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Isack Hadjar voted Rookie of the Year after standout F1 season
Motor Sport readers have voted Isack Hadjar the 2025 Rookie of the Year after a debut season that secured him a promotion to Red Bull
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2025 F1 drivers ranked: Who had the best season?
The 2025 F1 season came to a thrilling climax, and deciding which driver really was the best wasn’t easy – we rank them all
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Helmut Marko leaves Red Bull – The enforcer who made, and broke, F1 drivers
Helmut Marko’s departure from Red Bull closes the door on an era defined by ruthless talent management, internal friction and an uncompromising vision that shaped champions and shattered careers
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Matt Bishop: McLaren F1 duet played a winning tune — but soloist Max almost made it to No1
A harmonious McLaren beat the brute brilliance of Max Verstappen in 2025, but its collaborative approach hasn’t always succeeded against the razor-sharp focus of a one-driver F1 team
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How F1 2026’s new active aero will work without DRS
Formula 1’s DRS will be replaced by active aero and manual override in 2026. Find out all you need to know about it here
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The mental transformation behind Lando Norris’s first F1 title
Lando Norris’ first F1 title was forged not just in speed, but in the mindset shift that finally uncovered his full potential
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Season Review Awards: vote for your best F1 moments of 2025
Who stood out in Formula 1 this year? Vote now to have your say on the highlights of the 2025 season
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Verstappen couldn’t do it all on his own – Abu Dhabi GP takeaways
From Verstappen’s solo masterclass to Norris’s composed title win; Piastri’s late-season spark; Ferrari and Hamilton’s struggle; and the final DRS farewell, Abu Dhabi summed up F1 2025
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Brilliant Norris deserved better stage than soulless Yas Marina: Up/Down in Abu Dhabi
Lando Norris and McLaren made F1 history in the desert – shame about the track though…
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Isack Hadjar voted Rookie of the Year after standout F1 season
Motor Sport readers have voted Isack Hadjar the 2025 Rookie of the Year after a debut season that secured him a promotion to Red Bull
F1
2025 F1 drivers ranked: Who had the best season?
The 2025 F1 season came to a thrilling climax, and deciding which driver really was the best wasn’t easy – we rank them all
F1
Helmut Marko leaves Red Bull – The enforcer who made, and broke, F1 drivers
Helmut Marko’s departure from Red Bull closes the door on an era defined by ruthless talent management, internal friction and an uncompromising vision that shaped champions and shattered careers
F1
Matt Bishop: McLaren F1 duet played a winning tune — but soloist Max almost made it to No1
A harmonious McLaren beat the brute brilliance of Max Verstappen in 2025, but its collaborative approach hasn’t always succeeded against the razor-sharp focus of a one-driver F1 team
F1
How F1 2026’s new active aero will work without DRS
Formula 1’s DRS will be replaced by active aero and manual override in 2026. Find out all you need to know about it here
F1
The mental transformation behind Lando Norris’s first F1 title
Lando Norris’ first F1 title was forged not just in speed, but in the mindset shift that finally uncovered his full potential
Awards
Season Review Awards: vote for your best F1 moments of 2025
Who stood out in Formula 1 this year? Vote now to have your say on the highlights of the 2025 season
F1
Verstappen couldn’t do it all on his own – Abu Dhabi GP takeaways
From Verstappen’s solo masterclass to Norris’s composed title win; Piastri’s late-season spark; Ferrari and Hamilton’s struggle; and the final DRS farewell, Abu Dhabi summed up F1 2025
Opinion
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Brilliant Norris deserved better stage than soulless Yas Marina: Up/Down in Abu Dhabi
Lando Norris and McLaren made F1 history in the desert – shame about the track though…
Standings – 2026 F1 World Championship
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MPH: F1’s Middle East promises need a pinch of salt
Mark Hughes asks whether F1’s insistence that the Qatar and Abu Dhabi Grands Prix will go ahead can survive the realities of the Middle East conflict
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Mass frustration at the US GP – but Kimi just looked like a kid having fun
Kimi Antonelli all but secured the Formula 1 title with a champion’s drive at the 2026 United States Grand Prix, writes Mark Hughes. Behind him, forlorn rivals failed to make their superior pace stick
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MPH: The revelation in Horner’s book – how he turned Red Bull from no-hopers into F1 winners
Christian Horner details how he rebuilt Red Bull from the ashes of Jaguar, and hired F1’s greatest designer from under the noses of rivals in his new autobiography, Drive. Mark Hughes found it fascinating
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Jackie Stewart wins at the Nürburgring as Fittipaldi finishes sixth
August 5, 1973 Nürburgring, West Germany A busy scene in the Lotus garage at the 1973 German Grand Prix, Round 11 of 15 of the F1 World Championship. Drivers Emerson…
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Do safety cars make races boring or more exciting? Dilemma for US series as it considers cutting back cautions
When it comes to sports car racing, it’s not just the American tracks that are markedly different from most of their international counterparts. The overall philosophy used by the FIA…
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Two corners from becoming champion: Oliver Solberg’s heartbreaking crash tops the most thrilling WRC deciders
5. 2003: Solberg vs Loeb vs Sainz Subaru’s Norwegian star Petter Solberg, above – ‘Hollywood’ – lay a point adrift of Citroën pair Carlos Sainz and Sébastien Loeb going into…
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Podcast: ‘Devastating blow’ – Why Kimi Antonelli is giving George Russell a nightmare
Motor Sport F1 Show with Mark Hughes
Has Kimi Antonelli finally broken George Russell? Why the gap between the Mercedes team-mates is becoming such a psychological challenge – and why Antonelli’s rise looks so special
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Felipe Massa’s 2009 crash tested the resilience of a Richard Mille watch
It was back in 2009 when Felipe Massa suffered life-threatening injuries during qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix, losing control of his Ferrari at 175mph as a result of being…
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Desiré Wilson’s battle to be F1’s first female winner: ‘Sponsors couldn’t accept their star men being beaten by a woman’
Desiré Wilson is the only woman ever to have won a Formula 1 race, and for all I know she may always carry that mantle. OK, her famous victory in…
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