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This week in motor sport from the Archive and Database, featuring first-time winners, final wins and a Formula 1 world championship title. August 15 1905: Manfred von Brauchitsch is born. In profile…
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). Jacky Ickx, arguably the greatest wet-weather driver, had seen enough. Twelve years on from finishing second…
Sir Stirling Moss won the Pescara Grand Prix 59 years ago today, a gruelling three-hour encounter over 18 laps of the 16-mile road circuit. Moss took victory by more than three…
Jackie Stewart won the Oulton Park Gold Cup today in 1968, and, remarkably, you can go back to that day courtesy fo this five-minute super 8 film. There’s no sound,…
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). It had been 12 months since Rudi Caracciola wagged a finger, the established ace considering his…
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). Winning as slowly as possible was not Gilles Villeneuve’s usual modus operandi. He had no option…
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). It almost didn’t happen. Angered by its disqualification from the lead of the supporting 12-hour sports…
This week in motor sport from the Archive and Database, featuring one of the greatest Grand Prix drivers ever, Hungarian and Austrian Grands Prix and much more. August 8 1904: Tazio…
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Mike Hailwood took easily to Formula 1. Its driving aspect at least. At the second time of asking, that is. His first was premature, beset by distraction, frustration and unease.…
This week in motor sport from the Archive and Database, featuring first-time winners, final wins and a Formula 1 world championship title. August 15 1905: Manfred von Brauchitsch is born. In profile…
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). Jacky Ickx, arguably the greatest wet-weather driver, had seen enough. Twelve years on from finishing second…
Sir Stirling Moss won the Pescara Grand Prix 59 years ago today, a gruelling three-hour encounter over 18 laps of the 16-mile road circuit. Moss took victory by more than three…
Jackie Stewart won the Oulton Park Gold Cup today in 1968, and, remarkably, you can go back to that day courtesy fo this five-minute super 8 film. There’s no sound,…
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). It had been 12 months since Rudi Caracciola wagged a finger, the established ace considering his…
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). Winning as slowly as possible was not Gilles Villeneuve’s usual modus operandi. He had no option…
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). It almost didn’t happen. Angered by its disqualification from the lead of the supporting 12-hour sports…
This week in motor sport from the Archive and Database, featuring one of the greatest Grand Prix drivers ever, Hungarian and Austrian Grands Prix and much more. August 8 1904: Tazio…
Formula 1 history shows that success and failure alike can rupture partnerships. Could Ferrari and Leclerc be next? Mark Hughes wonders
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
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
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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Sergio Perez’s future looks bleak after another underwhelming performance, while George Russell can be upbeat despite his disqualification: 2024 Belgian GP diary
Hamilton tops second practice from Leclerc as Piastri and Norris finish down the order
Norris leads McLaren 1-2 at Baku as a red flag cost drivers plenty of track time
28-year-old Swiss racer intends to run against Ben Sulayem and Mayer
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