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The top ten F1 drivers of 2024
Max Verstappen Across the entire 2024 season, there’s really no doubt that Max Verstappen has been the stand-out driver. This was a very different campaign to his previous three titles.…
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When will F1 adopt an elimination round to decide the world champion?
Hard to believe 20 years have passed since NASCAR stopped determining its Cup Series champion by the traditional means of collecting points throughout a full season. Matt Kenseth won the…
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Abbi Pulling crowned twice in one season after bizarre F1 academy U-turn
Are single-sex racing series really a good idea? Yes, if they genuinely increase the chances of a woman racing driver making it to Formula 1 – and yes, if you…
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Karun Chandhok: The top moments of a vintage 2024 F1 season
We’ve made it to the end of the longest ever Formula 1 season with an unprecedented 24 grands prix and six sprints. Let’s be honest, after the first two weekends…
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December 8, 2024 Yas Marina, Abu Dhabi
Roar into the night: McLaren’s clan congregates for a celebration photo outside its pit garage in Abu Dhabi to mark a special achievement. Lando Norris’s fourth career win, ahead of…
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How McLaren’s great ‘communicators’ unlocked its F1 potential
Just a few seasons ago McLaren was staring into the abyss, with a poor car and dysfunctional team – Mark Hughes explains how Zak Brown empowered some crucial staff to get it firing again
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Where it all went wrong for Sergio Perez at Red Bull
Sergio Perez has now left the Red Bull F1 team with immediate effect, his GP career looking possibly over. James Elson details the Mexican’s spectacular fall from hero to zero
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Charismatic, wild and remarkable: Ferrari’s fallen F1 heroes
18 years ago, Clay Regazzoni lost his life in a road accident in Parma, Italy. Matt Bishop remembers the charismatic Swiss driver, as well as the other three former Ferrari pilots to lose their lives outside of a race track
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How Verstappen and Alpine made the Sao Paulo GP into race of the year
The Sao Paulo changed the face of both F1 world championships. Adam Cooper recalls the chaos of Interlagos with Alpine race engineers Josh Peckett and John Howard
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The top ten F1 drivers of 2024
Max Verstappen Across the entire 2024 season, there’s really no doubt that Max Verstappen has been the stand-out driver. This was a very different campaign to his previous three titles.…
Archive
When will F1 adopt an elimination round to decide the world champion?
Hard to believe 20 years have passed since NASCAR stopped determining its Cup Series champion by the traditional means of collecting points throughout a full season. Matt Kenseth won the…
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Abbi Pulling crowned twice in one season after bizarre F1 academy U-turn
Are single-sex racing series really a good idea? Yes, if they genuinely increase the chances of a woman racing driver making it to Formula 1 – and yes, if you…
Archive
Karun Chandhok: The top moments of a vintage 2024 F1 season
We’ve made it to the end of the longest ever Formula 1 season with an unprecedented 24 grands prix and six sprints. Let’s be honest, after the first two weekends…
Archive
December 8, 2024 Yas Marina, Abu Dhabi
Roar into the night: McLaren’s clan congregates for a celebration photo outside its pit garage in Abu Dhabi to mark a special achievement. Lando Norris’s fourth career win, ahead of…
F1
How McLaren’s great ‘communicators’ unlocked its F1 potential
Just a few seasons ago McLaren was staring into the abyss, with a poor car and dysfunctional team – Mark Hughes explains how Zak Brown empowered some crucial staff to get it firing again
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Where it all went wrong for Sergio Perez at Red Bull
Sergio Perez has now left the Red Bull F1 team with immediate effect, his GP career looking possibly over. James Elson details the Mexican’s spectacular fall from hero to zero
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Charismatic, wild and remarkable: Ferrari’s fallen F1 heroes
18 years ago, Clay Regazzoni lost his life in a road accident in Parma, Italy. Matt Bishop remembers the charismatic Swiss driver, as well as the other three former Ferrari pilots to lose their lives outside of a race track
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How Verstappen and Alpine made the Sao Paulo GP into race of the year
The Sao Paulo changed the face of both F1 world championships. Adam Cooper recalls the chaos of Interlagos with Alpine race engineers Josh Peckett and John Howard
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MPH: The F1 force that could split Leclerc & Ferrari — and even McLaren
Formula 1 history shows that success and failure alike can rupture partnerships. Could Ferrari and Leclerc be next? Mark Hughes wonders
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Mark Hughes: Why McLaren team orders brought painful F1 flashback for Coulthard
In a race where McLaren colluded with Williams against Ferrari, David Coulthard was ordered to move over for team-mate Mika Häkkinen — a raw wound reopened three decades on by Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris’s Monza switch
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Mark Hughes: Monza pitstop blunder left McLaren facing a familiar headache
A slow pitstop for Lando Norris left McLaren tripping over itself at Monza, turning a straightforward race into another uneasy team orders dilemma, as Mark Hughes explains
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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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Matt Bishop: Alonso & Stroll are about to make mind-boggling F1 history
One one side of the Aston Martin garage is one of F1’s most devastatingly effective drivers. On the other is one who’s frequently lacklustre. And yet Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll are about to hit a historic benchmark
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Max Verstappen can race Nürburgring 24 Hours after Nordschleife debut
Max Verstappen has earned the licence that will allow him to race at the Nürburgring 24 Hours, and could compete in the 2026 running of the historic race
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How McLaren can win its 10th F1 title in Baku
Poised with a commanding points lead, McLaren is on the brink of securing the 2025 title in Baku
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