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The rise of Brabham
Brabham had yet to celebrate a second Formula 1 birthday when in 1964 it scored its first World Championship Grand Prix victory. It took the mercurial Colin Chapman’s Team Lotus twice…
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Gurney on Brabham
Dan Gurney e-mailed us yesterday with his statement on the passing of Sir Jack Brabham It is with great sadness that I received the news that my former Formula 1…
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Damon Hill in Monaco
In the run-up to the Monaco Grand Prix this weekend Damon Hill took to the streets of the principality behind the wheel of Renault’s RS01. The RS01 was the first…
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Jack Brabham, 1926-2014
Sir Jack Brabham OBE, who passed away peacefully on Sunday evening UK time, was more than just one of the great drivers and a triple world champion. As he…
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The world according to Jack
Taken from the May 1999 issue of Motor Sport Forty years after he won his first World Championship, Sir Jack Brabham is showing no signs of slowing down. He is…
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Renault at Silverstone
“It’s very special, the 50th British Grand Prix at Silverstone, and it’s going to be a great weekend. When you think of the British Grand Prix you don’t think of…
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When ‘The Boy’ was 24
Though ‘The Boy’ was not yet 25, it was time to man-up. Mike Hawthorn, just six months his senior, already had. It wasn’t entirely Stirling’s fault. The British constructors in…
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Let battle commence
By Lee McKenzie It’s a battle, a fight and there will only be one winner. Talk of friendship is being replaced by talk of rivalry. Fun and games is old…
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Credit Suisse Monaco Forum
Henry Hope-Frost hosts the Credit Suisse Drivers’ Forum over the Grand Prix Historique de Monaco weekend. His panelists include Stirling Moss, Jochen Mass, Derek Bell and current factory Porsche driver…
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The rise of Brabham
Brabham had yet to celebrate a second Formula 1 birthday when in 1964 it scored its first World Championship Grand Prix victory. It took the mercurial Colin Chapman’s Team Lotus twice…
F1
Gurney on Brabham
Dan Gurney e-mailed us yesterday with his statement on the passing of Sir Jack Brabham It is with great sadness that I received the news that my former Formula 1…
Opinion
F1
Damon Hill in Monaco
In the run-up to the Monaco Grand Prix this weekend Damon Hill took to the streets of the principality behind the wheel of Renault’s RS01. The RS01 was the first…
F1
Jack Brabham, 1926-2014
Sir Jack Brabham OBE, who passed away peacefully on Sunday evening UK time, was more than just one of the great drivers and a triple world champion. As he…
F1
The world according to Jack
Taken from the May 1999 issue of Motor Sport Forty years after he won his first World Championship, Sir Jack Brabham is showing no signs of slowing down. He is…
Opinion
F1
Renault at Silverstone
“It’s very special, the 50th British Grand Prix at Silverstone, and it’s going to be a great weekend. When you think of the British Grand Prix you don’t think of…
F1
When ‘The Boy’ was 24
Though ‘The Boy’ was not yet 25, it was time to man-up. Mike Hawthorn, just six months his senior, already had. It wasn’t entirely Stirling’s fault. The British constructors in…
Opinion
F1
Let battle commence
By Lee McKenzie It’s a battle, a fight and there will only be one winner. Talk of friendship is being replaced by talk of rivalry. Fun and games is old…
F1
Credit Suisse Monaco Forum
Henry Hope-Frost hosts the Credit Suisse Drivers’ Forum over the Grand Prix Historique de Monaco weekend. His panelists include Stirling Moss, Jochen Mass, Derek Bell and current factory Porsche driver…
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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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