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Let them eat cake
“We’re the best, right? Formula 1 is the best, and we don’t need anything in it that isn’t the best… “People going on about only 19 or 20 cars in…
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Uncertainty in F1
By Lee McKenzie Formula 1 is in a strange place just now. We are heading into the most exciting race weekend for several years after one of the most exciting…
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Racing’s greatest generation
There’s little doubt in most of our minds, is there not, that the ‘60s produced the greatest generation of racing drivers we’ve ever had the pleasure to see in action.…
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2014 Brazilian GP report
Nico Rosberg this time prevailed over Mercedes team-mate and title rival Lewis Hamilton in the way he’d conspicuously failed to do last week in Austin. But it was oh-so-close, never…
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Farewell to Marussia
It was the kind of invitation you don’t receive too often, a chance to wander unchallenged into a contemporary Formula 1 pit and inspect the merchandise. Some teams have security…
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New beginnings in Brazil
There was a time when the Brazilian Grand Prix habitually featured as a beginning rather than an end and for a time was held in Rio rather than São Paulo.…
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A small grid in Austin
By Lee McKenzie Eighteen cars on the grid was a strange sight in Austin, although in some respects qualifying seemed better with a smaller field. The four cars eliminated in…
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Beatrice Racing: the first Haas F1 team
Alan Jones, Adrian Newey and Ross Brawn were once all under the same F1 roof. But the Carl Haas project — known as Beatrice Racing — failed horribly. Gordon Kirby looks back at the very first Haas F1 team
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2014 United States GP report
In Austin a race broke out amid the arguing about the sport’s future – and Lewis Hamilton won it, completely overturning Nico Rosberg’s trouncing of him in qualifying. His fifth…
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F1
Let them eat cake
“We’re the best, right? Formula 1 is the best, and we don’t need anything in it that isn’t the best… “People going on about only 19 or 20 cars in…
Opinion
F1
Uncertainty in F1
By Lee McKenzie Formula 1 is in a strange place just now. We are heading into the most exciting race weekend for several years after one of the most exciting…
F1
Racing’s greatest generation
There’s little doubt in most of our minds, is there not, that the ‘60s produced the greatest generation of racing drivers we’ve ever had the pleasure to see in action.…
F1
2014 Brazilian GP report
Nico Rosberg this time prevailed over Mercedes team-mate and title rival Lewis Hamilton in the way he’d conspicuously failed to do last week in Austin. But it was oh-so-close, never…
Opinion
F1
Farewell to Marussia
It was the kind of invitation you don’t receive too often, a chance to wander unchallenged into a contemporary Formula 1 pit and inspect the merchandise. Some teams have security…
F1
New beginnings in Brazil
There was a time when the Brazilian Grand Prix habitually featured as a beginning rather than an end and for a time was held in Rio rather than São Paulo.…
Opinion
F1
A small grid in Austin
By Lee McKenzie Eighteen cars on the grid was a strange sight in Austin, although in some respects qualifying seemed better with a smaller field. The four cars eliminated in…
Great Read
F1
Beatrice Racing: the first Haas F1 team
Alan Jones, Adrian Newey and Ross Brawn were once all under the same F1 roof. But the Carl Haas project — known as Beatrice Racing — failed horribly. Gordon Kirby looks back at the very first Haas F1 team
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2014 United States GP report
In Austin a race broke out amid the arguing about the sport’s future – and Lewis Hamilton won it, completely overturning Nico Rosberg’s trouncing of him in qualifying. His fifth…
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Madring’s La Monumental gives Madrid’s new F1 circuit a distinctive challenge
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Scott Dixon leaves Ganassi after 25 years as Arrow McLaren reshapes its IndyCar future
The 2025 IndyCar championship was a snoozer, as Álex Palou clinched the title with several rounds remaining. The most compelling storyline in the closing weeks of the season was whether…
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Fernando Alonso turns 45. Is Aston Martin really the best use of what’s left?
As Fernando Alonso turns 45, his Aston Martin gamble still hasn’t paid off. We weigh it against four other ways the most veteran active driver in the sport could be spending what’s left of his prime
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