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Karun Chandhok’s top Williams F1 cars
Over the past 20 years, I’ve driven 34 different Formula 1 cars in total, including 14 world championship winners and one from every decade from the pre-war 1937 Aston Martin…
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Williams: the big comeback
In August 2020 Dorilton Capital purchased Williams from the Williams family for a reported £152m. Its mission statement was to return Williams to the top, investing however much time and…
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Zandvoort’s chequered history: From Nazi parade route to F1 circuit
Zandvoort: From wind-swept sand dunes to Max Verstappen mania, this is the story of one of F1’s most atmospheric venues
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Top 5: Goodwood’s finest F1 non-championship races
1. 1960 Glover Trophy Innes Ireland, above, had already beaten him in the F2 Lavant Cup. Now Stirling Moss found himself chasing Ireland, who was in a Lotus 18, in the…
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F1 Summer Break: McLaren’s Title Fight, Ferrari’s Woes & Hamilton’s Drought
The summer break is a chance for everyone in Formula 1 to reset. The paddock is full of very driven and competitive people and the only way to actually get…
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McLaren’s third wave of greatness
As Bruce McLaren drove his Mercedes to Goodwood that fateful June day in 1970 he will have passed wheat fields of golden promise not quite ready for harvest. His own…
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‘F1 must rotate classic European tracks – for fans and the sport’
Zandvoort is set to dissapear off the F1 calendar after 2026 – Katy Fairman argues F1 should bring in new measures to give fans what they want and protect the championship’s history
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Will Verstappen’s nightmare continue? – What to watch for at the 2025 Dutch GP
The second part of the 2025 F1 season kicks off at Zandvoort, where Verstappen faces the toughest home race of his career, McLaren’s title fight gathers pace, and driver-market uncertainty lingers in the background
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Can Palou really take on Verstappen as Red Bull team-mate?
With Red Bull searching for a long-term partner for Max Verstappen, rumours have linked IndyCar star Alex Palou with the seat – but is he truly ready to make the leap to Formula 1?
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Karun Chandhok’s top Williams F1 cars
Over the past 20 years, I’ve driven 34 different Formula 1 cars in total, including 14 world championship winners and one from every decade from the pre-war 1937 Aston Martin…
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Williams: the big comeback
In August 2020 Dorilton Capital purchased Williams from the Williams family for a reported £152m. Its mission statement was to return Williams to the top, investing however much time and…
F1
Zandvoort’s chequered history: From Nazi parade route to F1 circuit
Zandvoort: From wind-swept sand dunes to Max Verstappen mania, this is the story of one of F1’s most atmospheric venues
Archive
Top 5: Goodwood’s finest F1 non-championship races
1. 1960 Glover Trophy Innes Ireland, above, had already beaten him in the F2 Lavant Cup. Now Stirling Moss found himself chasing Ireland, who was in a Lotus 18, in the…
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F1 Summer Break: McLaren’s Title Fight, Ferrari’s Woes & Hamilton’s Drought
The summer break is a chance for everyone in Formula 1 to reset. The paddock is full of very driven and competitive people and the only way to actually get…
Archive
McLaren’s third wave of greatness
As Bruce McLaren drove his Mercedes to Goodwood that fateful June day in 1970 he will have passed wheat fields of golden promise not quite ready for harvest. His own…
Opinion
F1
‘F1 must rotate classic European tracks – for fans and the sport’
Zandvoort is set to dissapear off the F1 calendar after 2026 – Katy Fairman argues F1 should bring in new measures to give fans what they want and protect the championship’s history
F1
Will Verstappen’s nightmare continue? – What to watch for at the 2025 Dutch GP
The second part of the 2025 F1 season kicks off at Zandvoort, where Verstappen faces the toughest home race of his career, McLaren’s title fight gathers pace, and driver-market uncertainty lingers in the background
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Can Palou really take on Verstappen as Red Bull team-mate?
With Red Bull searching for a long-term partner for Max Verstappen, rumours have linked IndyCar star Alex Palou with the seat – but is he truly ready to make the leap to Formula 1?
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Mark Hughes: Miami’s F1 team-mate divide – why driver pace made the difference
With the leading Formula 1 cars closely matched on pace, the 2026 Miami Grand Prix delivered an exciting race where driver pace and team strategy made the difference. But why the big gap between front-running team-mates?
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Mark Hughes: Ever-more complex F1 rules expose just how flawed they are
The F1 season resumes in Miami this weekend with an even more complex set of rules. It’s a welcome attempt to improve the racing, but just goes to show that the fundamental problems remain unsolved. Mark Hughes explains
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MPH: Fernando Alonso still has the magic – he’s not done with F1 yet
At 44 and showing no signs of slowing down, Fernando Alonso remains one of F1’s most extraordinary forces, writes Mark Hughes
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Nico Rosberg celebrates victory at Suzuka in 2016
October 7, 2016 Suzuka, Japan By Round 17, Nico Rosberg led Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton by 23 points. Here’s Rosberg in practice dramatically demonstrating the concept of lateral load transfer.…
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Derek Daly: why the numbers prove Williams sabotaged my 1982 F1 season for Rosberg
I raced in Formula 1 for five years at a dangerous time when you knew that at least one driver on average would probably be killed or maimed each year.…
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Ferrari’s bid for four straight Le Mans wins faces a tougher field and stricter BoP rules
Ferrari is bidding for a fourth consecutive Le Mans 24 Hours win this year. Or to put it another way, to continue an unbeaten run since it ended its 50-year exile from…
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When Silverstone was still gloriously mad: Graham Hill’s last hurrah
An ageing champion, an ugly Brabham, and a revolutionary gas-turbine Lotus conspired to produce one of motor sport’s most enchanting afternoons at the 1971 International Trophy, as Matt Bishop recounts
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Antonelli has entered the F1 title conversation, and Wolff can’t stop it
After three grand prix wins from three poles, Mercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff is struggling to contain expectations about Kimi Antonelli
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Pressure mounts on Kimi Antonelli as he’s compared to Italy’s greatest-ever F1 driver
Seventy-three years since Alberto Ascari became the last Italian F1 driver to win the world championship, expectations of title leader Kimi Antonelli are growing — but the teenager isn’t flinching under the pressure
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