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F1 race report: Hungarian Grand Prix
In the last race before Formula 1’s summer break, McLaren drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri gave a definitive confirmation that the second half of the season is going to…
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When Renault ruled F1
I remember an early 1978 argument over the chassis of the RS10 and the use of the engine,” said Renault Formula 1 team driver Jean-Pierre Jabouille. “Whether to put a twin…
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Should David Coulthard have been Williams’ world champion?
Thirty years ago, in September 1995, David Coulthard scored the first of his eventual 13 grand prix wins at only his 21st attempt, and what turned out to be his…
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Williams: 25 years of pain
It had seemed just a temporary setback for Williams when its engine partner Renault withdrew from F1 at the end of 1997. Yes, it meant a couple of seasons as…
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MPH: In a spin – how car rotation is key to F1 driver speed
Getting the car turned – and how you do it – is the key to drivers’ speed in F1. Some competitors are dealing with the current generation of 200mph beasts better than others
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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 race report: Hungarian Grand Prix
In the last race before Formula 1’s summer break, McLaren drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri gave a definitive confirmation that the second half of the season is going to…
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When Renault ruled F1
I remember an early 1978 argument over the chassis of the RS10 and the use of the engine,” said Renault Formula 1 team driver Jean-Pierre Jabouille. “Whether to put a twin…
Great Read
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Should David Coulthard have been Williams’ world champion?
Thirty years ago, in September 1995, David Coulthard scored the first of his eventual 13 grand prix wins at only his 21st attempt, and what turned out to be his…
Archive
Williams: 25 years of pain
It had seemed just a temporary setback for Williams when its engine partner Renault withdrew from F1 at the end of 1997. Yes, it meant a couple of seasons as…
F1
MPH: In a spin – how car rotation is key to F1 driver speed
Getting the car turned – and how you do it – is the key to drivers’ speed in F1. Some competitors are dealing with the current generation of 200mph beasts better than others
Archive
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…
Archive
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
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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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Mark Hughes: Hamilton chose wrong F1 track for simulator gamble
Hamilton decided not to use the simulator to prepare for the Canadian GP, but as Mark Hughes explains, Montreal may be exactly the wrong place to ditch it
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MPH: What Verstappen did at the Nürburgring is everything F1 can’t offer
Verstappen’s stunning Nürburgring 24 Hours assault exposed the gap between what Formula 1 is and what racing can be, Mark Hughes argues
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MPH: Still sandbagging? The crafty reason Mercedes and Ferrari may be hiding true F1 pace
F1’s new mechanism to help struggling engine manufacturers catch up with the leaders could be more powerful than first thought, writes Mark Hughes. Are Mercedes and Ferrari masking their true performance for long-term advantage?
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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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‘Too safe’ call leaves McLaren under pressure in 2026 F1 title battle
An unfortunate tyre gamble and weak reliability in Canada left McLaren facing an uphill battle to defend its titles in 2026
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Mark Hughes: The fastest Mercedes F1 driver? It was too close to call in Canada
Mercedes was the dominant force in Canada, and there was little to split its two drivers until a power unit failure forced George Russell out, leaving Kimi Antonelli cruising to a record-breaking fourth Formula 1 victory
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Why Hamilton ditched the F1 sim – and why he thinks it was making him slower
Hamilton arrived in Montreal having skipped the simulator entirely in his preparation, but it wasn’t an oversight
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