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Alan Jones: My greatest race
United States GP (East), Watkins Glen, October 5th 1980 From start to finish, the 1980 season was an unbelievable one for me. It was an amazing year because I won…
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Riccardo Patrese: Nigel Roebuck’s F1 Legends
Riccardo Patrese is one of those racing drivers who ages well, I thought again when I saw him in Monaco a few weeks ago. Greying a little, and strolling around…
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David Purley: The fighter
No racing driver has ever survived such a big accident. And it’s unlikely that a grand prix car will ever again be allowed to run flat out into an earth…
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The brilliant Tony Brise: Nigel Roebuck’s F1 Legends
Appropriately, it is November 29 as I write, and – just as in 1975 – there is a thick crust of frost on the windscreen of my car. That evening,…
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1957 German Grand Prix race report: Fangio brilliantly clinches title No5
Once again the Grand Prix teams of cars and drivers came together to pit their skill and endurance against the fabulous Nurburgring, for the German GP is seldom a split-second…
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Theory of relativity
How would a 1906 Renault or a 1939 Mercedes fare against last year’s McLaren MP4-21? How would they relate to each other? Would a current car have as big a…
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José Froilán González: Argentina’s other hero
He’s one of Argentina’s living motor racing legends – well, sporting legends in general – but what always strikes one about José Froilán González is that he’s always been so…
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How ‘primitive’ Williams won its first F1 championship with Alan Jones
When we started Williams Grand Prix Engineering, for 1977,” said Patrick Head, “I think we had eight employees at the start of the season, and 11 at the end of…
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Tragic triumph of the ‘Sharknose’: Ferrari’s 1961 season
Whenever I am in Italy, I visit my old friend Romolo Tavoni at his home outside Modena. Tavoni is now 85, in poor health and in receipt of hospital treatment,…
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Alan Jones: My greatest race
United States GP (East), Watkins Glen, October 5th 1980 From start to finish, the 1980 season was an unbelievable one for me. It was an amazing year because I won…
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Riccardo Patrese: Nigel Roebuck’s F1 Legends
Riccardo Patrese is one of those racing drivers who ages well, I thought again when I saw him in Monaco a few weeks ago. Greying a little, and strolling around…
Great Read
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David Purley: The fighter
No racing driver has ever survived such a big accident. And it’s unlikely that a grand prix car will ever again be allowed to run flat out into an earth…
Great Read
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The brilliant Tony Brise: Nigel Roebuck’s F1 Legends
Appropriately, it is November 29 as I write, and – just as in 1975 – there is a thick crust of frost on the windscreen of my car. That evening,…
Great Read
Archive
1957 German Grand Prix race report: Fangio brilliantly clinches title No5
Once again the Grand Prix teams of cars and drivers came together to pit their skill and endurance against the fabulous Nurburgring, for the German GP is seldom a split-second…
Great Read
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Theory of relativity
How would a 1906 Renault or a 1939 Mercedes fare against last year’s McLaren MP4-21? How would they relate to each other? Would a current car have as big a…
Great Read
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José Froilán González: Argentina’s other hero
He’s one of Argentina’s living motor racing legends – well, sporting legends in general – but what always strikes one about José Froilán González is that he’s always been so…
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How ‘primitive’ Williams won its first F1 championship with Alan Jones
When we started Williams Grand Prix Engineering, for 1977,” said Patrick Head, “I think we had eight employees at the start of the season, and 11 at the end of…
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Tragic triumph of the ‘Sharknose’: Ferrari’s 1961 season
Whenever I am in Italy, I visit my old friend Romolo Tavoni at his home outside Modena. Tavoni is now 85, in poor health and in receipt of hospital treatment,…
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MPH: Norris had no sympathy for Russell’s F1 car complaints. Here’s why
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
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MPH: Decoded – why Russell and Piastri can’t keep up with their F1 team-mates
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
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Formula 1 2026 half-term report. Every driver rated – who deserves an A+?
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…
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Kimi Antonelli’s mid-season charge reshapes Formula 1’s 2026 title fight
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…
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Madring’s La Monumental gives Madrid’s new F1 circuit a distinctive challenge
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…
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‘Kimi Antonelli was 11 when I saw him race. He amazed me’: when Mercedes’ talent scout discovered the F1 sensation
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…
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‘It was the day Niki Lauda almost died. Who remembers a frightened James Hunt’s brilliant win?’
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
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The Beatle who predicted F1’s TV boom decades early
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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The bizarre bug that cost Frentzen his F1 title shot – and why he’s made peace with it
A software bug cost Heinz-Harald Frentzen his best shot at the world title, but he explains why it never actually cost him much at all
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