The tragedy of Antonio Ascari — killed at track he’d said was a safety risk
In this year of significant anniversaries – 75 years of the Formula 1 World Championship (NB – NOT as the marketeers would like us to believe “of Formula 1”, which…
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When will the FIA take serious action against dangerous F1 driving? asks James Elson
1. 1976 German GP Jochen Mass took no pleasure from his only Formula 1 win, the tragic and truncated 1975 Spanish GP. So let’s skip that and focus instead on…
From Piastri’s commanding win to Verstappen’s dramatic incident, the Spanish GP delivered high stakes and unforgettable moments. Here’s what we learned from it
With the F1 circus rolling into Europe, there have already been so many interesting storylines developing through the field in the first third of this season. The biggest overall story,…
Sometimes in F1 when a technical problem is encountered, the learning taken from it can be competitive gold dust. McLaren’s current rear brake duct design has been the focus of…
Max Verstappen had looked to be in with a shot of winning the 2025 Spanish Grand Prix. Mark Hughes explains why Oscar Piastri ended up leading a comfortable McLaren 1-2 while the Red Bull F1 driver rammed into George Russell
The world champion was left furious after being asked to give up his position to Russell
Piastri takes commanding win from Norris as Verstappen gets penalised for late crash in Spanish Grand Prix
In this year of significant anniversaries – 75 years of the Formula 1 World Championship (NB – NOT as the marketeers would like us to believe “of Formula 1”, which…
When will the FIA take serious action against dangerous F1 driving? asks James Elson
1. 1976 German GP Jochen Mass took no pleasure from his only Formula 1 win, the tragic and truncated 1975 Spanish GP. So let’s skip that and focus instead on…
From Piastri’s commanding win to Verstappen’s dramatic incident, the Spanish GP delivered high stakes and unforgettable moments. Here’s what we learned from it
With the F1 circus rolling into Europe, there have already been so many interesting storylines developing through the field in the first third of this season. The biggest overall story,…
Sometimes in F1 when a technical problem is encountered, the learning taken from it can be competitive gold dust. McLaren’s current rear brake duct design has been the focus of…
Max Verstappen had looked to be in with a shot of winning the 2025 Spanish Grand Prix. Mark Hughes explains why Oscar Piastri ended up leading a comfortable McLaren 1-2 while the Red Bull F1 driver rammed into George Russell
The world champion was left furious after being asked to give up his position to Russell
Piastri takes commanding win from Norris as Verstappen gets penalised for late crash in Spanish Grand Prix
China March 13–15 Like Round 1, the season’s second race was another Mercedes lockout, but the outcome at Shanghai differed from Albert Park: a 2-1 rather than a 1-2. Make…
He’s only 19, but Kimi Antonelli has shown F1 championship-winning pace and may never get a better title shot. The ingredients are there for another historic battle between one experienced team-mate and a thrusting newcomer, says Mark Hughes
Kimi Antonelli looked like he’d have blasted to victory in the 2026 Japanese Grand Prix, no matter what rules F1 was racing under, says Mark Hughes. However, the result was once again overshadowed by the shortcomings of the series’ new regulations
He wasn’t the fastest driver in Kenya – he failed to win a single stage – but traditionalists will tell you that speed is not the most important thing on…
March 21, 2026 Nürburgring, Germany A hero’s welcome for Max Verstappen in the Nürburgring pitlane after what appeared to have been victory in NLS2 as the four-time Formula 1 champion…
March 21, 2026 Sebring, Florida, USA Porsche Penske Motorsport trio Felipe Nasr, Julien Andlauer and Laurin Heinrich completed a double in the ‘36 Hours of Florida’ when they added Sebring…
July 5, 1970 Clermont-Ferrand, France Smiles here, but the reigning Formula 1 champion Jackie Stewart and Motor Sport’s continental correspondent Denis Jenkinson were embroiled in a bitter war of words…
There are a small number of racing drivers whose stories only truly reveal themselves, or even make sense, when you stop thinking about lap times and start thinking about geography:…
The 2026 Formula 1 rule changes are arguably the biggest in the history of grand prix racing, and certainly the most divisive. They undermine the fundamental tenets of the racing…
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