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1975 Argentine Grand Prix race report
With the first round of the 1975 World Championship taking place in Buenos Aires just three months after the chequered flag fell at Watkins Glen to end the 1974 season…
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Roebuck: ‘Senna was the most complex character I ever encountered in F1’
For a few days after seeing Senna, I couldn’t get the man out of my mind, and perhaps not surprisingly so. I had, after all, been present at all but a…
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Professor Sid Watkins: Nigel Roebuck’s F1 Legends
Professor Sid Watkins is not a man with any stomach for political correctness, not one to say ‘issue’ when he means ‘big problem’ or ‘challenging’ when he means ‘bloody difficult’.…
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1992 Brazilian Grand Prix report: 24 carat victory
Ayrton Senna’s body language said it all. His car stammered into the pits, the Brazilian gave its misfiring Honda V12 the big rev, then wriggled out and stalked to the…
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Nigel Roebuck’s legends: Alfonso de Portago
The other day I listened again to an interview, recorded in early 1957, with the Marquis Alfonso de Portago. Originally put out on a Riverside LP, it was reissued on…
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Mario Andretti at Le Mans: Roebuck’s Legends
On and off, Mario Andretti has been trying to win Le Mans for more than 30 years. The place has hardly been kind to him, but he adores it. “I…
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Didier Pironi: Nigel Roebuck’s F1 Legends
Twenty-five years have passed since the death of Gilles Villeneuve, the most beloved racing driver of his generation, and many words have lately been devoted to a man without whom,…
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X-ray spec: Porsche 804 – Dan Gurney remembers his F1 winner
Although the change to a 1.5-litre engine capacity for Formula 1 from 1961 could hardly be described as a popular alteration to the regulations, it did have the effect of…
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Luigi Musso’s ‘Special Effects’
Many of you might remember the photographic feature we published on Alberto Ascari in the July 2012 issue. The incredible selection of memorabilia was the property of a private collector…
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1975 Argentine Grand Prix race report
With the first round of the 1975 World Championship taking place in Buenos Aires just three months after the chequered flag fell at Watkins Glen to end the 1974 season…
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Roebuck: ‘Senna was the most complex character I ever encountered in F1’
For a few days after seeing Senna, I couldn’t get the man out of my mind, and perhaps not surprisingly so. I had, after all, been present at all but a…
Great Read
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Professor Sid Watkins: Nigel Roebuck’s F1 Legends
Professor Sid Watkins is not a man with any stomach for political correctness, not one to say ‘issue’ when he means ‘big problem’ or ‘challenging’ when he means ‘bloody difficult’.…
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1992 Brazilian Grand Prix report: 24 carat victory
Ayrton Senna’s body language said it all. His car stammered into the pits, the Brazilian gave its misfiring Honda V12 the big rev, then wriggled out and stalked to the…
Great Read
Archive
Nigel Roebuck’s legends: Alfonso de Portago
The other day I listened again to an interview, recorded in early 1957, with the Marquis Alfonso de Portago. Originally put out on a Riverside LP, it was reissued on…
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Mario Andretti at Le Mans: Roebuck’s Legends
On and off, Mario Andretti has been trying to win Le Mans for more than 30 years. The place has hardly been kind to him, but he adores it. “I…
Great Read
Archive
Didier Pironi: Nigel Roebuck’s F1 Legends
Twenty-five years have passed since the death of Gilles Villeneuve, the most beloved racing driver of his generation, and many words have lately been devoted to a man without whom,…
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X-ray spec: Porsche 804 – Dan Gurney remembers his F1 winner
Although the change to a 1.5-litre engine capacity for Formula 1 from 1961 could hardly be described as a popular alteration to the regulations, it did have the effect of…
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Luigi Musso’s ‘Special Effects’
Many of you might remember the photographic feature we published on Alberto Ascari in the July 2012 issue. The incredible selection of memorabilia was the property of a private collector…
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MPH: Why Formula 1’s fastest car keeps changing hands
A season that opened with total Mercedes dominance is turning into a three-way fight for the fastest car in F1. Mark Hughes explains why
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MPH: Lawson’s Zandvoort showing leaves Red Bull with tough questions
Standing in for Hadjar at Zandvoort, Lawson made a strong case for himself with a very solid weekend. Now Red Bull will need to make some difficult decisions, writes Mark Hughes
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Mark Hughes: Detuned to win – How McLaren tamed its own car at Zandvoort
A mid-weekend rebalancing act turned McLaren’s tyre-eating sprint car into a Sunday winner in the hands of Lando Norris, as Mark Hughes explains
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McLaren’s short gearing explains its Zandvoort advantage over Mercedes
Two consecutive victories from pole for McLaren’s Lando Norris to bring him within 83 points of Kimi Antonelli’s championship lead with half the season still to go had Mercedes’ Toto…
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Karun Chandhok: McLaren’s pace puts Norris back in the F1 title fight
The Dutch Grand Prix was an exciting way to kick off the second half of the season after the summer break. Following on from Lando Norris’s dominant victory in Budapest…
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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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Free within Monza’s pressure cooker: how a year changed Antonelli’s mindset
Two years after crashing out of his Mercedes Formula 1 debut at Monza, Antonelli returns as championship leader, and says he has a lot less to prove
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Podcast: Why no team can hold onto F1’s fastest car in 2026
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Formula 1’s fastest car keeps changing hands – is Ferrari’s Monza upgrade about to hand it over again?
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Temple of Clipping? Why Monza is F1 2026’s hardest test
Monza’s long straights were made for speed. At the 2026 Italian Grand Prix, they will be where F1’s power units are tested hardest of all
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