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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,…
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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
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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Aston Martin’s giant leap? Alonso will fight McLarens if Newey & Honda F1 upgrades work perfectly
Mark Hughes crunches the numbers on Aston Martin’s big upgrade for the Hungarian Grand Prix – and asks whether it can be enough to close a four-second deficit to near the front of the F1 pack
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MPH: Revealed – the fault behind Mercedes’ Belgian GP deployment chaos
George Russell’s Belgian Grand Prix was wrecked by a software fault buried deep in Mercedes’ code. Mark Hughes explains what really happened
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Russell zapped, and Spa made ridiculously easy in F1’s energy-deployment GP
Kimi Antonelli delivered his sixth F1 victory of 2026 at the Belgian Grand Prix, writes Mark Hughes. But this year’s cars and their energy limitations made Spa-Francorchamps a shadow of the challenge it usually is
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Pedro Rodríguez wins at Spa as Brabham leads the 1970 F1 title race
June 7, 1970 Spa-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium By F1’s Round 4 at Spa in 1970, Jack Brabham was at the top of the standings with eventual title winner Jochen Rindt trailing by…
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Toyota’s resourcefulness delivered a sixth Le Mans 24 Hours victory against the odds
Toyota returned to the top step of the podium at the Le Mans 24 Hours after a three-year absence. Finally, the Japanese manufacturer triumphed against factory opposition, which was not…
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Mighty Mondeo: how Rouse and Radisich made Ford’s touring car a world-beater
When Ford turned to Andy Rouse to spearhead its British Touring Car Championship ambitions in the 1990s, a return to the glory days of the RS500 seemed on the cards.…
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F1’s worst-performing team-mate – why Esteban Ocon isn’t as bad as he looks
The 18-3 scoreline looks decisive, but a closer look at Haas’s season shows a car that hasn’t been giving both drivers the same chance to score
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Is F1’s world TV feed missing too much of the action in 2026?
A three-way fight for the final point at Spa, decided in a small picture-in-picture window – is F1’s world feed built for the racing it actually has now?
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Podcast: F1 ‘insulting fans’ intelligence’ by trying to cover up failings?
Why ‘oversensitive’ officials have made a big mistake by trying to sweep Formula 1’s issues under the carpet
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