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Gunnar Nilsson: Once in a lifetime…
If a racing driver has to die young, there is an almost gladiatorial rightness that he do so in his element on the track. Gunnar Nilsson was denied even that,…
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Jo Siffert and Pedro Rodriguez: team-mates who competed on the ragged edge
This was one of those moments Spa seems to produce. It ranks with Mika Hakkinen’s move on Michael Schumacher last year, or the first lap of the 1963 GP when…
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Jackie Stewart remembers Ken Tyrrell: ‘It was a partnership that would be impossible today’
When we speak of legendary partnerships in motor racing, perhaps the one that would spring first to most minds is that of Colin Chapman and Jim Clark: throughout his eight-year…
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The worst car Gabriele Tarquini ever drove – colonic irritation
With his dark features and thick, curly, slightly receding hair, Gabriele Tarquini looked not unlike American comedian John Belushi during his time in Formula One. Sadly, the Italian’s machinery often…
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Paint it black: How Tony Southgate created Shadow’s first F1 car
After leaving BRM at the end of the 1970 season, Jackie Oliver had joined Don Nichols’ Shadow racing organisation in the USA to race its Can-Am sports-racing cars. Jackie was…
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Tyrrell P34: Driving the six-wheeler F1 car
When I say there will never be another track test like this, I say so with a confidence inspired not simply by the subject’s unique, six-wheeled selling point. It’s also…
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Lotus 18 track test: Power behind the throne
Their laughter fills the place. Morning in the Goodwood pitlane. Keith Duckworth and Mike Costin are a couple of shop floor boys, trading gentle insults. Dick Scammell feels as easy…
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Ferrari’s unraced ‘Red wedge’ F1 car: 312 B3
Ferrari SpA Sefac should have been deep into a comfort zone by 1972. Almost three years had elapsed since Fiat’s 40% buy-in, a move meant to engender confidence and clear…
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Double trouble: Berger on Alesi
Gerhard Berger chose Jean Alesi without hesitation. Very Berger, no messing about, things to do, people to see, a Grand Prix team to run. “Sure, I give you 15 minutes,…
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Gunnar Nilsson: Once in a lifetime…
If a racing driver has to die young, there is an almost gladiatorial rightness that he do so in his element on the track. Gunnar Nilsson was denied even that,…
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Jo Siffert and Pedro Rodriguez: team-mates who competed on the ragged edge
This was one of those moments Spa seems to produce. It ranks with Mika Hakkinen’s move on Michael Schumacher last year, or the first lap of the 1963 GP when…
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Jackie Stewart remembers Ken Tyrrell: ‘It was a partnership that would be impossible today’
When we speak of legendary partnerships in motor racing, perhaps the one that would spring first to most minds is that of Colin Chapman and Jim Clark: throughout his eight-year…
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The worst car Gabriele Tarquini ever drove – colonic irritation
With his dark features and thick, curly, slightly receding hair, Gabriele Tarquini looked not unlike American comedian John Belushi during his time in Formula One. Sadly, the Italian’s machinery often…
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Paint it black: How Tony Southgate created Shadow’s first F1 car
After leaving BRM at the end of the 1970 season, Jackie Oliver had joined Don Nichols’ Shadow racing organisation in the USA to race its Can-Am sports-racing cars. Jackie was…
Great Read
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Tyrrell P34: Driving the six-wheeler F1 car
When I say there will never be another track test like this, I say so with a confidence inspired not simply by the subject’s unique, six-wheeled selling point. It’s also…
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Lotus 18 track test: Power behind the throne
Their laughter fills the place. Morning in the Goodwood pitlane. Keith Duckworth and Mike Costin are a couple of shop floor boys, trading gentle insults. Dick Scammell feels as easy…
Great Read
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Ferrari’s unraced ‘Red wedge’ F1 car: 312 B3
Ferrari SpA Sefac should have been deep into a comfort zone by 1972. Almost three years had elapsed since Fiat’s 40% buy-in, a move meant to engender confidence and clear…
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Double trouble: Berger on Alesi
Gerhard Berger chose Jean Alesi without hesitation. Very Berger, no messing about, things to do, people to see, a Grand Prix team to run. “Sure, I give you 15 minutes,…
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MPH: Antonelli is ravaging Russell’s golden chance of F1 title — Canada is critical
Outperformed in Miami, George Russell fell further behind his teenage team-mate Kimi Antonelli in the F1 title race. It makes the upcoming Canadian Grand Prix vital for his championship hopes, says Mark Hughes, even though there’s a long season ahead
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Mark Hughes: Miami’s F1 team-mate divide – why driver pace made the difference
With the leading Formula 1 cars closely matched on pace, the 2026 Miami Grand Prix delivered an exciting race where driver pace and team strategy made the difference. But why the big gap between front-running team-mates?
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Mark Hughes: Ever-more complex F1 rules expose just how flawed they are
The F1 season resumes in Miami this weekend with an even more complex set of rules. It’s a welcome attempt to improve the racing, but just goes to show that the fundamental problems remain unsolved. Mark Hughes explains
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Nico Rosberg celebrates victory at Suzuka in 2016
October 7, 2016 Suzuka, Japan By Round 17, Nico Rosberg led Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton by 23 points. Here’s Rosberg in practice dramatically demonstrating the concept of lateral load transfer.…
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Derek Daly: why the numbers prove Williams sabotaged my 1982 F1 season for Rosberg
I raced in Formula 1 for five years at a dangerous time when you knew that at least one driver on average would probably be killed or maimed each year.…
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Ferrari’s bid for four straight Le Mans wins faces a tougher field and stricter BoP rules
Ferrari is bidding for a fourth consecutive Le Mans 24 Hours win this year. Or to put it another way, to continue an unbeaten run since it ended its 50-year exile from…
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F1 set to abandon 50/50 power split in 2027 – what it means
Formula 1 will reduce electrification next year following the backlash against the current rules
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The FIA is giving Honda a helping hand, but is that right for F1?
The FIA has updated Formula 1’s regulations in what appears to be an attempt at helping Honda
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The ultra-elite F1 company Kimi Antonelli joined with Miami GP win
Kimi Antonelli’s start to 2026 has placed him in an elite Formula 1 group consisting of only Ayrton Senna, Michael Schumacher, Damon Hill and Mika Häkkinen
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