The farce of the 1999 title decider
Sepang, October 1999. Somewhat against his will – for he had little enthusiasm for helping another Ferrari driver to win the world championship – Michael Schumacher, fully recovered from the…
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Anthony Colin Bruce Chapman died 31 years ago this week. He was 54. Peter Warr and Colin Chapman, 1982 He looked older. The toll exacted by a hectic life of…
The podcast team travelled up to Williams’ Grove base for the last recording of the year and chatted to the great Frank Williams. He was on fine form and talked…
In celebration of the upcoming Motor Sport Hall of Fame, we look back on the careers of our founding members and inductees. Taken from the November 2010 issue of Motor…
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Has that line been used somewhere before? This wasn’t so much a tale of two cities, though, as…
Bruce McLaren shouldn’t have been there. Masten Gregory should. Cooper team leader Jack Brabham reckoned the latter the most fearless man he met. Yet even the gung-ho ‘Kansas City Flash’…
Finding myself sitting next to Martin Brundle at an awards ceremony on Sunday, I asked him for his thoughts on F1 in 2014. “From what I’m hearing, I think it…
Formula 1 fans have been lucky over the last few seasons – the championship has gone down to the last race more often than not with Alonso and Vettel fighting…
In celebration of the upcoming Motor Sport Hall of Fame, we look back on the careers of our founding members and inductees. Taken from the October 1953 issue of Motor…
Sepang, October 1999. Somewhat against his will – for he had little enthusiasm for helping another Ferrari driver to win the world championship – Michael Schumacher, fully recovered from the…
Anthony Colin Bruce Chapman died 31 years ago this week. He was 54. Peter Warr and Colin Chapman, 1982 He looked older. The toll exacted by a hectic life of…
The podcast team travelled up to Williams’ Grove base for the last recording of the year and chatted to the great Frank Williams. He was on fine form and talked…
In celebration of the upcoming Motor Sport Hall of Fame, we look back on the careers of our founding members and inductees. Taken from the November 2010 issue of Motor…
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Has that line been used somewhere before? This wasn’t so much a tale of two cities, though, as…
Bruce McLaren shouldn’t have been there. Masten Gregory should. Cooper team leader Jack Brabham reckoned the latter the most fearless man he met. Yet even the gung-ho ‘Kansas City Flash’…
Finding myself sitting next to Martin Brundle at an awards ceremony on Sunday, I asked him for his thoughts on F1 in 2014. “From what I’m hearing, I think it…
Formula 1 fans have been lucky over the last few seasons – the championship has gone down to the last race more often than not with Alonso and Vettel fighting…
In celebration of the upcoming Motor Sport Hall of Fame, we look back on the careers of our founding members and inductees. Taken from the October 1953 issue of Motor…
Adrian Newey a team boss? That really was not on anyone’s bingo card. Ever. But it came to pass on the eve of the Qatar Grand Prix as Aston Martin…
As the ground-effect era draws to a close, Mark Hughes uses qualifying data and technical insight to explain why the Formula 1 field has converged – and why the reasons go far beyond the rules alone
Mark Hughes weighs up an exceptional 2025 rookie class, dissecting four contrasting debut seasons to reveal who truly stood out the most
IDEC Sport Silverstone 4 Hours 14/9/25 A home win for Jamie Chadwick capped a happy return for contemporary Le Mans Prototype racing to the UK, as the European Le Mans…
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
Esteban Ocon’s Alpine stint ended at the 2024 Qatar GP, giving Jack Doohan a make-or-break F1 chance in Abu Dhabi. Elsewhere FIA boss Mohammed Ben Sulayem dismissed driver concerns and mechanics just wanted a kip: Chris Medland‘s paddock diary
F1 final standings Who finished where in the final points… No. Driver Team Points 1 Lando Norris McLaren 423 2 Max Verstappen Red Bull 421 3 Oscar Piastri McLaren 410…
10. Pierre Gasly He never gave anything less than his all in an outclassed, underpowered car. But Pierre Gasly’s fast corner prowess combined with the Alpine ’s good high-speed downforce…
Mark Hughes – This year was Mark’s last full season of day-to-day Formula 1 race reporting after 30 years of following the F1 circus The surface colours of the season constantly…
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