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On this day in motor sport – August 24-30
This week in motor sport, from the database August 24 // August 25 // August 26 // August 27 // August 28 // August 29 // August 30 August 24 1986…
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Racing Point Force India enters F1 at the bottom of the pile
Force India has been taken over and renamed to Racing Point Force India, with all 59 constructors’ points taken away before the Belgian Formula 1 Grand Prix The takeover of…
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Fast but feisty Gasly’s big chance
How will Pierre Gasly fare alongside Max Verstappen at Red Bull Racing? Pierre Gasly’s promotion next year to the senior Red Bull team represents a huge opportunity for the 22-year-old.…
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‘I don’t see it as Red Bull not giving me an F1 seat. They gave me a career’
Two vacant seats at Toro Rosso? A case of what could have been for António Félix da Costa António Félix da Costa is the driver Red Bull forgot. The one…
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Pierre Gasly promoted to Red Bull Racing for 2019
Aston Martin Red Bull Racing’s 2019 line-up is complete, as Gasly steps up to the senior team Red Bull Racing has announced Pierre Gasly will replace the outgoing Daniel Ricciardo…
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Simon Arron: The stark reality of McLaren’s situation
McLaren is a Formula 1 team with a history of fielding household names, but without Alonso in 2019, its decline could become more apparent than ever It was almost seamless.…
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On this day in motor sport: August 17-23
The anniversaries from this week in motor sport, from the database and archive August 17 // August 18 // August 19 // August 20 // August 21 // August 22…
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Fernando Alonso’s F1 career
Seventeen years in F1, more than 300 Grands Prix started, two world championships, 32 wins and lots of controversy: Fernando Alonso’s career timeline Read more: Farewell Fernando Alonso 1999-2000 Fernando Alonso wins…
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MPH: How Robert Kubica could return to Williams F1
A chain of events could mean that Robert Kubica finally gets his chance to return to Formula 1 Carlos Sainz’s signing for McLaren as Fernando Alonso’s replacement for 2019 puts…
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On this day in motor sport – August 24-30
This week in motor sport, from the database August 24 // August 25 // August 26 // August 27 // August 28 // August 29 // August 30 August 24 1986…
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Racing Point Force India enters F1 at the bottom of the pile
Force India has been taken over and renamed to Racing Point Force India, with all 59 constructors’ points taken away before the Belgian Formula 1 Grand Prix The takeover of…
Opinion
F1
Fast but feisty Gasly’s big chance
How will Pierre Gasly fare alongside Max Verstappen at Red Bull Racing? Pierre Gasly’s promotion next year to the senior Red Bull team represents a huge opportunity for the 22-year-old.…
Opinion
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‘I don’t see it as Red Bull not giving me an F1 seat. They gave me a career’
Two vacant seats at Toro Rosso? A case of what could have been for António Félix da Costa António Félix da Costa is the driver Red Bull forgot. The one…
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Pierre Gasly promoted to Red Bull Racing for 2019
Aston Martin Red Bull Racing’s 2019 line-up is complete, as Gasly steps up to the senior team Red Bull Racing has announced Pierre Gasly will replace the outgoing Daniel Ricciardo…
Opinion
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Simon Arron: The stark reality of McLaren’s situation
McLaren is a Formula 1 team with a history of fielding household names, but without Alonso in 2019, its decline could become more apparent than ever It was almost seamless.…
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On this day in motor sport: August 17-23
The anniversaries from this week in motor sport, from the database and archive August 17 // August 18 // August 19 // August 20 // August 21 // August 22…
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Fernando Alonso’s F1 career
Seventeen years in F1, more than 300 Grands Prix started, two world championships, 32 wins and lots of controversy: Fernando Alonso’s career timeline Read more: Farewell Fernando Alonso 1999-2000 Fernando Alonso wins…
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MPH: How Robert Kubica could return to Williams F1
A chain of events could mean that Robert Kubica finally gets his chance to return to Formula 1 Carlos Sainz’s signing for McLaren as Fernando Alonso’s replacement for 2019 puts…
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MPH: How to fix F1 – and why it probably won’t happen
As F1 prepares to vote on a package of 2026 regulation tweaks, Mark Hughes argues the most meaningful fix is the one it’s least likely to try
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MPH: Verstappen’s powers are blunted, now Leclerc is the F1 driver with a magic touch
Charles Leclerc has mastered F1’s new regulations by rooting out the best deployment tricks, while Max Verstappen has been stripped of his advantage, writes Mark Hughes
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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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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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ADUO: How F1 will unlock engine upgrades so strugglers can catch up
For Formula 1 teams that are down on power, the new ADUO process could be a lifeline: here’s how the mid-season engine development exemption will work and what it takes for teams to qualify for it
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The ‘credibility gap’ at the heart of F1’s 2026 overhaul
Formula 1’s audience is more divided than ever about the current state of the sport. Can that gap be bridged?
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Why Lambiase chose McLaren over continuing with Verstappen
Gianpiero Lambiase spent a decade defining Max Verstappen’s Formula 1 career at Red Bull. Now he is going to McLaren to define his own
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