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Karun Chandhok: The top moments of a vintage 2024 F1 season
We’ve made it to the end of the longest ever Formula 1 season with an unprecedented 24 grands prix and six sprints. Let’s be honest, after the first two weekends…
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December 8, 2024 Yas Marina, Abu Dhabi
Roar into the night: McLaren’s clan congregates for a celebration photo outside its pit garage in Abu Dhabi to mark a special achievement. Lando Norris’s fourth career win, ahead of…
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How McLaren’s great ‘communicators’ unlocked its F1 potential
Just a few seasons ago McLaren was staring into the abyss, with a poor car and dysfunctional team – Mark Hughes explains how Zak Brown empowered some crucial staff to get it firing again
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Where it all went wrong for Sergio Perez at Red Bull
Sergio Perez has now left the Red Bull F1 team with immediate effect, his GP career looking possibly over. James Elson details the Mexican’s spectacular fall from hero to zero
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Charismatic, wild and remarkable: Ferrari’s fallen F1 heroes
18 years ago, Clay Regazzoni lost his life in a road accident in Parma, Italy. Matt Bishop remembers the charismatic Swiss driver, as well as the other three former Ferrari pilots to lose their lives outside of a race track
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How Verstappen and Alpine made the Sao Paulo GP into race of the year
The Sao Paulo changed the face of both F1 world championships. Adam Cooper recalls the chaos of Interlagos with Alpine race engineers Josh Peckett and John Howard
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MPH: Sainz finally has an F1 team to lead. Is it worth dropping so far down the grid?
Carlos Sainz has battled against ‘chosen’ team-mates like Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc for all his F1 career — and thrived. Now, at Williams, he finally has a team centred on him, says Mark Hughes. But the fight goes on
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McLaren: Life after Bruce
There was a lot to think about. But Bruce Leslie McLaren — boss / designer / engineer / tester / racer — preferred it that way. Three years of his…
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Emerson Fittipaldi: Young gun, old master
Emerson Fittipaldi’s language dates him, reminding you of a time in motor-racing more violent and dangerous, yet also gentler, less hard-nosed. ‘Dice’, for example, is a favourite word of his,…
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Karun Chandhok: The top moments of a vintage 2024 F1 season
We’ve made it to the end of the longest ever Formula 1 season with an unprecedented 24 grands prix and six sprints. Let’s be honest, after the first two weekends…
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December 8, 2024 Yas Marina, Abu Dhabi
Roar into the night: McLaren’s clan congregates for a celebration photo outside its pit garage in Abu Dhabi to mark a special achievement. Lando Norris’s fourth career win, ahead of…
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How McLaren’s great ‘communicators’ unlocked its F1 potential
Just a few seasons ago McLaren was staring into the abyss, with a poor car and dysfunctional team – Mark Hughes explains how Zak Brown empowered some crucial staff to get it firing again
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Where it all went wrong for Sergio Perez at Red Bull
Sergio Perez has now left the Red Bull F1 team with immediate effect, his GP career looking possibly over. James Elson details the Mexican’s spectacular fall from hero to zero
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Charismatic, wild and remarkable: Ferrari’s fallen F1 heroes
18 years ago, Clay Regazzoni lost his life in a road accident in Parma, Italy. Matt Bishop remembers the charismatic Swiss driver, as well as the other three former Ferrari pilots to lose their lives outside of a race track
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How Verstappen and Alpine made the Sao Paulo GP into race of the year
The Sao Paulo changed the face of both F1 world championships. Adam Cooper recalls the chaos of Interlagos with Alpine race engineers Josh Peckett and John Howard
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MPH: Sainz finally has an F1 team to lead. Is it worth dropping so far down the grid?
Carlos Sainz has battled against ‘chosen’ team-mates like Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc for all his F1 career — and thrived. Now, at Williams, he finally has a team centred on him, says Mark Hughes. But the fight goes on
Great Read
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McLaren: Life after Bruce
There was a lot to think about. But Bruce Leslie McLaren — boss / designer / engineer / tester / racer — preferred it that way. Three years of his…
Great Read
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Emerson Fittipaldi: Young gun, old master
Emerson Fittipaldi’s language dates him, reminding you of a time in motor-racing more violent and dangerous, yet also gentler, less hard-nosed. ‘Dice’, for example, is a favourite word of his,…
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MPH: Russell deal leaves Mercedes F1 door ajar for Verstappen
George Russell will drive for Mercedes in 2026 but behind the announcement of their renewed F1 commitment, both sides are looking at alternative options
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MPH: Rovanperä might just have enough time to reach F1
Kalle Rovanperä is quitting rallying to move to single-seaters with the aim of reaching Formula 1, and Mark Hughes reckons the Finn’s goal is within reach
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Mark Hughes: How McLaren could have won in Singapore — if its drivers weren’t fighting
When Lando Norris pitted to avoid being overtaken by Oscar Piastri at the Singapore Grand Prix, he closed off the strategy that could have won him the F1 race; one that was proven by Lewis Hamilton back in 2014
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Jamie Chadwick shines at the Silverstone 4 Hours
IDEC Sport Silverstone 4 Hours 14/9/25 A home win for Jamie Chadwick capped a happy return for contemporary Le Mans Prototype racing to the UK, as the European Le Mans…
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McLaren drivers swapped tips ahead of Chinese GP. Norris also quietly planned attack
Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris worked together ahead of the 2025 Chinese GP, finding the pace that delivered a 1-2 finish, while Norris also prepared to attack his team-mate during the race. Brake issues denied him, says Mark Hughes but the F1 title duel is coming
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One race to prove himself at Alpine? Heat is on Jack Doohan as Ocon signs off
Esteban Ocon’s Alpine stint ended at the 2024 Qatar GP, giving Jack Doohan a make-or-break F1 chance in Abu Dhabi. Elsewhere FIA boss Mohammed Ben Sulayem dismissed driver concerns and mechanics just wanted a kip: Chris Medland‘s paddock diary
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2025 US Grand Prix: F1 sprint race start time and Saturday qualifying schedule
Start time for the F1 sprint race and qualifying ahead of the 2025 United States Grand Prix: Saturday schedule, including how to watch and stream
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Today’s F1 starting grid for the 2025 US Grand Prix sprint race
Max Verstappen will start on pole for the 2025 US Grand Prix sprint race, ahead of both McLarens and Nico Hülkenberg in fourth. Here’s the starting grid for Saturday’s sprint at Circuit of the Americas
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Mayer slams ‘illusion of democracy’ as Ben Sulayem will face no opponents in FIA election
Neither of Ben Sulayem’s opponents have been able to meet the new requirements introduced by the FIA president earlier this year
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