Tempers frayed at Suzuka
Back-to-back races in Formula 1 at this stage of the season is tough for everyone. I am not expecting any sympathy and I do know how lucky we all are,…
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This year’s Japanese Grand Prix was the 25th to take place at Suzuka – and you have to wonder why the event has ever been staged elsewhere. Fuji Speedway benefits…
From first-lap nutcase to startline hero… Romain Grosjean’s Japanese Grand Prix fortunes have changed beyond measure in the space of 12 months, but the Lotus driver was denied a shot…
The radio messages were relatively muted, but the satisfaction ran deep. Mark Webber is rarely given the credit he’s due, but the 12th pole position of his Formula 1 career…
Somebody had been busy with their pruning shears – and a broom. The slender path to 130R had been cleared of its customary foliage and spiderwork, but many an element…
Unless we are very much mistaken it was your 90th birthday yesterday. So many, many happy returns from me, and all of us at Motor Sport magazine which, as you…
Taken from the December 1997 issue of Motor Sport No one ever had Enzo Ferrari’s number better than Phil Hill. “The Old Man used to produce these annuals at the…
It’s an oft-repeated cliché that Suzuka is remote, but getting there is half the fun – and few motor sport destinations reward travellers quite so handsomely. Nagoya possesses the closest…
The incredible Nico Hülkenberg has every right to be angry. His real-world size, all 6ft and 11st 9lb of it, not only outweighs his talent in some Formula 1 team…
Back-to-back races in Formula 1 at this stage of the season is tough for everyone. I am not expecting any sympathy and I do know how lucky we all are,…
This year’s Japanese Grand Prix was the 25th to take place at Suzuka – and you have to wonder why the event has ever been staged elsewhere. Fuji Speedway benefits…
From first-lap nutcase to startline hero… Romain Grosjean’s Japanese Grand Prix fortunes have changed beyond measure in the space of 12 months, but the Lotus driver was denied a shot…
The radio messages were relatively muted, but the satisfaction ran deep. Mark Webber is rarely given the credit he’s due, but the 12th pole position of his Formula 1 career…
Somebody had been busy with their pruning shears – and a broom. The slender path to 130R had been cleared of its customary foliage and spiderwork, but many an element…
Unless we are very much mistaken it was your 90th birthday yesterday. So many, many happy returns from me, and all of us at Motor Sport magazine which, as you…
Taken from the December 1997 issue of Motor Sport No one ever had Enzo Ferrari’s number better than Phil Hill. “The Old Man used to produce these annuals at the…
It’s an oft-repeated cliché that Suzuka is remote, but getting there is half the fun – and few motor sport destinations reward travellers quite so handsomely. Nagoya possesses the closest…
The incredible Nico Hülkenberg has every right to be angry. His real-world size, all 6ft and 11st 9lb of it, not only outweighs his talent in some Formula 1 team…
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
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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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