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Richard Attwood: Nigel Roebuck’s Legends
One of the reasons I no longer stay in Monaco for the GP is that these days I find the place intensely claustrophobic. So many beautiful buildings have been swept…
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Cosworth DFV – Horses for courses
The DFV was the world’s most successful F1 engine – but it was much more than that. For more than 30 years it, and its derivatives, won in almost every…
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Jenson Button’s incredible first year in F1
It might seem impudent to run a feature in the pages of Motor Sport on Jenson Button, a 20 year-old Formula 1 new boy yet to score a podium place.…
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Jack Brabham’s champion team building: Working for an F1 legend
My spell with Brabham, at the time when Jack started building racing cars, came about after mechanical and production engineering training on a student apprenticeship at Hawker Aircraft in Kingston,…
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Where is Paul Ricard’s electronic wizardry taking F1? Jenks on the circuit’s first French GP
With the Grand Prix of France taking place on the newly-built multi-million-pound Paul Ricard circuit alongside the Castellet aerodrome, about equi-distant from Marseilles and Toulon, it was natural that the…
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Phil Hill – America’s first F1 champion: ‘No regrets?’
Time was when Phil Hill would speak and write with some vitriol about Ferrari — both man and team. Despite bringing Ferrari a world title and three Le Mans victories,…
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When Eddie Cheever turned down Ferrari: ‘The most stupid thing I ever did’
Eddie Cheever is the oldest driver competing in top-line single-seater racing today; 30 years ago he was among the youngest. He was racing in Formula Two just a year after…
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Ferrari 641: V12 furore
Ferrari’s F1 Finest 4th, 641 << Ferrari 246 Dino: Front runner >> Ferrari 312T: Central figure No doubt about it, John Barnard’s 640 had caused a stir in 1989, with its semi-automatic gearbox, svelte…
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Jaguar test match: Norman Dewis and Luciano Burti
Goodwood hangs in a freezing mist of rain. Inside the great house, a familiar crowd shuffles between coffee trays and long handshakes. They’ve come to hear the Earl’s plans for…
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Richard Attwood: Nigel Roebuck’s Legends
One of the reasons I no longer stay in Monaco for the GP is that these days I find the place intensely claustrophobic. So many beautiful buildings have been swept…
Archive
Cosworth DFV – Horses for courses
The DFV was the world’s most successful F1 engine – but it was much more than that. For more than 30 years it, and its derivatives, won in almost every…
Great Read
Archive
Jenson Button’s incredible first year in F1
It might seem impudent to run a feature in the pages of Motor Sport on Jenson Button, a 20 year-old Formula 1 new boy yet to score a podium place.…
Great Read
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Jack Brabham’s champion team building: Working for an F1 legend
My spell with Brabham, at the time when Jack started building racing cars, came about after mechanical and production engineering training on a student apprenticeship at Hawker Aircraft in Kingston,…
Great Read
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Where is Paul Ricard’s electronic wizardry taking F1? Jenks on the circuit’s first French GP
With the Grand Prix of France taking place on the newly-built multi-million-pound Paul Ricard circuit alongside the Castellet aerodrome, about equi-distant from Marseilles and Toulon, it was natural that the…
Great Read
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Phil Hill – America’s first F1 champion: ‘No regrets?’
Time was when Phil Hill would speak and write with some vitriol about Ferrari — both man and team. Despite bringing Ferrari a world title and three Le Mans victories,…
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When Eddie Cheever turned down Ferrari: ‘The most stupid thing I ever did’
Eddie Cheever is the oldest driver competing in top-line single-seater racing today; 30 years ago he was among the youngest. He was racing in Formula Two just a year after…
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Ferrari 641: V12 furore
Ferrari’s F1 Finest 4th, 641 << Ferrari 246 Dino: Front runner >> Ferrari 312T: Central figure No doubt about it, John Barnard’s 640 had caused a stir in 1989, with its semi-automatic gearbox, svelte…
Great Read
Archive
Jaguar test match: Norman Dewis and Luciano Burti
Goodwood hangs in a freezing mist of rain. Inside the great house, a familiar crowd shuffles between coffee trays and long handshakes. They’ve come to hear the Earl’s plans for…
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MPH: If F1 wants equal engines, where does artificial competition stop?
Fears that one engine manufacturer will dominate F1 from 2026 are likely to see strugglers allowed to catch up. If power units are to be artificially equalised, how much of a technical competition will it be? asks Mark Hughes
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MPH: Will youth trump experience in Saudi GP with a tyre twist?
When does a rookie have the edge over an F1 world champion? Perhaps in Jeddah, says Mark Hughes, where the unsettling effect of a softer tyre compound is less likely to faze younger drivers than the likes of Carlos Sainz and Lewis Hamilton
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MPH: F1 in ‘crisis meeting’ as engine civil war threatens to erupt
Friday’s summit in Bahrain between the FIA, teams and manufacturers may have been dressed up as a gathering to discuss the idea of a return to V10 engines. But make no mistake: they’re crunch talks as the 2026 rules continue to create problems, says 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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Kevin Magnussen: ‘McLaren chose me over Button. Then the shareholders overruled everyone’
Kevin Magnussen speaks openly about his struggles after losing his McLaren F1 drive in 2015 and the “unfair” pressure he had from the team
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How to win the Miami Grand Prix
Set against the backdrop of the Hard Rock Stadium, the Miami Autodrome challenges Formula 1 teams and drivers with a mix of high-speed straights and tight chicanes. So what does it take to win there?
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The tragic Montjuich ’75 race that was platform for F1 trailblazer
The 1975 Spanish Grand Prix became one of F1’s darkest days – but it was also where a groundbreaking female racer made history
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