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Full-blown disaster? F1’s strangest engines
F1 will head into unchartered territory with its complex 2026 engines – we look back at previous power unit oddities
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MPH: How FIA can intervene immediately over ‘trick’ Mercedes F1 engine
Mercedes is rumoured to have an engine innovation promising a significant advantage over other Formula 1 power units. It could mean rivals are allowed extra benefits to catch up, explains Mark Hughes
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Matt Bishop: Just four drivers from F1’s first decade remain alive
The death last week of Hans Herrmann leaves just four living drivers who raced in 1950s world championship grands prix. The first decade of Formula 1 will soon slip beyond living memory
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Why F1 2026 launch season may be defined by fear
As Formula 1 prepares for its most complex regulation reset in decades, the 2026 launch season may be shaped less by ambition than by a collective determination not to get it wrong
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Why hiding the first 2026 test is a wrong move by F1 teams
Keeping the first F1 2026 testing session private may protect appearances, but it also deprives the series of a rare opportunity to show how a new era truly begins
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McLaren’s big fear: why factory power could prove crucial in F1’s 2026 reset
With more factory-backed teams than customers and a ruleset that rewards integration, 2026 could mark Formula 1’s return to a manufacturers’ championship
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2026 F1 reserve drivers: the hopefuls on standby for each GP team
A complete guide to every Formula 1 team’s reserve and third drivers ahead of the 2026 reset
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Matt Bishop: ‘Hamilton chose to fight after 2021 F1 injustice. I sometimes wish he’d retired’
Can Ferrari give Lewis Hamilton an F1 car worthy of his greatness or will his career peter out in the midfield? It’s our gain that the soon-to-be 41-year-old is still racing but, says Matt Bishop, ‘I sometimes wish he’d retired after 2021’
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Why F1’s 2026 cars will be slower – and why it keeps happening
This year’s rules will make F1 cars slower by design, with officials expecting a modest lap-time drop as the championship resets its performance curve to manage safety, circuit limits and the demands of the new hybrid era
F1
Full-blown disaster? F1’s strangest engines
F1 will head into unchartered territory with its complex 2026 engines – we look back at previous power unit oddities
F1
MPH: How FIA can intervene immediately over ‘trick’ Mercedes F1 engine
Mercedes is rumoured to have an engine innovation promising a significant advantage over other Formula 1 power units. It could mean rivals are allowed extra benefits to catch up, explains Mark Hughes
F1
Matt Bishop: Just four drivers from F1’s first decade remain alive
The death last week of Hans Herrmann leaves just four living drivers who raced in 1950s world championship grands prix. The first decade of Formula 1 will soon slip beyond living memory
F1
Why F1 2026 launch season may be defined by fear
As Formula 1 prepares for its most complex regulation reset in decades, the 2026 launch season may be shaped less by ambition than by a collective determination not to get it wrong
F1
Why hiding the first 2026 test is a wrong move by F1 teams
Keeping the first F1 2026 testing session private may protect appearances, but it also deprives the series of a rare opportunity to show how a new era truly begins
F1
McLaren’s big fear: why factory power could prove crucial in F1’s 2026 reset
With more factory-backed teams than customers and a ruleset that rewards integration, 2026 could mark Formula 1’s return to a manufacturers’ championship
F1
2026 F1 reserve drivers: the hopefuls on standby for each GP team
A complete guide to every Formula 1 team’s reserve and third drivers ahead of the 2026 reset
F1
Matt Bishop: ‘Hamilton chose to fight after 2021 F1 injustice. I sometimes wish he’d retired’
Can Ferrari give Lewis Hamilton an F1 car worthy of his greatness or will his career peter out in the midfield? It’s our gain that the soon-to-be 41-year-old is still racing but, says Matt Bishop, ‘I sometimes wish he’d retired after 2021’
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Why F1’s 2026 cars will be slower – and why it keeps happening
This year’s rules will make F1 cars slower by design, with officials expecting a modest lap-time drop as the championship resets its performance curve to manage safety, circuit limits and the demands of the new hybrid era
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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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Mark Hughes: Did Ferrari have pace to beat Red Bull? We’ll never know…
Mark Hughes analyses how Max Verstappen beat Charles Leclerc to victory in Singapore, and how Lewis Hamilton’s strategic gamble turned a promising Ferrari result into a costly disappointment
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Jackie Stewart wins at the Nürburgring as Fittipaldi finishes sixth
August 5, 1973 Nürburgring, West Germany A busy scene in the Lotus garage at the 1973 German Grand Prix, Round 11 of 15 of the F1 World Championship. Drivers Emerson…
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Do safety cars make races boring or more exciting? Dilemma for US series as it considers cutting back cautions
When it comes to sports car racing, it’s not just the American tracks that are markedly different from most of their international counterparts. The overall philosophy used by the FIA…
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Two corners from becoming champion: Oliver Solberg’s heartbreaking crash tops the most thrilling WRC deciders
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Felipe Massa’s 2009 crash tested the resilience of a Richard Mille watch
It was back in 2009 when Felipe Massa suffered life-threatening injuries during qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix, losing control of his Ferrari at 175mph as a result of being…
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Desiré Wilson’s battle to be F1’s first female winner: ‘Sponsors couldn’t accept their star men being beaten by a woman’
Desiré Wilson is the only woman ever to have won a Formula 1 race, and for all I know she may always carry that mantle. OK, her famous victory in…
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Enzo Ferrari: the making of a legend
Where their sons are concerned, mums have much to answer for. Certainly none other than Enzo Ferrari was deeply influenced, indeed in many ways shaped, by his formidable mother, Adalgisa…
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