Why Gilles Villenueve’s reckless F1 reputation is undeserved
A long time ago there was a racing driver, a fantastic driver, who did many impossible things. He took his first GP victory — at the end of his first…
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In 1950 Giuseppe ‘Nino’ Farina became Formula 1’s first world champion, yet he remains among the least known. In his day sportsmen were rarely interviewed, and besides, he was an…
Denis Jenkinson had Catholic tastes in music, as in much else. If his particular devotion was to traditional jazz – Sidney Bechet was up there with Rosemeyer, Gilles Villeneuve, Senna…
When some people talk about their attitude to motor racing, they say they were ‘bitten by the bug’. Some talk of it as a religion, others say it’s like a…
At the end of one of the strangest races ever held at the Nürburgring, only one Mercedes-Benz, and one Auto-Union was left running in the German Grand Prix, out of…
I remember talking to a driver just out of hospital after a major accident. He was recovering well, but for a while, his pain had been so acute that they…
1999 Brazilian at Interlagos How did you hear about the Minardi drive at Interlagos? I was at Barcelona testing for Prost. Alain Prost called to tell me that Luca Badoer…
They rolled, they slid wildly and, despite paying lip service to aerodynamics with nose spoilers and rear wings, they had a surplus of power over adhesion. Small wonder that the…
This is the man who started as a marshal at Goodwood, won his first ever race in a Lotus 7, caught the attention of Enzo Ferrari with his natural flair,…
A long time ago there was a racing driver, a fantastic driver, who did many impossible things. He took his first GP victory — at the end of his first…
In 1950 Giuseppe ‘Nino’ Farina became Formula 1’s first world champion, yet he remains among the least known. In his day sportsmen were rarely interviewed, and besides, he was an…
Denis Jenkinson had Catholic tastes in music, as in much else. If his particular devotion was to traditional jazz – Sidney Bechet was up there with Rosemeyer, Gilles Villeneuve, Senna…
When some people talk about their attitude to motor racing, they say they were ‘bitten by the bug’. Some talk of it as a religion, others say it’s like a…
At the end of one of the strangest races ever held at the Nürburgring, only one Mercedes-Benz, and one Auto-Union was left running in the German Grand Prix, out of…
I remember talking to a driver just out of hospital after a major accident. He was recovering well, but for a while, his pain had been so acute that they…
1999 Brazilian at Interlagos How did you hear about the Minardi drive at Interlagos? I was at Barcelona testing for Prost. Alain Prost called to tell me that Luca Badoer…
They rolled, they slid wildly and, despite paying lip service to aerodynamics with nose spoilers and rear wings, they had a surplus of power over adhesion. Small wonder that the…
This is the man who started as a marshal at Goodwood, won his first ever race in a Lotus 7, caught the attention of Enzo Ferrari with his natural flair,…
Mark Hughes crunches the numbers on Aston Martin’s big upgrade for the Hungarian Grand Prix – and asks whether it can be enough to close a four-second deficit to near the front of the F1 pack
George Russell’s Belgian Grand Prix was wrecked by a software fault buried deep in Mercedes’ code. Mark Hughes explains what really happened
Kimi Antonelli delivered his sixth F1 victory of 2026 at the Belgian Grand Prix, writes Mark Hughes. But this year’s cars and their energy limitations made Spa-Francorchamps a shadow of the challenge it usually is
June 7, 1970 Spa-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium By F1’s Round 4 at Spa in 1970, Jack Brabham was at the top of the standings with eventual title winner Jochen Rindt trailing by…
Toyota returned to the top step of the podium at the Le Mans 24 Hours after a three-year absence. Finally, the Japanese manufacturer triumphed against factory opposition, which was not…
When Ford turned to Andy Rouse to spearhead its British Touring Car Championship ambitions in the 1990s, a return to the glory days of the RS500 seemed on the cards.…
As F1’s power units run out of energy, the series’ response has been to hide the evidence rather than explain it, and fans are noticing
The 18-3 scoreline looks decisive, but a closer look at Haas’s season shows a car that hasn’t been giving both drivers the same chance to score
A three-way fight for the final point at Spa, decided in a small picture-in-picture window – is F1’s world feed built for the racing it actually has now?
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