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Playing F1 chess against itself: McLaren’s strategy calls
Lap 11 of the Belgian Grand Prix and the initially wet track was drying out. Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris were separated by less than 2sec and Piastri was around…
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Controversial Piastri Penalty Sparks Debate at British GP
“I’m not going to say too much or I’ll get myself in trouble,” said a hacked off Oscar Piastri after the British GP. “Apparently you can’t brake behind the safety…
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Lando Norris stood tall at Silverstone but Oscar Piastri came back fighting at Spa
The 2025 British Grand Prix would be the last race in which Red Bull Racing was led by Christian Horner, his departure from the team announced three days later. The…
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The downfall of Christian Horner: F1 power, politics and plots
July 8, 2025 London Tuesday morning, two days after the British Grand Prix. Christian Horner is attending a meeting called the previous day by the Red Bull company’s senior Austrian…
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F1 half-term report cards
McLaren Carried momentum from 2024 to soar higher, with nine wins from the first 12 races. Now, which will be its first champion driver since ’08? Oscar Piastri Points 234…
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Has Lewis lost it? Going up, going down in Hungary
Lewis Hamilton will hope to use the F1 summer break to regroup and turn his ailing season around
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What went wrong for Lewis Hamilton?
On paper Lewis Hamilton’s move to Scuderia Ferrari appeared to be a case of perfect timing; it wouldn’t be long, so we thought, before he’d be challenging for race wins.…
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Porsche’s ready-made route into F1: will it join the grid at last?
The valuation of a Formula 1 team may seem an esoteric consideration for F1 followers. But it can have a huge impact upon events and the landscape upon which the…
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Word on the beat
Max Verstappen is expected to stay with Red Bull for 2026. Steve Nielsen has agreed to be MD of the Alpine F1 team and has accordingly resigned his position with…
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Playing F1 chess against itself: McLaren’s strategy calls
Lap 11 of the Belgian Grand Prix and the initially wet track was drying out. Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris were separated by less than 2sec and Piastri was around…
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Controversial Piastri Penalty Sparks Debate at British GP
“I’m not going to say too much or I’ll get myself in trouble,” said a hacked off Oscar Piastri after the British GP. “Apparently you can’t brake behind the safety…
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Lando Norris stood tall at Silverstone but Oscar Piastri came back fighting at Spa
The 2025 British Grand Prix would be the last race in which Red Bull Racing was led by Christian Horner, his departure from the team announced three days later. The…
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The downfall of Christian Horner: F1 power, politics and plots
July 8, 2025 London Tuesday morning, two days after the British Grand Prix. Christian Horner is attending a meeting called the previous day by the Red Bull company’s senior Austrian…
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F1 half-term report cards
McLaren Carried momentum from 2024 to soar higher, with nine wins from the first 12 races. Now, which will be its first champion driver since ’08? Oscar Piastri Points 234…
Opinion
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Has Lewis lost it? Going up, going down in Hungary
Lewis Hamilton will hope to use the F1 summer break to regroup and turn his ailing season around
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What went wrong for Lewis Hamilton?
On paper Lewis Hamilton’s move to Scuderia Ferrari appeared to be a case of perfect timing; it wouldn’t be long, so we thought, before he’d be challenging for race wins.…
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Porsche’s ready-made route into F1: will it join the grid at last?
The valuation of a Formula 1 team may seem an esoteric consideration for F1 followers. But it can have a huge impact upon events and the landscape upon which the…
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MPH: Antonelli is ravaging Russell’s golden chance of F1 title — Canada is critical
Outperformed in Miami, George Russell fell further behind his teenage team-mate Kimi Antonelli in the F1 title race. It makes the upcoming Canadian Grand Prix vital for his championship hopes, says Mark Hughes, even though there’s a long season ahead
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Mark Hughes: Miami’s F1 team-mate divide – why driver pace made the difference
With the leading Formula 1 cars closely matched on pace, the 2026 Miami Grand Prix delivered an exciting race where driver pace and team strategy made the difference. But why the big gap between front-running team-mates?
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Mark Hughes: Ever-more complex F1 rules expose just how flawed they are
The F1 season resumes in Miami this weekend with an even more complex set of rules. It’s a welcome attempt to improve the racing, but just goes to show that the fundamental problems remain unsolved. Mark Hughes explains
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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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When Silverstone was still gloriously mad: Graham Hill’s last hurrah
An ageing champion, an ugly Brabham, and a revolutionary gas-turbine Lotus conspired to produce one of motor sport’s most enchanting afternoons at the 1971 International Trophy, as Matt Bishop recounts
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Antonelli has entered the F1 title conversation, and Wolff can’t stop it
After three grand prix wins from three poles, Mercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff is struggling to contain expectations about Kimi Antonelli
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Pressure mounts on Kimi Antonelli as he’s compared to Italy’s greatest-ever F1 driver
Seventy-three years since Alberto Ascari became the last Italian F1 driver to win the world championship, expectations of title leader Kimi Antonelli are growing — but the teenager isn’t flinching under the pressure
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