2015 Chinese GP report
In Shanghai on Sunday there were echoes of Malaysia in how Ferrari’s tyre usage applied pressure to Mercedes – but only faint ones. They were heard mainly when Lewis Hamilton…
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As Rob mentions when introducing the podcast Mike Earle has spent five decades in the sport. I knew we were covering a lot of ground during the recording so when…
José Froilán González did a good grumpy. His emotions tended to run close to the surface: the unbridled joy of winning the 1951 British Grand Prix; the inconsolable tears after…
It’s not your usual month here at Motor Sport – hence my appearance at the helm of this newsletter. Our editor Damien Smith’s absence is wholly excusable because he has just become…
Sebastian Vettel’s victory this weekend was not the first time Ferrari has unexpectedly beaten a dominant Mercedes-Benz racing team, but it was the first I can recall in which Ferrari…
By Lee McKenzie I bet you never thought you’d look forward to seeing the pointing, celebratory finger of Sebastian Vettel after four years of consecutive world titles. But who wasn’t…
When Ferrari watched both Mercedes head out in Q1 on option tyres, it began to believe for the first time that it might be able to win this race. That…
Fernando Alonso, on his return to F1, has immediately gone off-message regarding McLaren’s position on the cause of his testing accident at Barcelona in February that left him hospitalised with…
Formula 1 was undeniably underwhelming Down Under. The lead battle in Melbourne was cagey rather than a cage fight; the rest were nowhere; and now everybody – not just Sauber…
In Shanghai on Sunday there were echoes of Malaysia in how Ferrari’s tyre usage applied pressure to Mercedes – but only faint ones. They were heard mainly when Lewis Hamilton…
As Rob mentions when introducing the podcast Mike Earle has spent five decades in the sport. I knew we were covering a lot of ground during the recording so when…
José Froilán González did a good grumpy. His emotions tended to run close to the surface: the unbridled joy of winning the 1951 British Grand Prix; the inconsolable tears after…
It’s not your usual month here at Motor Sport – hence my appearance at the helm of this newsletter. Our editor Damien Smith’s absence is wholly excusable because he has just become…
Sebastian Vettel’s victory this weekend was not the first time Ferrari has unexpectedly beaten a dominant Mercedes-Benz racing team, but it was the first I can recall in which Ferrari…
By Lee McKenzie I bet you never thought you’d look forward to seeing the pointing, celebratory finger of Sebastian Vettel after four years of consecutive world titles. But who wasn’t…
When Ferrari watched both Mercedes head out in Q1 on option tyres, it began to believe for the first time that it might be able to win this race. That…
Fernando Alonso, on his return to F1, has immediately gone off-message regarding McLaren’s position on the cause of his testing accident at Barcelona in February that left him hospitalised with…
Formula 1 was undeniably underwhelming Down Under. The lead battle in Melbourne was cagey rather than a cage fight; the rest were nowhere; and now everybody – not just Sauber…
Mark Hughes weighs up an exceptional 2025 rookie class, dissecting four contrasting debut seasons to reveal who truly stood out the most
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
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
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…
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
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
Veteran broadcaster and F1 driver Martin Brundle has picked out the contender he’s been most impressed with this year
Alain Prost has given his view on Renault exiting F1 as an engine manufacturer
Mohammed Ben Sulayem’s has now been re-elected as FIA president, after a controversial first term. But how did he become the first non-European president in the FIA’s history?
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