificial competition stop?
Fears that one engine manufacturer will dominate F1 from 2026 are likely to see strugglers allowed to catch up. If power units are to be artificially equalised, how much of a technical competition will it be? asks Mark Hughes
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Fisichella recalls getting dream Ferrari call – to drive one of its worst F1 cars
For an Italian F1 driver, few roles are more coveted than a Ferrari race seat, but Giancarlo Fisichella had the misfortune of joining the team during a testing 2009 season
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MPH: Mexico’s ‘lawnmower racing’ exposed F1’s problematic rulebook
Corner-cutting, confusion, and chaos – the Mexican Grand Prix’s first laps summed up F1’s rulebook issues, Mark Hughes says
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Mark Hughes: The data that debunks wild Piastri conspiracy theories
A closer look at the data shows Piastri’s recent struggles have everything to do with tyre dynamics, and nothing to do with team bias, as Mark Hughes explains
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Mark Hughes: How Norris found serenity – with Mexico chaos behind
Lando Norris delivered a flawless Mexico City Grand Prix to take a one-point lead in the title chase, as Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri struggled to find the balance that defined the winner’s dominance, as Mark Hughes explains
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Jamie Chadwick shines at the Silverstone 4 Hours
IDEC Sport Silverstone 4 Hours 14/9/25 A home win for Jamie Chadwick capped a happy return for contemporary Le Mans Prototype racing to the UK, as the European Le Mans…
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McLaren drivers swapped tips ahead of Chinese GP. Norris also quietly planned attack
Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris worked together ahead of the 2025 Chinese GP, finding the pace that delivered a 1-2 finish, while Norris also prepared to attack his team-mate during the race. Brake issues denied him, says Mark Hughes but the F1 title duel is coming
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One race to prove himself at Alpine? Heat is on Jack Doohan as Ocon signs off
Esteban Ocon’s Alpine stint ended at the 2024 Qatar GP, giving Jack Doohan a make-or-break F1 chance in Abu Dhabi. Elsewhere FIA boss Mohammed Ben Sulayem dismissed driver concerns and mechanics just wanted a kip: Chris Medland‘s paddock diary
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All Massa’s 2008 mistakes: Did these or Crashgate cost him F1 title?
Felipe Massa is claiming the 2008 Singapore GP should be annulled due to the ‘Crashgate’ scandal – we look at whether his and Ferrari’s litany of errors that year did just as much damage to his title challenge
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Ecclestone and Mosley deliberately concealed their Crashgate ‘conspiracy’, claims Massa’s lawyer
Felipe Massa’s lawyers have claimed that Bernie Ecclestone and Max Mosley tried to conceal their full knowledge of the 2008 Crashgate aftermath
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Massa says Ferrari reprimanded him for claiming Alonso in on ‘Crashgate’
Felipe Massa says his Ferrari team was extremely unhappy with comments he made about Fernando Alonso’s role in ‘Crashgate’
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