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F1’s ten most controversial team orders
Formula 1 returns to Sepang, 13 years after Red Bull’s Multi 21 controversy joined some of the most notorious team orders in grand prix racing
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Hamilton’s cutting question that Vasseur failed to answer
Hamilton backed Vasseur at Sepang while saying the hierarchy above him is “a question”. A day later, Vasseur’s answers were only about relationships and unity
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The best Malaysian Grands Prix: Sepang’s greatest F1 races
Tropical storms, team orders and some legendary drives. We pick the best F1 races in Malaysia, plus a bonus two-wheel spectacular
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The race to bring V8s back to F1 by 2030
Formula 1 wants its 2030 engine simpler, cheaper and louder. Now it needs to agree how to get there quickly
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Has F1’s cost cap failed? Why Vowles thinks it has frozen the grid
James Vowles believes the cost cap has made Formula 1 less competitive, not more. His argument has real force, but it also rests on a decade of underinvestment that the cap didn’t create
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Mark Hughes: Tyre-wrecking Sepang threatens an F1 upset
Mark Hughes dissects how Sepang’s brutally abrasive surface and restricted tyre allocation are turning this weekend into a strategic gauntlet where the right compound choice could matter more than raw pace
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What secret ADUO upgrade suggests about Honda’s F1 hopes
Honda’s own description of its second engine upgrade is modest, and Lance Stroll’s verdict was even blunter. So is there hope for Aston Martin?
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Podcast: Ferrari’s next boss? Christian Horner’s one demand
Motor Sport F1 Show with Mark Hughes
Christian Horner has been linked with Ferrari and says Red Bull has lost its mojo. Mark Hughes weighs both claims before looking back at Baku and ahead to Sepang
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F1’s penalty system is falling short. Here’s how to fix it
When Franco Colapinto took out Lando Norris and Pierre Gasly in the Azerbaijan GP, stewards applied F1’s rules correctly, giving him a 10sec penalty. But shouldn’t a crash that takes out two other cars come with a heavier sanction?
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F1’s ten most controversial team orders
Formula 1 returns to Sepang, 13 years after Red Bull’s Multi 21 controversy joined some of the most notorious team orders in grand prix racing
F1
Hamilton’s cutting question that Vasseur failed to answer
Hamilton backed Vasseur at Sepang while saying the hierarchy above him is “a question”. A day later, Vasseur’s answers were only about relationships and unity
F1
The best Malaysian Grands Prix: Sepang’s greatest F1 races
Tropical storms, team orders and some legendary drives. We pick the best F1 races in Malaysia, plus a bonus two-wheel spectacular
F1
The race to bring V8s back to F1 by 2030
Formula 1 wants its 2030 engine simpler, cheaper and louder. Now it needs to agree how to get there quickly
F1
Has F1’s cost cap failed? Why Vowles thinks it has frozen the grid
James Vowles believes the cost cap has made Formula 1 less competitive, not more. His argument has real force, but it also rests on a decade of underinvestment that the cap didn’t create
F1
Mark Hughes: Tyre-wrecking Sepang threatens an F1 upset
Mark Hughes dissects how Sepang’s brutally abrasive surface and restricted tyre allocation are turning this weekend into a strategic gauntlet where the right compound choice could matter more than raw pace
F1
What secret ADUO upgrade suggests about Honda’s F1 hopes
Honda’s own description of its second engine upgrade is modest, and Lance Stroll’s verdict was even blunter. So is there hope for Aston Martin?
F1
Podcast: Ferrari’s next boss? Christian Horner’s one demand
Motor Sport F1 Show with Mark Hughes
Christian Horner has been linked with Ferrari and says Red Bull has lost its mojo. Mark Hughes weighs both claims before looking back at Baku and ahead to Sepang
F1
F1’s penalty system is falling short. Here’s how to fix it
When Franco Colapinto took out Lando Norris and Pierre Gasly in the Azerbaijan GP, stewards applied F1’s rules correctly, giving him a 10sec penalty. But shouldn’t a crash that takes out two other cars come with a heavier sanction?
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MPH: F1’s Middle East promises need a pinch of salt
Mark Hughes asks whether F1’s insistence that the Qatar and Abu Dhabi Grands Prix will go ahead can survive the realities of the Middle East conflict
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Mass frustration at the US GP – but Kimi just looked like a kid having fun
Kimi Antonelli all but secured the Formula 1 title with a champion’s drive at the 2026 United States Grand Prix, writes Mark Hughes. Behind him, forlorn rivals failed to make their superior pace stick
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MPH: The revelation in Horner’s book – how he turned Red Bull from no-hopers into F1 winners
Christian Horner details how he rebuilt Red Bull from the ashes of Jaguar, and hired F1’s greatest designer from under the noses of rivals in his new autobiography, Drive. Mark Hughes found it fascinating
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