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Formula 1 continues to fiddle
Click here to buy the lead image. Familiar whipping boy Qualifying is to be revamped again. I’ve read the proposals and concluded that they might work – i.e. improve the…
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Qualifying change could have been much worse
Click here to buy the lead image. Subject to FIA approval and any sporting director spotting an operational flaw in the plan, qualifying will now become a timed elimination event,…
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Red Bull – this year’s dark horse
Click here to buy the lead image. Most of the hopes for the competitiveness of the Formula 1 season ahead seem to rest upon how much Ferrari might have eaten…
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John Surtees in 1979
John Surtees. The name conjures up so many memories, so many images. Leaning his MV Agusta into a corner, inch-perfect round Monaco in the Ferrari 158, supremely in charge of…
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Track Torque podcast
It was only when we decided to put the podcast below together that I sat down and counted how many we had done. Since 2009 we have recorded 90 podcasts,…
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95 – 1982 Austrian GP
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). Click here to buy the lead image. From the editor Damien Smith The Grand Prix motor…
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96 – 1973 British GP
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). Click here to buy the lead image. From the editor Damien Smith The Grand Prix motor…
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The week at Motor Sport
A round up of the biggest and best stories from Motor Sport in the past week. In the past few weeks Mark Hughes travelled to Rome for an interview with…
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From the Archive – Behra to Rossi
To buy the lead image, click here Jean Behra was born 95 years ago this week, a childhood hero of Nigel Roebuck and a man who ‘never knew the meaning…
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Formula 1 continues to fiddle
Click here to buy the lead image. Familiar whipping boy Qualifying is to be revamped again. I’ve read the proposals and concluded that they might work – i.e. improve the…
Opinion
F1
Qualifying change could have been much worse
Click here to buy the lead image. Subject to FIA approval and any sporting director spotting an operational flaw in the plan, qualifying will now become a timed elimination event,…
Opinion
F1
Red Bull – this year’s dark horse
Click here to buy the lead image. Most of the hopes for the competitiveness of the Formula 1 season ahead seem to rest upon how much Ferrari might have eaten…
F1
John Surtees in 1979
John Surtees. The name conjures up so many memories, so many images. Leaning his MV Agusta into a corner, inch-perfect round Monaco in the Ferrari 158, supremely in charge of…
F1
Track Torque podcast
It was only when we decided to put the podcast below together that I sat down and counted how many we had done. Since 2009 we have recorded 90 podcasts,…
F1
95 – 1982 Austrian GP
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). Click here to buy the lead image. From the editor Damien Smith The Grand Prix motor…
F1
96 – 1973 British GP
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). Click here to buy the lead image. From the editor Damien Smith The Grand Prix motor…
F1
The week at Motor Sport
A round up of the biggest and best stories from Motor Sport in the past week. In the past few weeks Mark Hughes travelled to Rome for an interview with…
F1
From the Archive – Behra to Rossi
To buy the lead image, click here Jean Behra was born 95 years ago this week, a childhood hero of Nigel Roebuck and a man who ‘never knew the meaning…
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Miami showed Verstappen exploiting F1 rules to max – again
Max Verstappen preserved his lead at the start of the Miami GP by knowing the letter of the F1 law – probably costing Lando Norris the win
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The two key questions posed by McLaren’s Miami GP dominance
McLaren crushed the opposition in the Miami Grand Prix, with Piastri taking his third straight win in a race that looked like Norris’s to lose. Mark Hughes answers the main questions from the sixth round of the 2025 season
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MPH: Can Red Bull do a ‘McLaren’ and turn F1 on its head again?
One year ago McLaren scored a shock Miami win, but it proved a changing of the F1 guard – can Red Bull do the same to fight back in Florida this weekend, asks Mark Hughes
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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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The challenges facing Carlos Sainz Sr if he runs for FIA president
Carlos Sainz Sr is considering challenging FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem in this year’s election for the top job at racing’s governing body. But he’ll have to overturn the odds to succeed
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Briatore is back as an F1 boss: what will he do next?
With a shady, but successful past, Flavio Briatore is once more an F1 team principal. But has he been appointed to revive Alpine’s fortunes or flog the team?
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Was Jack Doohan always doomed at Alpine?
Jack Doohan’s Alpine seat has been under threat from Franco Colapinto since the start of the 2025 season. Was his fate always sealed?
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