From joy to despair
By Lee McKenzie Formula 1 can provide all the riches in the world, but sometimes it is a cruel friend. One weekend you are on top of the world, the…
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I was a little reticent as I drove through Vermont’s Green Mountains last Thursday headed toward Montreal for the Canadian Grand Prix. The race is one of my favourite events…
So the Mercs finally broke – and emerging from the desperate dog fight to pick up the pieces was the remarkable Daniel Ricciardo; the first time in his short Red…
Jenson Button was asked in Montreal about progress towards a new McLaren deal, given that his current contract expires at the end of this season. “No,” he replied. “No more…
A series in which Motor Sport’s features editor raids the loft to salvage grainy fragments from his racing past Race of Champions, Brands Hatch, April 15 1979 “Did someone forget to…
It’s said that he didn’t much like the circuit; too many slow corners apparently. But, being an efficient sort, he dealt with it: again and again and again, then again…
Mercedes-Benz and its drivers will be taking a long, hard look at themselves and each other after the smoke and mirrors – that lock-up at Mirabeau – of Monaco. Niki…
I have just re-read my last Motor Sport column written after the Spanish Grand Prix. OK, I’m not claiming to be Mystic Meg, and I can’t read your tarot cards, but the predicted former…
This one had naked ambition written all over it, pretty appropriate given the venue. On his own doorstep Nico Rosberg showed what he was prepared to do to in his…
By Lee McKenzie Formula 1 can provide all the riches in the world, but sometimes it is a cruel friend. One weekend you are on top of the world, the…
I was a little reticent as I drove through Vermont’s Green Mountains last Thursday headed toward Montreal for the Canadian Grand Prix. The race is one of my favourite events…
So the Mercs finally broke – and emerging from the desperate dog fight to pick up the pieces was the remarkable Daniel Ricciardo; the first time in his short Red…
Jenson Button was asked in Montreal about progress towards a new McLaren deal, given that his current contract expires at the end of this season. “No,” he replied. “No more…
A series in which Motor Sport’s features editor raids the loft to salvage grainy fragments from his racing past Race of Champions, Brands Hatch, April 15 1979 “Did someone forget to…
It’s said that he didn’t much like the circuit; too many slow corners apparently. But, being an efficient sort, he dealt with it: again and again and again, then again…
Mercedes-Benz and its drivers will be taking a long, hard look at themselves and each other after the smoke and mirrors – that lock-up at Mirabeau – of Monaco. Niki…
I have just re-read my last Motor Sport column written after the Spanish Grand Prix. OK, I’m not claiming to be Mystic Meg, and I can’t read your tarot cards, but the predicted former…
This one had naked ambition written all over it, pretty appropriate given the venue. On his own doorstep Nico Rosberg showed what he was prepared to do to in his…
Charles Leclerc has mastered F1’s new regulations by rooting out the best deployment tricks, while Max Verstappen has been stripped of his advantage, writes Mark Hughes
China March 13–15 Like Round 1, the season’s second race was another Mercedes lockout, but the outcome at Shanghai differed from Albert Park: a 2-1 rather than a 1-2. Make…
He’s only 19, but Kimi Antonelli has shown F1 championship-winning pace and may never get a better title shot. The ingredients are there for another historic battle between one experienced team-mate and a thrusting newcomer, says Mark Hughes
He wasn’t the fastest driver in Kenya – he failed to win a single stage – but traditionalists will tell you that speed is not the most important thing on…
March 21, 2026 Nürburgring, Germany A hero’s welcome for Max Verstappen in the Nürburgring pitlane after what appeared to have been victory in NLS2 as the four-time Formula 1 champion…
March 21, 2026 Sebring, Florida, USA Porsche Penske Motorsport trio Felipe Nasr, Julien Andlauer and Laurin Heinrich completed a double in the ‘36 Hours of Florida’ when they added Sebring…
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