Too much emphasis on Pirelli tyres
Poor old Pirelli. They’re damned if they do, and damned if they don’t. It was asked to make racing tyres that wear out more quickly, to spice up the show,…
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Of course we should listen whenever a seven-time world champion speaks, but I think we can turn a deaf ear to Michael Schumacher’s volley of verbal bullets at Pirelli. Why?…
Fed up with Formula 1 and its boringly repetitive ability to show itself totally insensitive to, and out of touch with, global opinion? Depressed by the sport’s leaders turning a…
Sebastian Vettel won the Bahrain Grand Prix, and the race went ahead without disruption. Would it be on the F1 schedule again in 2013? “Absolutely,” said Bernie Ecclestone. “For ever.…
One thing’s for sure about this year’s Bahrain GP. It got Formula One much more mainstream media coverage than usual, even in America. The New York Times led last Saturday’s…
It’s been more than 56 years – plus 111 starts for Nico – and yet it was as if it had never been away. Rosberg’s über-composed maiden Grand Prix win…
So news out this morning that the Bahrain Grand Prix is going ahead next weekend. We’ve been waiting for a viewpoint from the FIA for sometime now, and this morning…
Football is a simple game, complicated by idiots. These are the words of the legendary, and I mean legendary, Liverpool team manager Bill Shankly who was never afraid to call…
I’m looking forward to Long Beach next weekend, America’s greatest street race. Founded by Chris Pook in 1975 as a Formula 5000 race, Long Beach was the scene of the…
Poor old Pirelli. They’re damned if they do, and damned if they don’t. It was asked to make racing tyres that wear out more quickly, to spice up the show,…
Of course we should listen whenever a seven-time world champion speaks, but I think we can turn a deaf ear to Michael Schumacher’s volley of verbal bullets at Pirelli. Why?…
Fed up with Formula 1 and its boringly repetitive ability to show itself totally insensitive to, and out of touch with, global opinion? Depressed by the sport’s leaders turning a…
Sebastian Vettel won the Bahrain Grand Prix, and the race went ahead without disruption. Would it be on the F1 schedule again in 2013? “Absolutely,” said Bernie Ecclestone. “For ever.…
One thing’s for sure about this year’s Bahrain GP. It got Formula One much more mainstream media coverage than usual, even in America. The New York Times led last Saturday’s…
It’s been more than 56 years – plus 111 starts for Nico – and yet it was as if it had never been away. Rosberg’s über-composed maiden Grand Prix win…
So news out this morning that the Bahrain Grand Prix is going ahead next weekend. We’ve been waiting for a viewpoint from the FIA for sometime now, and this morning…
Football is a simple game, complicated by idiots. These are the words of the legendary, and I mean legendary, Liverpool team manager Bill Shankly who was never afraid to call…
I’m looking forward to Long Beach next weekend, America’s greatest street race. Founded by Chris Pook in 1975 as a Formula 5000 race, Long Beach was the scene of the…
Lando Norris delivered a flawless Mexico City Grand Prix to take a one-point lead in the title chase, as Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri struggled to find the balance that defined the winner’s dominance, as Mark Hughes explains
When he was 104 points behind in the F1 title race Max Verstappen had nothing to lose. But now he’s back in contention, the opposite is true, writes Mark Hughes. Can he win the championship without risking a crash that would end his hopes?
Caught out by his own car, and facing a resurgent Red Bull: Oscar Piastri’s 2025 season is increasingly resembling Jenson Button’s 2009 championship winning year
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…
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
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
Norris stamped his authority on the title fight in Mexico, as Verstappen battled back, Piastri faltered and Bearman announced himself with a standout drive
Claire Williams, who was born in the hot and arid summer of 1976 in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, in Berkshire, has faced both advantage and disadvantage throughout…
The delicate equilibrium at McLaren as the team endeavours to give Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris fair shots at the world title is coming under increasing tension from Max Verstappen’s…
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