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The return of the Mexican Grand Prix?
Most exciting news of the week? Webber might go to Ferrari? Vettel might leave Red Bull? Hamilton offered £95 million to stay with McLaren? (Yes, really). No, the best of…
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The master of the long game in 2012
Blimey, that was cagey. Monte Carlo is restrictive at the freest of times, but with the most talented Formula 1 grid since the 1960s resigned to playing the long game…
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Hamilton and Button on Monaco
Ahead of this weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix Lewis and Jenson talk about racing in the Principality. We always thought it was only Stirling Moss who clocked beautiful women while he…
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Kimi Räikkönen: back where he belongs
Last autumn I wrote a newsletter on the subject of Kimi Räikkönen, and his possible return to Formula 1, following two years of rallying with Citroën – a project which did…
Opinion
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Motor sport technology conference
It always amazes me when people outside the motor sport community take an interest in the sport. Maybe it’s because many of my friends couldn’t care less who won the…
Opinion
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Williams’ secret ingredient
Williams, rejoice, rejoice, won the Spanish Grand Prix. What a difference an engine makes. Or does it? Caterham, too, has the Renault engine and they are far from winning. In…
F1
The best of Williams
As with its first win, so with its 114th: Pastor Maldonado’s surprise ending of Williams’ long drought elicited the same reaction as Clay Regazzoni’s surprise opening of the floodgates all…
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2012 Spanish Grand Prix report
No one would have put money on five different winners, from five different teams, in the first five races of 2012. But that’s exactly what has happened after Pastor Maldonado…
F1
A new Monaco and a Belting performance
Jean-Pierre Beltoise, having harried the victorious Lotus 72D of Emerson Fittipaldi in the closing stages of April 1972’s International Trophy at Silverstone, climbed wistfully from his BRM P160: had he…
F1
The return of the Mexican Grand Prix?
Most exciting news of the week? Webber might go to Ferrari? Vettel might leave Red Bull? Hamilton offered £95 million to stay with McLaren? (Yes, really). No, the best of…
F1
The master of the long game in 2012
Blimey, that was cagey. Monte Carlo is restrictive at the freest of times, but with the most talented Formula 1 grid since the 1960s resigned to playing the long game…
Opinion
F1
Hamilton and Button on Monaco
Ahead of this weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix Lewis and Jenson talk about racing in the Principality. We always thought it was only Stirling Moss who clocked beautiful women while he…
Opinion
F1
Kimi Räikkönen: back where he belongs
Last autumn I wrote a newsletter on the subject of Kimi Räikkönen, and his possible return to Formula 1, following two years of rallying with Citroën – a project which did…
Opinion
F1
Motor sport technology conference
It always amazes me when people outside the motor sport community take an interest in the sport. Maybe it’s because many of my friends couldn’t care less who won the…
Opinion
F1
Williams’ secret ingredient
Williams, rejoice, rejoice, won the Spanish Grand Prix. What a difference an engine makes. Or does it? Caterham, too, has the Renault engine and they are far from winning. In…
F1
The best of Williams
As with its first win, so with its 114th: Pastor Maldonado’s surprise ending of Williams’ long drought elicited the same reaction as Clay Regazzoni’s surprise opening of the floodgates all…
F1
2012 Spanish Grand Prix report
No one would have put money on five different winners, from five different teams, in the first five races of 2012. But that’s exactly what has happened after Pastor Maldonado…
F1
A new Monaco and a Belting performance
Jean-Pierre Beltoise, having harried the victorious Lotus 72D of Emerson Fittipaldi in the closing stages of April 1972’s International Trophy at Silverstone, climbed wistfully from his BRM P160: had he…
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Still sandbagging? Why Mercedes F1 car may be even faster than we’ve seen
As George Russell takes F1 sprint pole in China, Mark Hughes wonders whether Mercedes has a bigger advantage than we’re seeing, and if Red Bull finally has a solution to a long-standing problem
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MPH: F1 got lucky in Melbourne – but for how long?
Outspoken drivers say that F1’s new rules are an accident waiting to happen — and there are signs that they are being listened to. Mark Hughes examines the
unrest beneath the Australian GP spectacle
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Mark Hughes: ‘There’s no skill in F1 overtaking – it’s like passing a car on the motorway’
The 2026 Formula 1 season roared into life with a whirlwind of overtaking at the front. But, in the excitement of the lead battle between George Russell and Charles Leclerc, one key element looks to have been lost
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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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China 2006, the last time Michael Schumacher won an F1 race
Twenty years ago in Shanghai Michael Schumacher, the greatest driver of his generation, crossed the F1 finish line first for the 91st – and final – time
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Mercedes, Toto Wolff, Christian Horner, and the Alpine F1 stake: what’s actually going on
Two team principals with history, a minority stake, multiple bidders, and a governance question without a proper answer – here’s what the race for the future of the Alpine Formula 1 team actually looks like
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Aston Martin still at square one: Alonso sets out recovery timeline for F1 team
Fernando Alonso has seen enough difficult F1 seasons to know there are no shortcuts for Aston Martin, but he hasn’t lost hope
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