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Alfa Romeo’s full F1 circle
If, as big boss Sergio Marchionne has suggested, Alfa Romeo returns to Formula 1 to act as Ferrari’s feeder team, the wheel will have turned full circle. For it was…
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Come dine with me…
Recently a host of ex- and current racing drivers gathered for their yearly Christmas lunch. Around the table sat Damon Hill, Perry McCarthy, Jonathan Palmer, Martin Brundle, Steve Soper, Derek…
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Andretti’s unparalleled passion for racing
A number of top drivers around the world decided to retire this year. These included Nico Rosberg, 31, Felipe Massa, 35, Jenson Button, 36, Mark Webber, 40, and Jeff Gordon and…
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Your 25 Greatest Grands Prix
It was contentious. A point Damien Smith addressed on the very first page of the 100 Greatest Grands Prix special edition. So it’s now over to you to tell us…
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Roebuck and Brundle’s Christmas lunch
As I hope you will see from my final Motor Sport column (out on December 31st), Martin Brundle was in excellent form when we met for lunch 10 days after…
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Colin Chapman
The secret life of Colin Chapman
Thirty-four years ago today Colin Chapman suffered a fatal heart attack. For some he was the man who changed motor racing forever, the pioneer of ground-breaking car construction and a…
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Felipe Massa’s possible return to F1
Felipe Massa to un-retire? That long tearful walk back to the pitlane from his crashed car, carrying the Brazilian flag he’d secreted away, there in the expectation of picking it up…
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This week in motor sport – December 12
This week in motor sport from the Archive and Database, featuring a championship win for Jack Brabham – on foot December 12 1946: Emerson Fittipaldi is born. In profile 1959: Bruce…
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The 20 F1 champions who left their teams as soon as they won the title
Nico Rosberg’s decision to leave Mercedes — and F1 — immediately after winning the 2016 World Championship was dramatic but not unique. Paul Fearnley looks back through F1’s championship winning partnerships that dissolved after tasting success
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Alfa Romeo’s full F1 circle
If, as big boss Sergio Marchionne has suggested, Alfa Romeo returns to Formula 1 to act as Ferrari’s feeder team, the wheel will have turned full circle. For it was…
Opinion
F1
Come dine with me…
Recently a host of ex- and current racing drivers gathered for their yearly Christmas lunch. Around the table sat Damon Hill, Perry McCarthy, Jonathan Palmer, Martin Brundle, Steve Soper, Derek…
Opinion
F1
Andretti’s unparalleled passion for racing
A number of top drivers around the world decided to retire this year. These included Nico Rosberg, 31, Felipe Massa, 35, Jenson Button, 36, Mark Webber, 40, and Jeff Gordon and…
Opinion
F1
Your 25 Greatest Grands Prix
It was contentious. A point Damien Smith addressed on the very first page of the 100 Greatest Grands Prix special edition. So it’s now over to you to tell us…
Opinion
F1
Roebuck and Brundle’s Christmas lunch
As I hope you will see from my final Motor Sport column (out on December 31st), Martin Brundle was in excellent form when we met for lunch 10 days after…
Opinion
Colin Chapman
The secret life of Colin Chapman
Thirty-four years ago today Colin Chapman suffered a fatal heart attack. For some he was the man who changed motor racing forever, the pioneer of ground-breaking car construction and a…
Opinion
F1
Felipe Massa’s possible return to F1
Felipe Massa to un-retire? That long tearful walk back to the pitlane from his crashed car, carrying the Brazilian flag he’d secreted away, there in the expectation of picking it up…
Opinion
F1
This week in motor sport – December 12
This week in motor sport from the Archive and Database, featuring a championship win for Jack Brabham – on foot December 12 1946: Emerson Fittipaldi is born. In profile 1959: Bruce…
Great Read
F1
The 20 F1 champions who left their teams as soon as they won the title
Nico Rosberg’s decision to leave Mercedes — and F1 — immediately after winning the 2016 World Championship was dramatic but not unique. Paul Fearnley looks back through F1’s championship winning partnerships that dissolved after tasting success
Standings – 2025 F1 World Championship
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MPH: The F1 force that could split Leclerc & Ferrari — and even McLaren
Formula 1 history shows that success and failure alike can rupture partnerships. Could Ferrari and Leclerc be next? Mark Hughes wonders
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Mark Hughes: Why McLaren team orders brought painful F1 flashback for Coulthard
In a race where McLaren colluded with Williams against Ferrari, David Coulthard was ordered to move over for team-mate Mika Häkkinen — a raw wound reopened three decades on by Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris’s Monza switch
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Mark Hughes: Monza pitstop blunder left McLaren facing a familiar headache
A slow pitstop for Lando Norris left McLaren tripping over itself at Monza, turning a straightforward race into another uneasy team orders dilemma, as Mark Hughes explains
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McLaren drivers swapped tips ahead of Chinese GP. Norris also quietly planned attack
Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris worked together ahead of the 2025 Chinese GP, finding the pace that delivered a 1-2 finish, while Norris also prepared to attack his team-mate during the race. Brake issues denied him, says Mark Hughes but the F1 title duel is coming
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One race to prove himself at Alpine? Heat is on Jack Doohan as Ocon signs off
Esteban Ocon’s Alpine stint ended at the 2024 Qatar GP, giving Jack Doohan a make-or-break F1 chance in Abu Dhabi. Elsewhere FIA boss Mohammed Ben Sulayem dismissed driver concerns and mechanics just wanted a kip: Chris Medland‘s paddock diary
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Axe hangs over Perez as Marko jets in to discuss Red Bull replacement
Sergio Perez’s future looks bleak after another underwhelming performance, while George Russell can be upbeat despite his disqualification: 2024 Belgian GP diary
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Hamilton tops FP2 as McLarens hit the wall – 2025 Azerbaijan GP practice results
Hamilton tops second practice from Leclerc as Piastri and Norris finish down the order
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Norris quickest in interrupted FP1 – 2025 Azerbaijan GP practice results
Norris leads McLaren 1-2 at Baku as a red flag cost drivers plenty of track time
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Race driver Villars becomes first female candidate for FIA presidency
28-year-old Swiss racer intends to run against Ben Sulayem and Mayer
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