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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,…
F1
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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MPH: Norris had no sympathy for Russell’s F1 car complaints. Here’s why
Lando Norris responded bluntly to George Russell’s complaints of struggling to adapt to this year’s Mercedes F1 car. It exposed more than just their different driving styles, says Mark Hughes; it shows where their heads are at
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MPH: Decoded – why Russell and Piastri can’t keep up with their F1 team-mates
Hungary revealed how wind and worn tarmac are rewriting the rules of 2026 F1 performance, and why some of the grid’s best drivers are struggling to keep up. Mark Hughes explains
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Formula 1 2026 half-term report. Every driver rated – who deserves an A+?
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Kimi Antonelli’s mid-season charge reshapes Formula 1’s 2026 title fight
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Madring’s La Monumental gives Madrid’s new F1 circuit a distinctive challenge
There was a time when circuit corner names were utilitarian labels, nothing more. Even for the greatest curves, inspiration was drawn from local landmarks or topography: think of Eau Rouge…
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‘Kimi Antonelli was 11 when I saw him race. He amazed me’: when Mercedes’ talent scout discovered the F1 sensation
To call Gwen Lagrue a ’scout’ is reductive. Identifying talent is just part of the equation; he supplements that by developing it, playing a central role in nurturing a plethora…
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‘It was the day Niki Lauda almost died. Who remembers a frightened James Hunt’s brilliant win?’
Niki Lauda’s blazing Ferrari cast a pall over the 1976 German Grand Prix, so it’s easy to overlook what happened in the F1 race. Matt Bishop recognises James Hunt’s masterful and brave victory at the Nürburgring
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The Beatle who predicted F1’s TV boom decades early
Long before Drive to Survive, an ex-Beatle and lifelong racing obsessive told Barry Sheene how F1 would find its biggest audience
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The bizarre bug that cost Frentzen his F1 title shot – and why he’s made peace with it
A software bug cost Heinz-Harald Frentzen his best shot at the world title, but he explains why it never actually cost him much at all
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