F1
John Barnard ‘Perfect car’ extract: Racing the carbon car
Taken from John Barnard’s recently released biography, The Perfect Car, we pick up the story as McLaren embarks on the 1981 season with F1’s first carbon car
F1
Clive Rose/Getty Images
Latest F1 news and analysis
F1
A Hockenheim classic: Ickx vs Rindt, 1970
As the dust settles on Silverstone, teams prepare for the run south-east to Germany… but both legs of this traditional July double are in jeopardy Is something rotten in the…
Opinion
F1
Save the British Grand Prix
This weekend’s British F1 Grand Prix proved a point to Andrew Frankel: Silverstone needs to stay When it was conceived sometime last week, this column was going…
F1
2018 British Grand Prix report
This was a close one, a battle royale between Ferrari and Mercedes around Silverstone’s flat-out sweeps on a scorching summer day. The two fastest Formula 1 cars of all time…
F1
Ricciardo nears Red Bull deal amid ‘limited options’
Ferrari’s lack of interest has prompted Daniel Ricciardo to stay put at Red Bull Daniel Ricciardo has admitted that he expected a stronger approach from Ferrari for his services next…
Opinion
F1
MPH: Ferrari gains ground on Mercedes at Silverstone
Although Mercedes was expected to lead both practice sessions on Friday of the British Formula 1 Grand Prix, Ferrari may have turned the tables A very interesting Formula 1 Grand Prix…
F1
Verstappen: ‘Maybe I’ll look at Le Mans when I’m old and slow’
Max Verstappen on moving from Formula 1 to Le Mans and Red Bull’s hopes with Honda Red Bull Formula 1 driver Max Verstappen says he’d only emulate Fernando Alonso and…
Opinion
F1
‘Refusing to accept defeat’ – 1987 British GP
I’d been counting down the gap, lap by lap, as the Williams duo blasted past into the braking area for Stowe. Nigel Mansell, the ‘true grit, true Brit’ hero of…
F1
On this day in motor sport – July 6-12
This week in motor sport, from the database July 6 // July 7 // July 8 // July 9 // July 10 // July 11 // July 12 July 6 1958 Ferrari’s Mike Hawthorn dominated the 1958 French Grand Prix at Reims.…
F1
John Barnard ‘Perfect car’ extract: Racing the carbon car
Taken from John Barnard’s recently released biography, The Perfect Car, we pick up the story as McLaren embarks on the 1981 season with F1’s first carbon car
F1
A Hockenheim classic: Ickx vs Rindt, 1970
As the dust settles on Silverstone, teams prepare for the run south-east to Germany… but both legs of this traditional July double are in jeopardy Is something rotten in the…
Opinion
F1
Save the British Grand Prix
This weekend’s British F1 Grand Prix proved a point to Andrew Frankel: Silverstone needs to stay When it was conceived sometime last week, this column was going…
F1
2018 British Grand Prix report
This was a close one, a battle royale between Ferrari and Mercedes around Silverstone’s flat-out sweeps on a scorching summer day. The two fastest Formula 1 cars of all time…
F1
Ricciardo nears Red Bull deal amid ‘limited options’
Ferrari’s lack of interest has prompted Daniel Ricciardo to stay put at Red Bull Daniel Ricciardo has admitted that he expected a stronger approach from Ferrari for his services next…
Opinion
F1
MPH: Ferrari gains ground on Mercedes at Silverstone
Although Mercedes was expected to lead both practice sessions on Friday of the British Formula 1 Grand Prix, Ferrari may have turned the tables A very interesting Formula 1 Grand Prix…
F1
Verstappen: ‘Maybe I’ll look at Le Mans when I’m old and slow’
Max Verstappen on moving from Formula 1 to Le Mans and Red Bull’s hopes with Honda Red Bull Formula 1 driver Max Verstappen says he’d only emulate Fernando Alonso and…
Opinion
F1
‘Refusing to accept defeat’ – 1987 British GP
I’d been counting down the gap, lap by lap, as the Williams duo blasted past into the braking area for Stowe. Nigel Mansell, the ‘true grit, true Brit’ hero of…
F1
On this day in motor sport – July 6-12
This week in motor sport, from the database July 6 // July 7 // July 8 // July 9 // July 10 // July 11 // July 12 July 6 1958 Ferrari’s Mike Hawthorn dominated the 1958 French Grand Prix at Reims.…
Standings – 2026 F1 World Championship
Mark Hughes
View all
Subscriber
Archive
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…
F1
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
F1
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
Race Reports & Analysis
View all
Subscriber
Archive
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…
Subscriber
Archive
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…
Subscriber
Archive
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…
F1
View all
F1
Gone too soon: The F1 drivers who walked away on their own terms
As Max Verstappen threatens to walk away from the sport, he would not be the first champion to leave before his time was up
F1
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?
F1 Show
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
The Motor Sport archive
Every word and picture published by us since 1924
×