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Ferrari’s Formula 1 jet ignition
Further to the earlier piece about the technology innovations in the combustion chambers of the hybrid turbo F1 engines, it’s now apparent that the technology being used is Turbulent Jet…
English Formula 1 drivers part 2
The second of a two part special highlighting some of England’s Formula 1 drivers you may not have heard of… To read part one click here. Click here to buy…
71 – 1970 Italian GP
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). To buy the lead image click here. From the editor Damien Smith The Grand Prix motor…
English Formula 1 drivers part 1
The first of a two part special highlighting some of England’s Formula 1 drivers you may not have heard of… Click here to buy the lead image. George Abecassis Years…
Senna’s maiden win, Stewart remembering Rindt
Ayrton Senna, as it seems each week, features prominently in the round-up of this week’s major milestones from the Archive. It was at a wet Estoril, 31 years ago, that Senna…
72 – 1910 American GP
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). From the editor Damien Smith The Grand Prix motor races we can never forget… Welcome to…
The unwanted statistic
There is someone who might now consider the longest – the uncharitable will say most interminable – Formula 1 World Championship to be rather too short. Nico Rosberg is in…
73 – 1958 German GP
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). From the editor Damien Smith Welcome to this special one-off magazine, dedicated to our love of…
Standings – 2024 F1 World Championship
Mark Hughes
View allMPH: End of the Brawn and Newey era? The designers more significant than any recent F1 driver
In the last three decades, almost every F1 champion has owed part of their success to Ross Brawn or Adrian Newey, who looks set to leave Red Bull. In that way, they’ve had a greater impact on GP racing than any driver during that time, says Mark Hughes
1 corner, 6 years apart: How Chinese GP exposed shift in Hamilton – Verstappen dynamic
An impatient Max Verstappen was forced off track in his rash bid to pass Lewis Hamilton at the 2018 Chinese GP. Last weekend, in the same situation, at the same corner, he bided his time. Mark Hughes examines the shifting statures of the two champions
Chinese GP brought new challenges daily. Guess who mastered them all?
The Shanghai circuit gave F1’s teams a new test on every day of the 2024 Chinese Grand Prix weekend, with a familiar result: a double victory for Max Verstappen, well ahead of everybody else
Race Reports & Analysis
View allF1’s season opener where racing took a back seat: 2024 Bahrain GP diary
Christian Horner dominated the headlines in the run-up to — and during — the 2024 Bahrain GP weekend despite the best efforts of Alpine, Yuki Tsunoda and a glorious V8
It took too long – again – to decide Hamilton and Leclerc’s US GP disqualification
2023 US Grand Prix diary: More lengthy post-race investigations, the challenge of COTA and Ricciardo returns with the stars — Chris Medland’s view from the F1 paddock
Leclerc’s Singapore sacrifice for Sainz – a driver too good to be No2
It took the efforts of both Ferraris to win the 2023 Singapore Grand Prix, writes Mark Hughes. Carlos Sainz earned the plaudits, but Charles Leclerc also played his support role to perfection
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View allSenna and the other racing heros lost on May 1
Motor sport fans will always remember Ayrton Senna on May 1, but he wasn’t the only racer to lose his life on on that date. Matt Bishop looks back at four more remarkable stories
Roland remembered
In the celebration of Ayrton Senna’s life 30 years after his fatal accident, less will have been made about another tragic death that weekend during the 1994 San Marino GP:…
The safety car that led to another one at the 2024 Chinese GP
Safety cars occasionally create further safety cars, and that was the case in China as a nose-to-tail accident on a safety car restart compromised the races of Daniel Ricciardo, Lance…
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