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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
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Fast but feisty Gasly’s big chance
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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
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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
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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.…
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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Aston Martin’s giant leap? Alonso will fight McLarens if Newey & Honda F1 upgrades work perfectly
Mark Hughes crunches the numbers on Aston Martin’s big upgrade for the Hungarian Grand Prix – and asks whether it can be enough to close a four-second deficit to near the front of the F1 pack
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MPH: Revealed – the fault behind Mercedes’ Belgian GP deployment chaos
George Russell’s Belgian Grand Prix was wrecked by a software fault buried deep in Mercedes’ code. Mark Hughes explains what really happened
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Russell zapped, and Spa made ridiculously easy in F1’s energy-deployment GP
Kimi Antonelli delivered his sixth F1 victory of 2026 at the Belgian Grand Prix, writes Mark Hughes. But this year’s cars and their energy limitations made Spa-Francorchamps a shadow of the challenge it usually is
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Pedro Rodríguez wins at Spa as Brabham leads the 1970 F1 title race
June 7, 1970 Spa-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium By F1’s Round 4 at Spa in 1970, Jack Brabham was at the top of the standings with eventual title winner Jochen Rindt trailing by…
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Toyota’s resourcefulness delivered a sixth Le Mans 24 Hours victory against the odds
Toyota returned to the top step of the podium at the Le Mans 24 Hours after a three-year absence. Finally, the Japanese manufacturer triumphed against factory opposition, which was not…
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Mighty Mondeo: how Rouse and Radisich made Ford’s touring car a world-beater
When Ford turned to Andy Rouse to spearhead its British Touring Car Championship ambitions in the 1990s, a return to the glory days of the RS500 seemed on the cards.…
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F1’s worst-performing team-mate – why Esteban Ocon isn’t as bad as he looks
The 18-3 scoreline looks decisive, but a closer look at Haas’s season shows a car that hasn’t been giving both drivers the same chance to score
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Is F1’s world TV feed missing too much of the action in 2026?
A three-way fight for the final point at Spa, decided in a small picture-in-picture window – is F1’s world feed built for the racing it actually has now?
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