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2016 Spanish Grand Prix report
The result was so remarkable, so perfect – fitting into the narrative of the Red Bull driver lead-up to the race and creating so many historical firsts – that it almost…
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64 – 1982 Monaco GP
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). Ever since his pole-setting Renault team-mate René Arnoux had spun out of a big lead on lap…
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65 – 1963 Belgian GP
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). Jim Clark was spooked by Spa. He almost jacked in the sport after his ’58 international…
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This week in motor sport – Monaco, de Angelis and the Targa Florio
Mid-May on the Formula 1 calendar means Monaco. Alain Prost dominated the streets of Monte Carlo almost from practice to the flag in 1986, and Ayrton Senna did similarly in 1991.…
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66 – 2012 European Grand Prix
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). He was a fraction over two-tenths slower than Q2’s fastest lap – but 11th on the…
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Revealed: TJI engine update
UPDATE: Mercedes introduced TJI concept to F1 in 2014. Ferrari 2015. Renault Canada 2016-onwards. Following up on the confirmation in our previous story that Ferrari has been using a Mahle-developed…
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67 – 1972 Monaco GP
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). Jean-Pierre Beltoise had come close to winning a GP several times since his debut in 1966…
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68 – 1979 Canadian GP
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). Racing’s toughest nuts butted heads for almost two hours on a circuit that was hard on…
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This week in motor sport – Gilles, von Trips and Haywood
“The whole racing world must have been sad at the death of Gilles Villeneuve,” DSJ wrote in 1982, “especially those who admired him as an individual as well as a racing…
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2016 Spanish Grand Prix report
The result was so remarkable, so perfect – fitting into the narrative of the Red Bull driver lead-up to the race and creating so many historical firsts – that it almost…
Opinion
F1
64 – 1982 Monaco GP
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). Ever since his pole-setting Renault team-mate René Arnoux had spun out of a big lead on lap…
Opinion
F1
65 – 1963 Belgian GP
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). Jim Clark was spooked by Spa. He almost jacked in the sport after his ’58 international…
Opinion
F1
This week in motor sport – Monaco, de Angelis and the Targa Florio
Mid-May on the Formula 1 calendar means Monaco. Alain Prost dominated the streets of Monte Carlo almost from practice to the flag in 1986, and Ayrton Senna did similarly in 1991.…
Opinion
F1
66 – 2012 European Grand Prix
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). He was a fraction over two-tenths slower than Q2’s fastest lap – but 11th on the…
Opinion
F1
Revealed: TJI engine update
UPDATE: Mercedes introduced TJI concept to F1 in 2014. Ferrari 2015. Renault Canada 2016-onwards. Following up on the confirmation in our previous story that Ferrari has been using a Mahle-developed…
Opinion
F1
67 – 1972 Monaco GP
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). Jean-Pierre Beltoise had come close to winning a GP several times since his debut in 1966…
Opinion
F1
68 – 1979 Canadian GP
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). Racing’s toughest nuts butted heads for almost two hours on a circuit that was hard on…
Opinion
F1
This week in motor sport – Gilles, von Trips and Haywood
“The whole racing world must have been sad at the death of Gilles Villeneuve,” DSJ wrote in 1982, “especially those who admired him as an individual as well as a racing…
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Mark Hughes: Hamilton chose wrong F1 track for simulator gamble
Hamilton decided not to use the simulator to prepare for the Canadian GP, but as Mark Hughes explains, Montreal may be exactly the wrong place to ditch it
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Nico Rosberg celebrates victory at Suzuka in 2016
October 7, 2016 Suzuka, Japan By Round 17, Nico Rosberg led Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton by 23 points. Here’s Rosberg in practice dramatically demonstrating the concept of lateral load transfer.…
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Derek Daly: why the numbers prove Williams sabotaged my 1982 F1 season for Rosberg
I raced in Formula 1 for five years at a dangerous time when you knew that at least one driver on average would probably be killed or maimed each year.…
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Ferrari’s bid for four straight Le Mans wins faces a tougher field and stricter BoP rules
Ferrari is bidding for a fourth consecutive Le Mans 24 Hours win this year. Or to put it another way, to continue an unbeaten run since it ended its 50-year exile from…
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Hamilton arrived in Montreal having skipped the simulator entirely in his preparation, but it wasn’t an oversight
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