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F1 privateer Bob Anderson: The works call that never came
On the face of it, Bob Anderson’s third place in the 1964 Austrian GP was not very special. He finished three laps behind winner Lorenzo Bandini, and only a handful of…
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Tom Wheatcroft remembers Roger Williamson – an F1 star taken too soon
As strong as oak, Tom Wheatcroft is. A few weeks before our interview — held in his museum’s cafe over (as usual) fried eggs on toast — he’d driven smack…
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The free-spirited Richie Ginther: Nigel Roebuck’s Legends
“Geentair! Alors, un nouveau record du tour pour Reeshi Geentair!” May 14 1961, Monaco, by common consent the greatest drive of Stirling Moss’s life. In Rob Walker’s old Lotus 18,…
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Damon Hill on Jacques Villeneuve: Williams team-mates
Damon Hill gives it to you straight. “I’m getting sick of hearing what I have to say about things. But since this is Jacques…” Immediately you get the picture. Both…
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F1’s Dirty Politics: Bernie vs Balestre, FOCA vs FISA
It is early afternoon on Saturday November 1, 1980. A call is placed to the Brabham headquarters in Chessington, Surrey. The conversation goes something like this: “’Allo?” “Ah, hello. Could…
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Piers Courage: a gentleman F1 racer remembered by his family
Some-time, back in the early sixties, shortly after Piers Courage decided that motor racing was going to be his life, his father took him to one side and asked why…
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The missile firm that won Le Mans and F1: Matra’s impossible dream
It’s hard to think of a recent equivalent to the Matra racing regime. In one glorious decade, from 1965 to 1974, Matra fielded victorious Grand Prix cars and Le Mans…
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Karl Kling: Nigel Roebuck’s Legends
Karl Kling, who died recently, may never have been a great racing driver but he was certainly one who had his days. I interviewed him only once, appropriately close by…
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Jean Behra — ‘He never knew the meaning of fear’
Back in June 1980 I interviewed Patrick Depailler at Brands Hatch. He was a lovely fellow, a man out of his time, I always felt, very much a throwback to…
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F1 privateer Bob Anderson: The works call that never came
On the face of it, Bob Anderson’s third place in the 1964 Austrian GP was not very special. He finished three laps behind winner Lorenzo Bandini, and only a handful of…
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Tom Wheatcroft remembers Roger Williamson – an F1 star taken too soon
As strong as oak, Tom Wheatcroft is. A few weeks before our interview — held in his museum’s cafe over (as usual) fried eggs on toast — he’d driven smack…
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The free-spirited Richie Ginther: Nigel Roebuck’s Legends
“Geentair! Alors, un nouveau record du tour pour Reeshi Geentair!” May 14 1961, Monaco, by common consent the greatest drive of Stirling Moss’s life. In Rob Walker’s old Lotus 18,…
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Damon Hill on Jacques Villeneuve: Williams team-mates
Damon Hill gives it to you straight. “I’m getting sick of hearing what I have to say about things. But since this is Jacques…” Immediately you get the picture. Both…
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F1’s Dirty Politics: Bernie vs Balestre, FOCA vs FISA
It is early afternoon on Saturday November 1, 1980. A call is placed to the Brabham headquarters in Chessington, Surrey. The conversation goes something like this: “’Allo?” “Ah, hello. Could…
Great Read
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Piers Courage: a gentleman F1 racer remembered by his family
Some-time, back in the early sixties, shortly after Piers Courage decided that motor racing was going to be his life, his father took him to one side and asked why…
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The missile firm that won Le Mans and F1: Matra’s impossible dream
It’s hard to think of a recent equivalent to the Matra racing regime. In one glorious decade, from 1965 to 1974, Matra fielded victorious Grand Prix cars and Le Mans…
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Karl Kling: Nigel Roebuck’s Legends
Karl Kling, who died recently, may never have been a great racing driver but he was certainly one who had his days. I interviewed him only once, appropriately close by…
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Jean Behra — ‘He never knew the meaning of fear’
Back in June 1980 I interviewed Patrick Depailler at Brands Hatch. He was a lovely fellow, a man out of his time, I always felt, very much a throwback to…
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Aston Martin’s giant leap? Alonso will fight McLarens if Newey & Honda F1 upgrades work perfectly
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
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MPH: Revealed – the fault behind Mercedes’ Belgian GP deployment chaos
George Russell’s Belgian Grand Prix was wrecked by a software fault buried deep in Mercedes’ code. Mark Hughes explains what really happened
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Russell zapped, and Spa made ridiculously easy in F1’s energy-deployment GP
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
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Pedro Rodríguez wins at Spa as Brabham leads the 1970 F1 title race
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…
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Toyota’s resourcefulness delivered a sixth Le Mans 24 Hours victory against the odds
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…
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Mighty Mondeo: how Rouse and Radisich made Ford’s touring car a world-beater
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.…
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F1 is drawing more attention to its 2026 flaws by trying to hide them
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
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F1’s worst-performing team-mate – why Esteban Ocon isn’t as bad as he looks
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
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Is F1’s world TV feed missing too much of the action in 2026?
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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