Motor Sport’s weekly debrief
Stars of F1 future shine in test, Kvyat nears a race ban and remembering one of Porsche’s maddest designs Formula 1 Young talent shines at Hungaroring mid-season test Ferrari’s Sebastian…
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El Maestro’s last and greatest win At the Nürburgring, the margins of human error render perfection an impossible feat. The Eifel mountain circuit has too many parameters, so many variables and on…
Patrick Head: Former technical director, Williams Neil Oatley: Design & development director, McLaren Peter Stevens: Respected automotive & industrial designer Tony Southgate: Creator of the Le Mans-winning Jaguar XJR-9 Engine…
Adolf Hitler was first to take advantage of the opportunity offered by modern international sport to ambitious leaders looking for ways of demonstrating the irresistible power of the forces at…
When Gilles met Hunt – and created a legend In September 1976, against the cream of North American and European talent, a quick Québécois in Formula Atlantic impressed the man heading to…
Pat Symonds is not retiring and we almost certainly haven’t seen the last of him in Formula 1. But his engineering directorship of Williams – which came to an end in December…
Karun Chandhok reports after a scorching Hungarian Grand Prix, could intra-team battles have repercussions down the line? The Hungarian Grand Prix was boiling, boiling hot. The weekend started off with thunderstorms on Wednesday…
Mark Hughes reports on the Hungarian Grand Prix A tense day on the Ferrari and Mercedes pit walls as Sebastian Vettel formed a race-leading but pace-compromised bottleneck, with team-mate Kimi Räikkönen…
Bombshell withdrawals rock the sport, Ogier tries F1 and Alpine announces a new race series Formula 1 FIA confirms halo protection system for 2018 Following the latest Formula One Strategy Group meeting, the…
Stars of F1 future shine in test, Kvyat nears a race ban and remembering one of Porsche’s maddest designs Formula 1 Young talent shines at Hungaroring mid-season test Ferrari’s Sebastian…
El Maestro’s last and greatest win At the Nürburgring, the margins of human error render perfection an impossible feat. The Eifel mountain circuit has too many parameters, so many variables and on…
Patrick Head: Former technical director, Williams Neil Oatley: Design & development director, McLaren Peter Stevens: Respected automotive & industrial designer Tony Southgate: Creator of the Le Mans-winning Jaguar XJR-9 Engine…
Adolf Hitler was first to take advantage of the opportunity offered by modern international sport to ambitious leaders looking for ways of demonstrating the irresistible power of the forces at…
When Gilles met Hunt – and created a legend In September 1976, against the cream of North American and European talent, a quick Québécois in Formula Atlantic impressed the man heading to…
Pat Symonds is not retiring and we almost certainly haven’t seen the last of him in Formula 1. But his engineering directorship of Williams – which came to an end in December…
Karun Chandhok reports after a scorching Hungarian Grand Prix, could intra-team battles have repercussions down the line? The Hungarian Grand Prix was boiling, boiling hot. The weekend started off with thunderstorms on Wednesday…
Mark Hughes reports on the Hungarian Grand Prix A tense day on the Ferrari and Mercedes pit walls as Sebastian Vettel formed a race-leading but pace-compromised bottleneck, with team-mate Kimi Räikkönen…
Bombshell withdrawals rock the sport, Ogier tries F1 and Alpine announces a new race series Formula 1 FIA confirms halo protection system for 2018 Following the latest Formula One Strategy Group meeting, the…
When Norris’s bold attempt to pass Piastri ended with a crash into the Montreal pitwall, it stirred memories of McLaren’s infamous 2011 clash between Button and Hamilton at the very same circuit, says Mark Hughes
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
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
Over the next three years, Kyalami will be upgraded to Grade 1 standards, making it eligible to host a Formula 1 race
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
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