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Red Bull tyre plan lacks grip in the 2025 Bahrain GP
History played a part in Red Bull’s attempts to bring Max Verstappen into play for the Bahrain Grand Prix. He had won both previous races here using an offset tyre…
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Lando Norris: ‘I’m letting the team down’
With a possible world title at stake, the McLaren intra-team battle between Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris is beginning to take shape. So far it’s been characterised by Piastri’s flat-line…
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Formula 1 race reports: Japan, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia
As the teams have developed their cars going into the final season of these particular ground effect regulations, so a new limitation has become evident. It was first signposted by…
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Archives August 2021: Ferrari F1-2000
Red revolution August 2021 Twenty-one years ago, Ferrari returned to the pinnacle of Formula 1 achievement, adding the Drivers’ World Championship for Michael Schumacher to its second consecutive Formula 1 Constructors’…
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Fat F1 drivers in 1995
It’s an unfortunate fact that rather more Formula 1 drivers are better remembered for misfortunes than achievement. For me 30 years ago the Japanese hopeful Taki Inoue fitted this bill.…
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One year on: How Miami GP kicked off McLaren’s F1 turnaround
This week Formula 1 returns to Miami, a venue where McLaren began to reap the regards of its transformation into championship contender after years of falling short
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Karun Chandhok: ‘Cool-headed Piastri is favourite for the title’
We’ve had four different winners across the first five races – including the sprint in China – but as I write this on the flight home from Bahrain, I wonder…
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What next for Lewis Hamilton?
Juan Pablo Montoya has always had an interesting take on things Formula 1 and he clearly follows it closely even though he left it mid-season 19 years ago. His views…
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Brawn F1 car owned by Button to be sold at Miami this weekend
A Brawn GP F1 car – one of just three, and once owned by Jenson Button – is going up for auction this weekend at the Miami GP
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Red Bull tyre plan lacks grip in the 2025 Bahrain GP
History played a part in Red Bull’s attempts to bring Max Verstappen into play for the Bahrain Grand Prix. He had won both previous races here using an offset tyre…
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Lando Norris: ‘I’m letting the team down’
With a possible world title at stake, the McLaren intra-team battle between Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris is beginning to take shape. So far it’s been characterised by Piastri’s flat-line…
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Formula 1 race reports: Japan, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia
As the teams have developed their cars going into the final season of these particular ground effect regulations, so a new limitation has become evident. It was first signposted by…
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Archives August 2021: Ferrari F1-2000
Red revolution August 2021 Twenty-one years ago, Ferrari returned to the pinnacle of Formula 1 achievement, adding the Drivers’ World Championship for Michael Schumacher to its second consecutive Formula 1 Constructors’…
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Fat F1 drivers in 1995
It’s an unfortunate fact that rather more Formula 1 drivers are better remembered for misfortunes than achievement. For me 30 years ago the Japanese hopeful Taki Inoue fitted this bill.…
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One year on: How Miami GP kicked off McLaren’s F1 turnaround
This week Formula 1 returns to Miami, a venue where McLaren began to reap the regards of its transformation into championship contender after years of falling short
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Karun Chandhok: ‘Cool-headed Piastri is favourite for the title’
We’ve had four different winners across the first five races – including the sprint in China – but as I write this on the flight home from Bahrain, I wonder…
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What next for Lewis Hamilton?
Juan Pablo Montoya has always had an interesting take on things Formula 1 and he clearly follows it closely even though he left it mid-season 19 years ago. His views…
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Brawn F1 car owned by Button to be sold at Miami this weekend
A Brawn GP F1 car – one of just three, and once owned by Jenson Button – is going up for auction this weekend at the Miami GP
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MPH: Assessing F1’s rookie class of 2025 – the Mark Hughes verdict
Mark Hughes weighs up an exceptional 2025 rookie class, dissecting four contrasting debut seasons to reveal who truly stood out the most
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Mark Hughes: Andrea Stella finally banished the ghost of 2010 Abu Dhabi disaster
Mark Hughes revisits the race that gave McLaren team principal Andrea Stella a sleepless night ahead of this year’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix: how victory in 2025 was forged from a Ferrari failure 15 years earlier
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Mark Hughes: Piastri pass on Norris was part of McLaren’s bold strategy to foil Verstappen
Mark Hughes explains how McLaren’s pre-planned lap-one swap and split-tyre strategy blunted Verstappen’s threat and laid the groundwork for Norris’s title-winning drive
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Jamie Chadwick shines at the Silverstone 4 Hours
IDEC Sport Silverstone 4 Hours 14/9/25 A home win for Jamie Chadwick capped a happy return for contemporary Le Mans Prototype racing to the UK, as the European Le Mans…
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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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Explained: The new mode names for active aero and energy boost for F1 2026
The FIA defined clear new terminology for 2026 F1 as radical aero and power changes reshape the series
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Return of the Portuguese GP. Is it a placeholder for another F1 street track?
Formula 1’s two-year return to Portimao may be less a long-term endorsement than a holding pattern, as the championship keeps calendar space open for future street races
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Matt Bishop: He was Williams’ first winning driver but so few know his name
Two Australian F1 drivers who came to Europe at the same time: one became world champion, the other faded from memory. But both Alan Jones and Brian McGuire have their place in racing history
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