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Williams and Rob Smedley to part ways
Senior Williams engineer to leave at the end of 2018 F1 season Williams’ head of performance engineering, Rob Smedley, will leave the team at the end of the 2018 Formula…
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On this day in motor sport: November 2-8
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MPH: Who can stop Mercedes?
Formula 1 has been dominated by Mercedes since 2014 – can Ferrari, Red Bull or the rules end that? For the sake of argument, let’s state that the current formula…
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Ricciardo’s season of discontent
How Daniel Ricciardo’s mentality has been shaped by a season of failures at Red Bull Daniel Ricciardo has never faced something like this. The most famous smile in Formula 1…
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Hamilton on rivals, religion and how the 2018 F1 title was won
Newly crowned five-time world champion Lewis Hamilton in his own words Lewis Hamilton carried himself subtly differently into the season-closing races, once the fifth title had become a formality. There…
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A match for Fangio?
Numbers tell a story, but not the story of Lewis Hamilton matching Fangio You can’t escape it. First thing on breakfast news this morning: Lewis Hamilton wins fifth title, putting him on…
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2018 Mexican Grand Prix report
Max Verstappen didn’t enjoy being P2 in qualifying, with the fastest car and only his team-mate to beat. The knocking over of the P2 bollard in parc ferme told you…
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Lewis Hamilton: an all-time great in his own right
Comparisons aside, Hamilton’s fifth title proves yet again he’s among the best of all time Lewis Hamilton. Five times champion. Parity with Juan Manuel Fangio. Next stop Michael Schumacher. Blah,…
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Lewis Hamilton wins 2018 F1 championship
Hamilton draws level with Fangio on five titles Lewis Hamilton secured his fifth Formula 1 world championship crown with a fourth-place finish at the Mexican Grand Prix. The Mercedes driver needed…
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Williams and Rob Smedley to part ways
Senior Williams engineer to leave at the end of 2018 F1 season Williams’ head of performance engineering, Rob Smedley, will leave the team at the end of the 2018 Formula…
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On this day in motor sport: November 2-8
On this day in Formula 1, Le Mans and more, from the database November 2 1946 1980 Formula 1 world champion Alan Jones is born. This gritty Australian won the…
Opinion
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MPH: Who can stop Mercedes?
Formula 1 has been dominated by Mercedes since 2014 – can Ferrari, Red Bull or the rules end that? For the sake of argument, let’s state that the current formula…
Opinion
F1
Ricciardo’s season of discontent
How Daniel Ricciardo’s mentality has been shaped by a season of failures at Red Bull Daniel Ricciardo has never faced something like this. The most famous smile in Formula 1…
Opinion
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Hamilton on rivals, religion and how the 2018 F1 title was won
Newly crowned five-time world champion Lewis Hamilton in his own words Lewis Hamilton carried himself subtly differently into the season-closing races, once the fifth title had become a formality. There…
Opinion
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A match for Fangio?
Numbers tell a story, but not the story of Lewis Hamilton matching Fangio You can’t escape it. First thing on breakfast news this morning: Lewis Hamilton wins fifth title, putting him on…
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2018 Mexican Grand Prix report
Max Verstappen didn’t enjoy being P2 in qualifying, with the fastest car and only his team-mate to beat. The knocking over of the P2 bollard in parc ferme told you…
Opinion
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Lewis Hamilton: an all-time great in his own right
Comparisons aside, Hamilton’s fifth title proves yet again he’s among the best of all time Lewis Hamilton. Five times champion. Parity with Juan Manuel Fangio. Next stop Michael Schumacher. Blah,…
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Lewis Hamilton wins 2018 F1 championship
Hamilton draws level with Fangio on five titles Lewis Hamilton secured his fifth Formula 1 world championship crown with a fourth-place finish at the Mexican Grand Prix. The Mercedes driver needed…
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Mercedes seizes early 2026 F1 advantage as Russell and Antonelli dominate opening two races
China March 13–15 Like Round 1, the season’s second race was another Mercedes lockout, but the outcome at Shanghai differed from Albert Park: a 2-1 rather than a 1-2. Make…
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MPH: Antonelli vs Russell – is this F1’s next epic title battle?
He’s only 19, but Kimi Antonelli has shown F1 championship-winning pace and may never get a better title shot. The ingredients are there for another historic battle between one experienced team-mate and a thrusting newcomer, says Mark Hughes
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Flawed F1 exposed again at Suzuka, but searing Antonelli would win in any era
Kimi Antonelli looked like he’d have blasted to victory in the 2026 Japanese Grand Prix, no matter what rules F1 was racing under, says Mark Hughes. However, the result was once again overshadowed by the shortcomings of the series’ new regulations
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Katsuta triumphs in Safari Rally as Toyota driver ends 94-start wait with grit and resilience
He wasn’t the fastest driver in Kenya – he failed to win a single stage – but traditionalists will tell you that speed is not the most important thing on…
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Verstappen’s Nürburgring pole and battle overshadowed by tyre rule exclusion in NLS2
March 21, 2026 Nürburgring, Germany A hero’s welcome for Max Verstappen in the Nürburgring pitlane after what appeared to have been victory in NLS2 as the four-time Formula 1 champion…
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Porsche Penske’s Sebring win marred by team orders dispute in Florida endurance double
March 21, 2026 Sebring, Florida, USA Porsche Penske Motorsport trio Felipe Nasr, Julien Andlauer and Laurin Heinrich completed a double in the ‘36 Hours of Florida’ when they added Sebring…
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Lock in fans, then make everything worse: F1 risks falling into Big Tech trap
There is a word for what happens when platforms stop serving the people who made them great. Should Formula 1 learn it?
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Ready for the F1 title fight: How Kimi Antonelli revealed he has what it takes
Motor Sport F1 Show with Mark Hughes
Leading the world championship aged 19, Kimi Antonelli has proved he has the pace to win the title — and this could be his best shot. Plus: how GPs could be shortened over safety fears, and why Max Verstappen is serious in threatening to quit
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Stewart and Jenkinson clash over safety as Rindt wins at Clermont-Ferrand
July 5, 1970 Clermont-Ferrand, France Smiles here, but the reigning Formula 1 champion Jackie Stewart and Motor Sport’s continental correspondent Denis Jenkinson were embroiled in a bitter war of words…
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