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The echoes of the Spa Pirelli tyre controversy resonated at Monza. For a while post-race it looked as if it might even lead to the disqualification of dominant race winner…
When Formula 1 cars are unleashed at Monza this weekend, there will be few architectural surprises. Grand Prix racing has been like that for some time. There will be design…
The passing of Lord Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu of Beaulieu on August 31 made me think for the first time in many years about the National Motor Museum he founded back in…
As the F1 circus prepares for Monza, with the highest speeds of the season, the elephant in the room is that there is still no full explanation for the tyre…
Formula 1 was at its most macho: James Hunt was having sex for breakfast; the ‘Monza Gorilla’ was muscling a works March; and, on a hill overlooking Barcelona, officials, team…
We’ve dug out and digitised Rob Widdows’ old tapes from when he presented a show called Track Torque on Radio Victory in the late 1970s and early ’80s. The first…
The ‘silly season’ has been intrinsic to Formula 1 since Job was a boy, and traditionally goes on and on. Occasionally we get a year where no major contracts are…
There are occasions when, even before you ask a driver a question, you know the answer you’ll get. You can almost go through it word for word, with the facial…
It’s hard to believe that we’ve completed the European leg of the F1 season already. Only seven races now make up that section of the calendar, so until May next…
The echoes of the Spa Pirelli tyre controversy resonated at Monza. For a while post-race it looked as if it might even lead to the disqualification of dominant race winner…
When Formula 1 cars are unleashed at Monza this weekend, there will be few architectural surprises. Grand Prix racing has been like that for some time. There will be design…
The passing of Lord Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu of Beaulieu on August 31 made me think for the first time in many years about the National Motor Museum he founded back in…
As the F1 circus prepares for Monza, with the highest speeds of the season, the elephant in the room is that there is still no full explanation for the tyre…
Formula 1 was at its most macho: James Hunt was having sex for breakfast; the ‘Monza Gorilla’ was muscling a works March; and, on a hill overlooking Barcelona, officials, team…
We’ve dug out and digitised Rob Widdows’ old tapes from when he presented a show called Track Torque on Radio Victory in the late 1970s and early ’80s. The first…
The ‘silly season’ has been intrinsic to Formula 1 since Job was a boy, and traditionally goes on and on. Occasionally we get a year where no major contracts are…
There are occasions when, even before you ask a driver a question, you know the answer you’ll get. You can almost go through it word for word, with the facial…
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
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
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…
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…
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…
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…
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
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
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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