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2016 German Grand Prix
The national anthem had finished, the cars were in their grid places, the drivers walking towards them. Lewis Hamilton paused for a time as he reached his Mercedes and stared…
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Vettel: ‘Make drivers the limit in F1’
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This week in motor sport – July 25
This week in motor sport from the Database and Archive, featuring numerous German Grands Prix, birthdays for Le Mans winners and much more. July 25 1982: Nelson Piquet’s retirement hands Renault a…
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31 – 1970 Monaco GP
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32 – 1988 Japanese GP
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33 – 1956 Italian GP
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The enigmatic Kimi Räikkönen
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A catalogue of Ferrari walkouts
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Where does Ferrari go from here?
The departure of Ferrari’s technical director James Allison following the recent death of his wife obviously leaves the Italian squad in something of a crisis. The former Renault/Lotus/Enstone technical boss…
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2016 German Grand Prix
The national anthem had finished, the cars were in their grid places, the drivers walking towards them. Lewis Hamilton paused for a time as he reached his Mercedes and stared…
Opinion
F1
Vettel: ‘Make drivers the limit in F1’
“It’s about making the driver the limit once again – which he is not at the moment, not usually,” Sebastian Vettel tells Mark Hughes in our exclusive interview, published in…
Opinion
F1
This week in motor sport – July 25
This week in motor sport from the Database and Archive, featuring numerous German Grands Prix, birthdays for Le Mans winners and much more. July 25 1982: Nelson Piquet’s retirement hands Renault a…
Opinion
F1
31 – 1970 Monaco GP
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). If this race had played out as it started, there’s little chance the 1970 Monaco GP…
Opinion
F1
32 – 1988 Japanese GP
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). He’d come this close, nothing would stop him now. Was this destiny? Perhaps, if you believe…
Opinion
F1
33 – 1956 Italian GP
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). Fear of tyre failures is nothing new. But if modern Formula 1 drivers were prepared to…
Opinion
F1
The enigmatic Kimi Räikkönen
A couple of my colleagues were looking rather doleful, I thought, as I walked into the Silverstone press room on the Thursday before the British Grand Prix. When I asked…
Opinion
F1
A catalogue of Ferrari walkouts
“Let us work in peace, please.” Sorry, Maurizio, but that’s not how it works. The comings and goings at Scuderia Ferrari has been the soapy operatic backdrop to motor racing…
Opinion
F1
Where does Ferrari go from here?
The departure of Ferrari’s technical director James Allison following the recent death of his wife obviously leaves the Italian squad in something of a crisis. The former Renault/Lotus/Enstone technical boss…
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