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F1’s home advantage
Home advantage is in the main a psychological and statistical given. Familiarity with a venue creates a powerful force when combined with the will of the majority of its crowd.…
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Spanish Grand Prix – Epilogue
Some things don’t change in Formula 1. It’s more than 10 years since I attended European Grands Prix on a regular basis, following the old Formula 3000 circus as it…
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F1 returns to Europe
Formula 1 is back in Europe; that has a nice ring to it. Drivers seems to enjoy it, journalists too. Is it the familiarity, or maybe the fact that we’re…
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Spanish Grand Prix – qualifying
Mercedes-Benz locked out the front row for the Spanish Grand Prix on Saturday afternoon, as Nico Rosberg took his second pole position in a row and secured the team a…
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Spanish Grand Prix – Day 1
It’s 10 minutes before Friday afternoon’s free practice session and the marshals up at the final chicane are having a kick-about. On this showing, you can see why the Germans…
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I was there when… 1996 Spanish GP
Circuit de Catalunya Spanish Grand Prix, June 2 1996 It had been a fairly quiet weekend, hitherto – if you discount serial backmarker Forti making a fuss about a new…
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Andrea de Adamich’s business empire
From somewhere down in the river valley comes the muffled music of a V12 Ferrari. Moved by this music I come to a roundabout on the edge of Varano de…
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Spanish Grand Prix – Prologue
Alarm sounds at 4am, dawn train to the airport, board the plane while keeping your distance from the hens and the stags, pick up the hire car and by 11.30am…
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David Brabham at Imola, 1994
Onofre Marimón was killed during practice for the 1954 German Grand Prix. Seven years after the event his compatriot Juan Manuel Fangio wrote: “No death on the track, I think,…
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F1’s home advantage
Home advantage is in the main a psychological and statistical given. Familiarity with a venue creates a powerful force when combined with the will of the majority of its crowd.…
Opinion
F1
Spanish Grand Prix – Epilogue
Some things don’t change in Formula 1. It’s more than 10 years since I attended European Grands Prix on a regular basis, following the old Formula 3000 circus as it…
Opinion
F1
F1 returns to Europe
Formula 1 is back in Europe; that has a nice ring to it. Drivers seems to enjoy it, journalists too. Is it the familiarity, or maybe the fact that we’re…
Opinion
F1
Spanish Grand Prix – qualifying
Mercedes-Benz locked out the front row for the Spanish Grand Prix on Saturday afternoon, as Nico Rosberg took his second pole position in a row and secured the team a…
Opinion
F1
Spanish Grand Prix – Day 1
It’s 10 minutes before Friday afternoon’s free practice session and the marshals up at the final chicane are having a kick-about. On this showing, you can see why the Germans…
F1
I was there when… 1996 Spanish GP
Circuit de Catalunya Spanish Grand Prix, June 2 1996 It had been a fairly quiet weekend, hitherto – if you discount serial backmarker Forti making a fuss about a new…
Opinion
F1
Andrea de Adamich’s business empire
From somewhere down in the river valley comes the muffled music of a V12 Ferrari. Moved by this music I come to a roundabout on the edge of Varano de…
Opinion
F1
Spanish Grand Prix – Prologue
Alarm sounds at 4am, dawn train to the airport, board the plane while keeping your distance from the hens and the stags, pick up the hire car and by 11.30am…
F1
David Brabham at Imola, 1994
Onofre Marimón was killed during practice for the 1954 German Grand Prix. Seven years after the event his compatriot Juan Manuel Fangio wrote: “No death on the track, I think,…
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Mercedes seizes early 2026 F1 advantage as Russell and Antonelli dominate opening two races
China March 13–15 Like Round 1, the season’s second race was another Mercedes lockout, but the outcome at Shanghai differed from Albert Park: a 2-1 rather than a 1-2. Make…
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MPH: Antonelli vs Russell – is this F1’s next epic title battle?
He’s only 19, but Kimi Antonelli has shown F1 championship-winning pace and may never get a better title shot. The ingredients are there for another historic battle between one experienced team-mate and a thrusting newcomer, says Mark Hughes
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Flawed F1 exposed again at Suzuka, but searing Antonelli would win in any era
Kimi Antonelli looked like he’d have blasted to victory in the 2026 Japanese Grand Prix, no matter what rules F1 was racing under, says Mark Hughes. However, the result was once again overshadowed by the shortcomings of the series’ new regulations
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Katsuta triumphs in Safari Rally as Toyota driver ends 94-start wait with grit and resilience
He wasn’t the fastest driver in Kenya – he failed to win a single stage – but traditionalists will tell you that speed is not the most important thing on…
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Verstappen’s Nürburgring pole and battle overshadowed by tyre rule exclusion in NLS2
March 21, 2026 Nürburgring, Germany A hero’s welcome for Max Verstappen in the Nürburgring pitlane after what appeared to have been victory in NLS2 as the four-time Formula 1 champion…
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Porsche Penske’s Sebring win marred by team orders dispute in Florida endurance double
March 21, 2026 Sebring, Florida, USA Porsche Penske Motorsport trio Felipe Nasr, Julien Andlauer and Laurin Heinrich completed a double in the ‘36 Hours of Florida’ when they added Sebring…
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Lock in fans, then make everything worse: F1 risks falling into Big Tech trap
There is a word for what happens when platforms stop serving the people who made them great. Should Formula 1 learn it?
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Ready for the F1 title fight: How Kimi Antonelli revealed he has what it takes
Motor Sport F1 Show with Mark Hughes
Leading the world championship aged 19, Kimi Antonelli has proved he has the pace to win the title — and this could be his best shot. Plus: how GPs could be shortened over safety fears, and why Max Verstappen is serious in threatening to quit
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Stewart and Jenkinson clash over safety as Rindt wins at Clermont-Ferrand
July 5, 1970 Clermont-Ferrand, France Smiles here, but the reigning Formula 1 champion Jackie Stewart and Motor Sport’s continental correspondent Denis Jenkinson were embroiled in a bitter war of words…
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