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2013 United States Grand Prix report
Sebastian Vettel has been assaulting the record book since his very first F1 start back in 2007, and in Austin he hit another target by logging his eighth consecutive victory.…
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United States Grand Prix – day two
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United States Grand Prix – day one
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United States Grand Prix – prologue
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I was there when… 1979 United States GP
I always adored Watkins Glen. The circuit itself was one of the best on the World Championship trail, and to go to upstate New York in the autumn – excuse…
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The real Vettel
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Sporting dominance
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Nigel Roebuck’s Legends: Jean Behra
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2013 United States Grand Prix report
Sebastian Vettel has been assaulting the record book since his very first F1 start back in 2007, and in Austin he hit another target by logging his eighth consecutive victory.…
Opinion
F1
United States Grand Prix – day two
“I think,” smiled Fernando Alonso, “they could put a GP2 engine in it – and still be on pole…” No prizes for guessing which car he was talking about, of…
Opinion
F1
United States Grand Prix – day one
The weather for the first day of practice at Circuit of the Americas was considerably warmer than the couple gone before – but that brought a new problem. Where there…
Opinion
F1
United States Grand Prix – prologue
For two days the skies have been cloudless, the sun blinding, in central Texas, but the temperatures have been a surprise. In November you don’t expect to find frost on…
F1
Formula 1’s travels through the USA
Whisper it: the United States Grand Prix might at last have found a new spiritual home. The Circuit of the Americas’ difficult birth was eased by the enthusiastic response of…
F1
I was there when… 1979 United States GP
I always adored Watkins Glen. The circuit itself was one of the best on the World Championship trail, and to go to upstate New York in the autumn – excuse…
Opinion
F1
The real Vettel
McLaren’s factory has its ornamental lake, a couple of swans and endless identikit corridors borrowed from one of Pinewood’s James Bond sets, but such are not presently the design details…
F1
Sporting dominance
Mission Complete in the 2.40 at Chepstow: there could be no better name for AP McCoy’s 4000th winner. Destiny called. Except that the seven-year-old gelding was withdrawn because the going…
Great Read
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Nigel Roebuck’s Legends: Jean Behra
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Lando Norris delivered a flawless Mexico City Grand Prix to take a one-point lead in the title chase, as Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri struggled to find the balance that defined the winner’s dominance, as Mark Hughes explains
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When he was 104 points behind in the F1 title race Max Verstappen had nothing to lose. But now he’s back in contention, the opposite is true, writes Mark Hughes. Can he win the championship without risking a crash that would end his hopes?
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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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Piastri is becoming Norris’s support act – Mexican GP takeaways
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‘That is not fair,’ says Piastri
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