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Max Verstappen is expected to stay with Red Bull for 2026. Steve Nielsen has agreed to be MD of the Alpine F1 team and has accordingly resigned his position with…
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Playing F1 chess against itself: McLaren’s strategy calls
Lap 11 of the Belgian Grand Prix and the initially wet track was drying out. Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris were separated by less than 2sec and Piastri was around…
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Controversial Piastri Penalty Sparks Debate at British GP
“I’m not going to say too much or I’ll get myself in trouble,” said a hacked off Oscar Piastri after the British GP. “Apparently you can’t brake behind the safety…
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Lando Norris stood tall at Silverstone but Oscar Piastri came back fighting at Spa
The 2025 British Grand Prix would be the last race in which Red Bull Racing was led by Christian Horner, his departure from the team announced three days later. The…
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The downfall of Christian Horner: F1 power, politics and plots
July 8, 2025 London Tuesday morning, two days after the British Grand Prix. Christian Horner is attending a meeting called the previous day by the Red Bull company’s senior Austrian…
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F1 half-term report cards
McLaren Carried momentum from 2024 to soar higher, with nine wins from the first 12 races. Now, which will be its first champion driver since ’08? Oscar Piastri Points 234…
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Has Lewis lost it? Going up, going down in Hungary
Lewis Hamilton will hope to use the F1 summer break to regroup and turn his ailing season around
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What went wrong for Lewis Hamilton?
On paper Lewis Hamilton’s move to Scuderia Ferrari appeared to be a case of perfect timing; it wouldn’t be long, so we thought, before he’d be challenging for race wins.…
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Porsche’s ready-made route into F1: will it join the grid at last?
The valuation of a Formula 1 team may seem an esoteric consideration for F1 followers. But it can have a huge impact upon events and the landscape upon which the…
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Word on the beat
Max Verstappen is expected to stay with Red Bull for 2026. Steve Nielsen has agreed to be MD of the Alpine F1 team and has accordingly resigned his position with…
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Playing F1 chess against itself: McLaren’s strategy calls
Lap 11 of the Belgian Grand Prix and the initially wet track was drying out. Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris were separated by less than 2sec and Piastri was around…
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Controversial Piastri Penalty Sparks Debate at British GP
“I’m not going to say too much or I’ll get myself in trouble,” said a hacked off Oscar Piastri after the British GP. “Apparently you can’t brake behind the safety…
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Lando Norris stood tall at Silverstone but Oscar Piastri came back fighting at Spa
The 2025 British Grand Prix would be the last race in which Red Bull Racing was led by Christian Horner, his departure from the team announced three days later. The…
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The downfall of Christian Horner: F1 power, politics and plots
July 8, 2025 London Tuesday morning, two days after the British Grand Prix. Christian Horner is attending a meeting called the previous day by the Red Bull company’s senior Austrian…
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F1 half-term report cards
McLaren Carried momentum from 2024 to soar higher, with nine wins from the first 12 races. Now, which will be its first champion driver since ’08? Oscar Piastri Points 234…
Opinion
F1
Has Lewis lost it? Going up, going down in Hungary
Lewis Hamilton will hope to use the F1 summer break to regroup and turn his ailing season around
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What went wrong for Lewis Hamilton?
On paper Lewis Hamilton’s move to Scuderia Ferrari appeared to be a case of perfect timing; it wouldn’t be long, so we thought, before he’d be challenging for race wins.…
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Porsche’s ready-made route into F1: will it join the grid at last?
The valuation of a Formula 1 team may seem an esoteric consideration for F1 followers. But it can have a huge impact upon events and the landscape upon which the…
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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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MPH: Antonelli vs Russell – is this F1’s next epic title battle?
He’s only 19, but Kimi Antonelli has shown F1 championship-winning pace and may never get a better title shot. The ingredients are there for another historic battle between one experienced team-mate and a thrusting newcomer, says Mark Hughes
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Flawed F1 exposed again at Suzuka, but searing Antonelli would win in any era
Kimi Antonelli looked like he’d have blasted to victory in the 2026 Japanese Grand Prix, no matter what rules F1 was racing under, says Mark Hughes. However, the result was once again overshadowed by the shortcomings of the series’ new regulations
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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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Stewart and Jenkinson clash over safety as Rindt wins at Clermont-Ferrand
July 5, 1970 Clermont-Ferrand, France Smiles here, but the reigning Formula 1 champion Jackie Stewart and Motor Sport’s continental correspondent Denis Jenkinson were embroiled in a bitter war of words…
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Heikki Kovalainen on F1 pressure, McLaren years and the cost of chasing greatness
There are a small number of racing drivers whose stories only truly reveal themselves, or even make sense, when you stop thinking about lap times and start thinking about geography:…
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Why F1’s 2026 rules are forcing drivers away from the limit in qualifying
The 2026 Formula 1 rule changes are arguably the biggest in the history of grand prix racing, and certainly the most divisive. They undermine the fundamental tenets of the racing…
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