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The unwanted statistic
There is someone who might now consider the longest – the uncharitable will say most interminable – Formula 1 World Championship to be rather too short. Nico Rosberg is in…
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73 – 1958 German GP
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). From the editor Damien Smith Welcome to this special one-off magazine, dedicated to our love of…
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Twenty Chinese Grand Prix facts
1) Nico Rosberg’s win was made easier by Kimi Räikkönen and Daniil Kyvat causing damage to various drivers at the first corner, but the Mercedes driver would still have won…
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2016 Chinese Grand Prix
Kimi Räikkönen and Daniil Kyvat together made Nico Rosberg’s day easier than it would otherwise have been – but make no mistake, Nico would almost certainly have joined the elite…
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Tyrrell’s secret shed project that made F1 history
He didn’t want to, but he had no choice. Matra, or rather its new parent company, Chrysler, was demanding that he use its sonorous (but gutless) V12; Ken Tyrrell, though,…
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F1’s power secret
The buzz around the Formula 1 paddock about the heavily upgraded Renault engine set to debut in Canada is that it will feature the same trick combustion technology that is…
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74 – 1982 South African GP
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). Click here to buy the lead image. From the editor Damien Smith The Grand Prix motor…
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Senna double, Gurney at 85
This week in motor sport: Formula 1 heads to Snetterton and Goodwood, Ayrton Senna and Nigel Mansell do battle at Jerez, and Dan Gurney, Riccardo Patrese and Paddy Hopkirk celebrate…
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The greatest Formula 1 drivers of all time
A Dr Andrew Bell of Sheffield Methods Institute, in conjunction with the University of Sheffield has just published the paper Formula For Success: Multilevel modelling of F1 driver and constructor…
F1
The unwanted statistic
There is someone who might now consider the longest – the uncharitable will say most interminable – Formula 1 World Championship to be rather too short. Nico Rosberg is in…
Opinion
Opinions
73 – 1958 German GP
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). From the editor Damien Smith Welcome to this special one-off magazine, dedicated to our love of…
Opinion
F1
Twenty Chinese Grand Prix facts
1) Nico Rosberg’s win was made easier by Kimi Räikkönen and Daniil Kyvat causing damage to various drivers at the first corner, but the Mercedes driver would still have won…
F1
2016 Chinese Grand Prix
Kimi Räikkönen and Daniil Kyvat together made Nico Rosberg’s day easier than it would otherwise have been – but make no mistake, Nico would almost certainly have joined the elite…
Great Read
Archive
Tyrrell’s secret shed project that made F1 history
He didn’t want to, but he had no choice. Matra, or rather its new parent company, Chrysler, was demanding that he use its sonorous (but gutless) V12; Ken Tyrrell, though,…
Opinion
F1
F1’s power secret
The buzz around the Formula 1 paddock about the heavily upgraded Renault engine set to debut in Canada is that it will feature the same trick combustion technology that is…
Opinion
F1
74 – 1982 South African GP
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). Click here to buy the lead image. From the editor Damien Smith The Grand Prix motor…
Opinion
F1
Senna double, Gurney at 85
This week in motor sport: Formula 1 heads to Snetterton and Goodwood, Ayrton Senna and Nigel Mansell do battle at Jerez, and Dan Gurney, Riccardo Patrese and Paddy Hopkirk celebrate…
Opinion
F1
The greatest Formula 1 drivers of all time
A Dr Andrew Bell of Sheffield Methods Institute, in conjunction with the University of Sheffield has just published the paper Formula For Success: Multilevel modelling of F1 driver and constructor…
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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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