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Carlos Sainz confirmed to replace Alonso
Carlos Sainz will replace outgoing Fernando Alonso at McLaren from 2019 McLaren has announced that Carlos Sainz will join the team for the 2019 Formula 1 season having signed a…
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Is Sainz going to replace Alonso at McLaren?
Silly season continues after Fernando Alonso announced his move away from the McLaren F1 team After Fernando Alonso announced his departure from McLaren’s Formula 1 team, Carlos Sainz has reportedly…
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Farewell Fernando Alonso
What could have been? Looking back on Fernando Alonso’s F1 career reveals one moulded by missteps Just eight more points spread the right way and Fernando Alonso would be leaving…
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Fernando Alonso to leave F1
Two-time Formula 1 champion Fernando Alonso announces he will move on after 17 years Fernando Alonso will leave McLaren’s Formula 1 squad at the end of this season, he announced on…
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On this day in motor sport: August 10-16
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MPH: Red Bull could handle Alonso’s unfortunate reputation
Red Bull could do without Fernando Alonso’s reputation for causing internal chaos, but then again, it’s best equipped to deal with the two-time Formula 1 champion Christian Horner, on Formula…
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2018 F1 Season half-term review podcast
Formula 1’s on its summer shutdown, so Mark Hughes, Motor Sport’s Grand Prix editor, joins Jack Phillips, Simon Arron and Motor Sport’s new production editor, Rob Ladbrook, to look at…
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Force India out of administration following Stroll-led bid
The team’s future in Formula 1 has been secured following accepted takeover bid Force India has left administration after a Lawrence Stroll-led consortium had its offer to buy the team accepted. The…
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1980s in Focus
By Simon Arron It was a decade of contrast, conflict, controversy and change. Punk rock ceded to New Romanticism, John Lennon was assassinated in New York, America and others boycotted…
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Carlos Sainz confirmed to replace Alonso
Carlos Sainz will replace outgoing Fernando Alonso at McLaren from 2019 McLaren has announced that Carlos Sainz will join the team for the 2019 Formula 1 season having signed a…
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Is Sainz going to replace Alonso at McLaren?
Silly season continues after Fernando Alonso announced his move away from the McLaren F1 team After Fernando Alonso announced his departure from McLaren’s Formula 1 team, Carlos Sainz has reportedly…
Opinion
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Farewell Fernando Alonso
What could have been? Looking back on Fernando Alonso’s F1 career reveals one moulded by missteps Just eight more points spread the right way and Fernando Alonso would be leaving…
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Fernando Alonso to leave F1
Two-time Formula 1 champion Fernando Alonso announces he will move on after 17 years Fernando Alonso will leave McLaren’s Formula 1 squad at the end of this season, he announced on…
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On this day in motor sport: August 10-16
This week in motor sport, from the database and archive August 10 // August 11 // August 12 // August 13 // August 14 // August 15 // August 16…
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MPH: Red Bull could handle Alonso’s unfortunate reputation
Red Bull could do without Fernando Alonso’s reputation for causing internal chaos, but then again, it’s best equipped to deal with the two-time Formula 1 champion Christian Horner, on Formula…
Opinion
F1
2018 F1 Season half-term review podcast
Formula 1’s on its summer shutdown, so Mark Hughes, Motor Sport’s Grand Prix editor, joins Jack Phillips, Simon Arron and Motor Sport’s new production editor, Rob Ladbrook, to look at…
F1
Force India out of administration following Stroll-led bid
The team’s future in Formula 1 has been secured following accepted takeover bid Force India has left administration after a Lawrence Stroll-led consortium had its offer to buy the team accepted. The…
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1980s in Focus
By Simon Arron It was a decade of contrast, conflict, controversy and change. Punk rock ceded to New Romanticism, John Lennon was assassinated in New York, America and others boycotted…
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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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Podcast: F1 ‘insulting fans’ intelligence’ by trying to cover up failings?
Why ‘oversensitive’ officials have made a big mistake by trying to sweep Formula 1’s issues under the carpet
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