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Mission Complete in the 2.40 at Chepstow: there could be no better name for AP McCoy’s 4000th winner. Destiny called. Except that the seven-year-old gelding was withdrawn because the going…
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Mission Complete in the 2.40 at Chepstow: there could be no better name for AP McCoy’s 4000th winner. Destiny called. Except that the seven-year-old gelding was withdrawn because the going…
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Why are we drawn to this sport? Through my 20-odd years as a Grand Prix journalist, I have been repeatedly surprised by the drivers’ lack of childhood enthusiasm for motor…
This is the time of year when people get sick. The long season, back-to-back races and constant travel through switching time zones all start to take their toll. Add in…
Christmas is coming fast and Mrs Frankel doesn’t have a clue what to get me. As ever my request for a Lola T70 MkIIIB has fallen on deaf ears so…
Whether you like the Abu Dhabi track or not, you can’t fail to be impressed by the buildings and facilities that surround it. The rumoured cost of Yas Island –…
Some days one driver is just in a different class to the rest of the grid. Today was one of those days for Sebastian Vettel. In fact, his drive in…
The media centre is usually a quiet place apart from the occasional round of applause when one of the radio broadcasters stops a very loud transmission. One in particular takes…
It was never really in doubt whether Kimi Räikkönen would turn up in Abu Dhabi or not because if he didn’t he would be in breach of contract. Or was…
Sepang’s abrasive tarmac did more than shred Formula 1 tyres – it scrambled team simulations and may well have handed Red Bull an unassailable advantage in the Bahrain Grand Prix, that reshaped the competitive order, as Mark Hughes explains
Back in Malaysia for the first time in nine years, plenty of Formula 1 teams were caught out by the unique characteristics of the Sepang circuit where one decision had a devastating effect on their whole Bahrain GP weekend
Mark Hughes dissects how Sepang’s brutally abrasive surface and restricted tyre allocation are turning this weekend into a strategic gauntlet where the right compound choice could matter more than raw pace
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Formula 1 returns to Sepang, 13 years after Red Bull’s Multi 21 controversy joined some of the most notorious team orders in grand prix racing
Hamilton backed Vasseur at Sepang while saying the hierarchy above him is “a question”. A day later, Vasseur’s answers were only about relationships and unity
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