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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
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A Hockenheim classic: Ickx vs Rindt, 1970
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Save the British Grand Prix
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2018 British Grand Prix report
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MPH: Ferrari gains ground on Mercedes at Silverstone
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Verstappen: ‘Maybe I’ll look at Le Mans when I’m old and slow’
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‘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…
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On this day in motor sport – July 6-12
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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‘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…
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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.…
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MPH: F1’s 2026 rules get pruned but there’s still a forest of fake plastic trees
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MPH: How to fix F1 – and why it probably won’t happen
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The best F1 drivers who never won a world championship
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F1 is returning to Turkey – here are five more circuits that should come back
Istanbul Park’s return to the calendar is welcome news, and a reminder that other venues are still available
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