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Track test – Rouen-les-Essarts
The scene is unforgettable, probably the most famous single motor-racing image ever taken. It is of Fangio, sliding his dented Maserati 250F, striking a pose that seemed to define car…
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Nelson Piquet: ‘I just wanted to race’
There’s a glimmer of recognition in his eyes as he walks towards me. We first met in 1978 when he came to England with his Formula 3 team, fresh from…
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Comparing Jacques and Gilles Villeneuve
At his first attempt, Jacques Villeneuve has already enjoyed a more successful Grand Prix year than his legendary father, Gilles, ever did notwithstanding the four-and-a-bit years Villeneuve Snr spent dazzling…
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Gilles Villeneuve: Nigel Roebuck’s Legends
“I always loved speed,” said Gilles Villeneuve. “My father used to drive very quickly he used to get stopped by the police quite often, I remember and, from being five…
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Ferrari 126CK: Scuderia F1 dud Gilles Villeneuve wrestled to victory
Sitting in the Galleria Ferrari at Maranello, the 126CK is certainly not the most elegant racing car to have emerged from the Gestione Sportive. Yet this in no way debars it from staking…
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William Grover-Williams: Racer, dancer, soldier, spy
Charles Frederick William Grover was virtually unknown outside historic motor racing circles — until very recently. To prewar racing buffs, he was best known as the mysterious British winner of…
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François Cevert, F1’s laughing cavalier
Death fully defines a man. Potential for things not yet done no longer exists.” Someone said this in a book about jazz great Eric Dolphy, but it applies universally to…
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William Grover-Williams: a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma
In April 1929 the streets of Monte Carlo resounded for the first time to the sound and sight of Grand Prix motor racing. The Riviera resort for the very rich…
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Flat out to deceive: Why Jean-Pierre Jarier never won an F1 race
It was 1996, 13 years since Jean-Pierre Jarier had last raced in Formula 1. The Porsche Supercup cars arrived under heavy braking for Paul Ricard’s tight first corner, Emanuel Collard…
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Track test – Rouen-les-Essarts
The scene is unforgettable, probably the most famous single motor-racing image ever taken. It is of Fangio, sliding his dented Maserati 250F, striking a pose that seemed to define car…
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Nelson Piquet: ‘I just wanted to race’
There’s a glimmer of recognition in his eyes as he walks towards me. We first met in 1978 when he came to England with his Formula 3 team, fresh from…
Great Read
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Comparing Jacques and Gilles Villeneuve
At his first attempt, Jacques Villeneuve has already enjoyed a more successful Grand Prix year than his legendary father, Gilles, ever did notwithstanding the four-and-a-bit years Villeneuve Snr spent dazzling…
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Gilles Villeneuve: Nigel Roebuck’s Legends
“I always loved speed,” said Gilles Villeneuve. “My father used to drive very quickly he used to get stopped by the police quite often, I remember and, from being five…
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Ferrari 126CK: Scuderia F1 dud Gilles Villeneuve wrestled to victory
Sitting in the Galleria Ferrari at Maranello, the 126CK is certainly not the most elegant racing car to have emerged from the Gestione Sportive. Yet this in no way debars it from staking…
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William Grover-Williams: Racer, dancer, soldier, spy
Charles Frederick William Grover was virtually unknown outside historic motor racing circles — until very recently. To prewar racing buffs, he was best known as the mysterious British winner of…
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François Cevert, F1’s laughing cavalier
Death fully defines a man. Potential for things not yet done no longer exists.” Someone said this in a book about jazz great Eric Dolphy, but it applies universally to…
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William Grover-Williams: a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma
In April 1929 the streets of Monte Carlo resounded for the first time to the sound and sight of Grand Prix motor racing. The Riviera resort for the very rich…
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Flat out to deceive: Why Jean-Pierre Jarier never won an F1 race
It was 1996, 13 years since Jean-Pierre Jarier had last raced in Formula 1. The Porsche Supercup cars arrived under heavy braking for Paul Ricard’s tight first corner, Emanuel Collard…
Standings – 2026 F1 World Championship
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Mark Hughes: Why the fastest car might not win in Mexico
Mexico City’s thin air and tricky tyre temperatures could turn the usual competitive order on its head. Mark Hughes explains why
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MPH: F1’s Middle East promises need a pinch of salt
Mark Hughes asks whether F1’s insistence that the Qatar and Abu Dhabi Grands Prix will go ahead can survive the realities of the Middle East conflict
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Mass frustration at the US GP – but Kimi just looked like a kid having fun
Kimi Antonelli all but secured the Formula 1 title with a champion’s drive at the 2026 United States Grand Prix, writes Mark Hughes. Behind him, forlorn rivals failed to make their superior pace stick
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Jackie Stewart wins at the Nürburgring as Fittipaldi finishes sixth
August 5, 1973 Nürburgring, West Germany A busy scene in the Lotus garage at the 1973 German Grand Prix, Round 11 of 15 of the F1 World Championship. Drivers Emerson…
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Do safety cars make races boring or more exciting? Dilemma for US series as it considers cutting back cautions
When it comes to sports car racing, it’s not just the American tracks that are markedly different from most of their international counterparts. The overall philosophy used by the FIA…
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Two corners from becoming champion: Oliver Solberg’s heartbreaking crash tops the most thrilling WRC deciders
5. 2003: Solberg vs Loeb vs Sainz Subaru’s Norwegian star Petter Solberg, above – ‘Hollywood’ – lay a point adrift of Citroën pair Carlos Sainz and Sébastien Loeb going into…
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The qualifying problem Ferrari still can’t solve
Ferrari knows where its weakness lies, but is unsure whether it can find a short-term solution
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Russell’s biggest battle at Mercedes is with himself
Russell admits that Antonelli has operated at a higher level, but he believes his struggles go deeper than simply being outperformed by his young team-mate
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Can Mexico deliver the F1 showdown that keeps slipping away?
As Formula 1 arrives in Mexico City, the stage is set for a weekend that could deliver not only Antonelli’s title, but also a long-awaited showdown
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