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Guy Edwards obituary: ‘Mr Sponsorship’, and the man who saved Lauda
Edwards risked his life to save Niki Lauda and went on to revolutionise motor sport sponsorship
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What went wrong at Williams? And can it salvage its 2026 F1 season?
Barcelona exposed Williams again, but team boss James Vowles insists the car, and this year’s Formula 1 season, can still be saved
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Podcast: How Lewis Hamilton got back to his very best
Motor Sport F1 Show with Mark Hughes
Mark and Bryn Lucas on Lewis Hamilton’s breakthrough Ferrari win in Barcelona, the upgrade that’s reignited the title fight, and the Monaco appeal saga rumbling on
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Fifty-eight years on: the previous time Britain swept an F1 podium
The Barcelona all-British podium had a precedent: Watkins Glen in 1968, where three drivers’ careers – one rising, one reigning, one fading – converged for an afternoon
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How Aston Martin ended up with the ‘worst’ F1 car in 2026
Fernando Alonso called the Aston Martin the worst car with the worst engine in Formula 1 at his home race – and the evidence suggests he’s right
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MPH: The real Lewis Hamilton is back. This is why
Mark Hughes examines the factors that have contributed to Lewis Hamilton finding his old self after a 2025 Formula 1 season filled with self-doubt
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Is it still worth racing in F1? Misery for Alonso & Verstappen at scene of great wins
F1 flashback: Champions’ drives in Barcelona
Barcelona 2026 brought Lewis Hamilton his first Ferrari Formula 1 victory but offered a sobering result for Fernando Alonso and Max Verstappen, as Matt Bishop explains
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Mercedes’ Achilles heel is becoming too costly
From Antonelli’s shutdown in Barcelona to McLaren’s double DNS in China, Mercedes’ power unit-related failures are threatening to compromise its and its customer teams’ season
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Why the Monaco pitlane saga may outlast its verdict
Pierre Gasly has his Monaco podium back, for now. But the measurement failure might need more answers before the issue is settled
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Guy Edwards obituary: ‘Mr Sponsorship’, and the man who saved Lauda
Edwards risked his life to save Niki Lauda and went on to revolutionise motor sport sponsorship
F1
What went wrong at Williams? And can it salvage its 2026 F1 season?
Barcelona exposed Williams again, but team boss James Vowles insists the car, and this year’s Formula 1 season, can still be saved
F1 Show
Podcast: How Lewis Hamilton got back to his very best
Motor Sport F1 Show with Mark Hughes
Mark and Bryn Lucas on Lewis Hamilton’s breakthrough Ferrari win in Barcelona, the upgrade that’s reignited the title fight, and the Monaco appeal saga rumbling on
F1
Fifty-eight years on: the previous time Britain swept an F1 podium
The Barcelona all-British podium had a precedent: Watkins Glen in 1968, where three drivers’ careers – one rising, one reigning, one fading – converged for an afternoon
F1
How Aston Martin ended up with the ‘worst’ F1 car in 2026
Fernando Alonso called the Aston Martin the worst car with the worst engine in Formula 1 at his home race – and the evidence suggests he’s right
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MPH: The real Lewis Hamilton is back. This is why
Mark Hughes examines the factors that have contributed to Lewis Hamilton finding his old self after a 2025 Formula 1 season filled with self-doubt
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Is it still worth racing in F1? Misery for Alonso & Verstappen at scene of great wins
F1 flashback: Champions’ drives in Barcelona
Barcelona 2026 brought Lewis Hamilton his first Ferrari Formula 1 victory but offered a sobering result for Fernando Alonso and Max Verstappen, as Matt Bishop explains
F1
Mercedes’ Achilles heel is becoming too costly
From Antonelli’s shutdown in Barcelona to McLaren’s double DNS in China, Mercedes’ power unit-related failures are threatening to compromise its and its customer teams’ season
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Why the Monaco pitlane saga may outlast its verdict
Pierre Gasly has his Monaco podium back, for now. But the measurement failure might need more answers before the issue is settled
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Aston Martin’s giant leap? Alonso will fight McLarens if Newey & Honda F1 upgrades work perfectly
Mark Hughes crunches the numbers on Aston Martin’s big upgrade for the Hungarian Grand Prix – and asks whether it can be enough to close a four-second deficit to near the front of the F1 pack
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MPH: Revealed – the fault behind Mercedes’ Belgian GP deployment chaos
George Russell’s Belgian Grand Prix was wrecked by a software fault buried deep in Mercedes’ code. Mark Hughes explains what really happened
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Russell zapped, and Spa made ridiculously easy in F1’s energy-deployment GP
Kimi Antonelli delivered his sixth F1 victory of 2026 at the Belgian Grand Prix, writes Mark Hughes. But this year’s cars and their energy limitations made Spa-Francorchamps a shadow of the challenge it usually is
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Pedro Rodríguez wins at Spa as Brabham leads the 1970 F1 title race
June 7, 1970 Spa-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium By F1’s Round 4 at Spa in 1970, Jack Brabham was at the top of the standings with eventual title winner Jochen Rindt trailing by…
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Toyota’s resourcefulness delivered a sixth Le Mans 24 Hours victory against the odds
Toyota returned to the top step of the podium at the Le Mans 24 Hours after a three-year absence. Finally, the Japanese manufacturer triumphed against factory opposition, which was not…
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Mighty Mondeo: how Rouse and Radisich made Ford’s touring car a world-beater
When Ford turned to Andy Rouse to spearhead its British Touring Car Championship ambitions in the 1990s, a return to the glory days of the RS500 seemed on the cards.…
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F1 is drawing more attention to its 2026 flaws by trying to hide them
As F1’s power units run out of energy, the series’ response has been to hide the evidence rather than explain it, and fans are noticing
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F1’s worst-performing team-mate – why Esteban Ocon isn’t as bad as he looks
The 18-3 scoreline looks decisive, but a closer look at Haas’s season shows a car that hasn’t been giving both drivers the same chance to score
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Is F1’s world TV feed missing too much of the action in 2026?
A three-way fight for the final point at Spa, decided in a small picture-in-picture window – is F1’s world feed built for the racing it actually has now?
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