Weekly Debrief – December 22
A round-up of the week’s motor sport news, including McLaren’s lack of title sponsor, Ferrari’s latest quit threat, Aston Martin’s new WEC driver, Loeb’s return to WRC and more… McLaren without title…
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Motor Sport staff photographer Lyndon McNeil picks the top 10 motor sport images of 2017 including shots from Dakar, Formula 1, WRC and WEC Motor Sport’s top images of 2017:…
Born on Christmas Day 1934, Giancarlo Baghetti pulled off a miraculous debut Grand Prix victory at Reims in 1961 to set his legacy firmly in stone… The pressure in Syracuse –…
The fifth in a series of extracts from Motor Sport Grand Prix editor Mark Hughes. In this extract from F1 Retro 1980, Mark Hughes looks back at how Ferrari and McLaren stumbled into…
Ferrari’s latest Formula 1 quit threat indicates that it is pulling no punches, but how should F1 deal with the Scuderia? At Ferrari’s pre-Christmas lunch, Sergio Marchionne repeated his earlier…
McLaren remains without a title sponsor for the next Formula 1 season Even as teams such as Red Bull and Sauber will compete with a title sponsor for the 2018…
The fourth in a five-part series of extracts from Motor Sport Grand Prix editor Mark Hughes. In this extract from F1 Retro 1980, Mark Hughes looks back at Ligier – not quite…
A list of on-track penalties handed out to this season’s most unruly F1 drivers The 2017 Formula 1 season included some memorable spats, both on and off track, and we’ve…
The third in a five-part series of extracts from Motor Sport Grand Prix editor Mark Hughes. In this extract from F1 Retro 1980, former Williams engineering director Patrick Head opens up about…
A round-up of the week’s motor sport news, including McLaren’s lack of title sponsor, Ferrari’s latest quit threat, Aston Martin’s new WEC driver, Loeb’s return to WRC and more… McLaren without title…
Motor Sport staff photographer Lyndon McNeil picks the top 10 motor sport images of 2017 including shots from Dakar, Formula 1, WRC and WEC Motor Sport’s top images of 2017:…
Born on Christmas Day 1934, Giancarlo Baghetti pulled off a miraculous debut Grand Prix victory at Reims in 1961 to set his legacy firmly in stone… The pressure in Syracuse –…
The fifth in a series of extracts from Motor Sport Grand Prix editor Mark Hughes. In this extract from F1 Retro 1980, Mark Hughes looks back at how Ferrari and McLaren stumbled into…
Ferrari’s latest Formula 1 quit threat indicates that it is pulling no punches, but how should F1 deal with the Scuderia? At Ferrari’s pre-Christmas lunch, Sergio Marchionne repeated his earlier…
McLaren remains without a title sponsor for the next Formula 1 season Even as teams such as Red Bull and Sauber will compete with a title sponsor for the 2018…
The fourth in a five-part series of extracts from Motor Sport Grand Prix editor Mark Hughes. In this extract from F1 Retro 1980, Mark Hughes looks back at Ligier – not quite…
A list of on-track penalties handed out to this season’s most unruly F1 drivers The 2017 Formula 1 season included some memorable spats, both on and off track, and we’ve…
The third in a five-part series of extracts from Motor Sport Grand Prix editor Mark Hughes. In this extract from F1 Retro 1980, former Williams engineering director Patrick Head opens up about…
George Russell took command of the Canadian GP with an imperious qualifying performance – Mark Hughes analyses the full Montreal F1 weekend
Reports that Fred Vasseur is under pressure don’t seem to bode well for the Ferrari F1 boss. Will the team once more take the short-term approach and ignore its tested blueprint for success, says Mark Hughes
Max Verstappen is just one offence away from an F1 race ban and a pattern has emerged in the way he’s racked up penalty points, says Mark Hughes
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
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
Sergio Perez’s future looks bleak after another underwhelming performance, while George Russell can be upbeat despite his disqualification: 2024 Belgian GP diary
As F1 expands globally, the future of each grand prix depends on complex, evolving contracts between race promoters and commercial rights holders, with some circuits secured long-term and others facing uncertainty
Twenty years on from the infamous 2005 United States Grand Prix, Matt Bishop revisits how a catastrophic tyre failure, leadership deadlock, and political infighting turned an F1 race into a global embarrassment
Lando Norris’s wrecked McLaren was some metaphor for his racing aptitude over the last 12 months
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