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Formula 1 continues to fiddle
Click here to buy the lead image. Familiar whipping boy Qualifying is to be revamped again. I’ve read the proposals and concluded that they might work – i.e. improve the…
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Qualifying change could have been much worse
Click here to buy the lead image. Subject to FIA approval and any sporting director spotting an operational flaw in the plan, qualifying will now become a timed elimination event,…
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Red Bull – this year’s dark horse
Click here to buy the lead image. Most of the hopes for the competitiveness of the Formula 1 season ahead seem to rest upon how much Ferrari might have eaten…
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John Surtees in 1979
John Surtees. The name conjures up so many memories, so many images. Leaning his MV Agusta into a corner, inch-perfect round Monaco in the Ferrari 158, supremely in charge of…
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Track Torque podcast
It was only when we decided to put the podcast below together that I sat down and counted how many we had done. Since 2009 we have recorded 90 podcasts,…
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95 – 1982 Austrian 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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96 – 1973 British 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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The week at Motor Sport
A round up of the biggest and best stories from Motor Sport in the past week. In the past few weeks Mark Hughes travelled to Rome for an interview with…
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From the Archive – Behra to Rossi
To buy the lead image, click here Jean Behra was born 95 years ago this week, a childhood hero of Nigel Roebuck and a man who ‘never knew the meaning…
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Formula 1 continues to fiddle
Click here to buy the lead image. Familiar whipping boy Qualifying is to be revamped again. I’ve read the proposals and concluded that they might work – i.e. improve the…
Opinion
F1
Qualifying change could have been much worse
Click here to buy the lead image. Subject to FIA approval and any sporting director spotting an operational flaw in the plan, qualifying will now become a timed elimination event,…
Opinion
F1
Red Bull – this year’s dark horse
Click here to buy the lead image. Most of the hopes for the competitiveness of the Formula 1 season ahead seem to rest upon how much Ferrari might have eaten…
F1
John Surtees in 1979
John Surtees. The name conjures up so many memories, so many images. Leaning his MV Agusta into a corner, inch-perfect round Monaco in the Ferrari 158, supremely in charge of…
F1
Track Torque podcast
It was only when we decided to put the podcast below together that I sat down and counted how many we had done. Since 2009 we have recorded 90 podcasts,…
F1
95 – 1982 Austrian 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…
F1
96 – 1973 British 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…
F1
The week at Motor Sport
A round up of the biggest and best stories from Motor Sport in the past week. In the past few weeks Mark Hughes travelled to Rome for an interview with…
F1
From the Archive – Behra to Rossi
To buy the lead image, click here Jean Behra was born 95 years ago this week, a childhood hero of Nigel Roebuck and a man who ‘never knew the meaning…
Standings – 2026 F1 World Championship
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MPH: Norris had no sympathy for Russell’s F1 car complaints. Here’s why
Lando Norris responded bluntly to George Russell’s complaints of struggling to adapt to this year’s Mercedes F1 car. It exposed more than just their different driving styles, says Mark Hughes; it shows where their heads are at
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MPH: Decoded – why Russell and Piastri can’t keep up with their F1 team-mates
Hungary revealed how wind and worn tarmac are rewriting the rules of 2026 F1 performance, and why some of the grid’s best drivers are struggling to keep up. Mark Hughes explains
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Formula 1 2026 half-term report. Every driver rated – who deserves an A+?
Kimi Antonelli Astonishing progression from his patchy and underprepared rookie season. Yes, he’s in the best car but he’s doing things with it that stand comparison with the finest. In…
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Kimi Antonelli’s mid-season charge reshapes Formula 1’s 2026 title fight
Monaco Lewis Hamilton Many had written off Lewis Hamilton in F1 – too long in the tooth at 41, a poor fit with Ferrari, the rise of rivals, and so…
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Madring’s La Monumental gives Madrid’s new F1 circuit a distinctive challenge
There was a time when circuit corner names were utilitarian labels, nothing more. Even for the greatest curves, inspiration was drawn from local landmarks or topography: think of Eau Rouge…
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‘Kimi Antonelli was 11 when I saw him race. He amazed me’: when Mercedes’ talent scout discovered the F1 sensation
To call Gwen Lagrue a ’scout’ is reductive. Identifying talent is just part of the equation; he supplements that by developing it, playing a central role in nurturing a plethora…
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F1 isn’t all bad in 2026: what GP racing has gained and lost with its new rules
Six months into Formula 1’s biggest regulation reset in a generation, the new rules have delivered genuine wins and real problems in almost equal measure
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A frightened James Hunt’s brilliant win: the F1 victory that’s easy to forget
Niki Lauda’s blazing Ferrari cast a pall over the 1976 German Grand Prix, so it’s easy to overlook what happened in the F1 race. Matt Bishop recognises James Hunt’s masterful and brave victory at the Nürburgring
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The Beatle who predicted F1’s TV boom decades early
Long before Drive to Survive, an ex-Beatle and lifelong racing obsessive told Barry Sheene how F1 would find its biggest audience
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