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This week in motor sport, from the database June 15 // June 16 // June 17 // June 18 // June 19 // June 20 // June 21 June 15 1952 After a 22-year absence, Mercedes-Benz made a triumphant return to Le Mans…
After one of Honda’s best race weekends since its return to Formula 1 in 2015, a perfect partnership with Red Bull seems ever closer Honda’s engine upgrade, as delivered to…
In this short video, drivers such as Fernando Alonso and Simon Pagenaud explain how to pull off the perfect overtake Champions from Formula 1, IndyCar and sports cars explain how…
It had all looked so promising after qualifying, the top cars so closely-matched, the differing tyre choices intriguing. But it didn’t work out that way. Sebastian Vettel was unopposed into…
Vettel moves to the top of the standings with victory in Canada Sebastian Vettel claimed a commanding win in Montréal, controlling the Canadian Grand Prix from start to finish to replace Lewis…
View the Canadian Grand Prix qualifying result Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel claimed pole for the 2018 Canadian Grand Prix, pipping Valtteri Bottas by less than a hundredth of a second in…
Exactly 50 years ago, rear wings entered the world of Formula 1, at Spa behind Chris Amon… The winglets had grown, in tandem the times tumbled. It was Spa-Francorchamps, 50…
Two from two for Max Verstappen as the Red Bull driver tops Canadian Grand Prix second practice Max Verstappen once again set the pace in Canadian Grand Prix free practice…
Pitch your questions to John Barnard for our next podcast Credited with the introduction of the carbon fibre chassis into Formula 1 with McLaren and the F1 semi-automatic gearbox with…
This week in motor sport, from the database June 15 // June 16 // June 17 // June 18 // June 19 // June 20 // June 21 June 15 1952 After a 22-year absence, Mercedes-Benz made a triumphant return to Le Mans…
After one of Honda’s best race weekends since its return to Formula 1 in 2015, a perfect partnership with Red Bull seems ever closer Honda’s engine upgrade, as delivered to…
In this short video, drivers such as Fernando Alonso and Simon Pagenaud explain how to pull off the perfect overtake Champions from Formula 1, IndyCar and sports cars explain how…
It had all looked so promising after qualifying, the top cars so closely-matched, the differing tyre choices intriguing. But it didn’t work out that way. Sebastian Vettel was unopposed into…
Vettel moves to the top of the standings with victory in Canada Sebastian Vettel claimed a commanding win in Montréal, controlling the Canadian Grand Prix from start to finish to replace Lewis…
View the Canadian Grand Prix qualifying result Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel claimed pole for the 2018 Canadian Grand Prix, pipping Valtteri Bottas by less than a hundredth of a second in…
Exactly 50 years ago, rear wings entered the world of Formula 1, at Spa behind Chris Amon… The winglets had grown, in tandem the times tumbled. It was Spa-Francorchamps, 50…
Two from two for Max Verstappen as the Red Bull driver tops Canadian Grand Prix second practice Max Verstappen once again set the pace in Canadian Grand Prix free practice…
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
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
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…
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…
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…
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…
Formula 1’s audience is more divided than ever about the current state of the sport. Can that gap be bridged?
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
The elite world of Formula 1 might not appear to have much in common with the door-banging melees of the British Touring Car Championship, but there have been plenty of drivers — including world champions and race winners — who have bridged the two worlds
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