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Looking forward to Spa-Francorchamps
Written in 2013… The last Grand Prix I attended was at Silverstone in 2003. It was an epic race, enlivened by Neil Horan’s potentially suicidal track invasion, the best victory…
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The day Häkkinen stunned Schumacher, and the world
Mika Häkkinen’s audacious move on Michael Schumacher through Blanchimont and down the Kemmel Straight at the 2000 Belgian GP still stands as one of F1’s greatest overtakes
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Continental notes, September 1973
Taken from the September 1973 issue of Motor Sport By Denis Jenkinson Looking back on the whole sad and unfortunate affair of the Dutch Grand Prix makes one realize more…
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The long shadow of the 1960s
We often write about the 1960s in the pages of Motor Sport, and here on the website too, and for good reason: the ’60s were a remarkable decade for motor…
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When Surtees won the 1963 German GP
Grand Prix motor racing in the 1960s was unquestionably the Jim Clark Era. His velvety touch was the perfect complement to Lotus boss Colin ‘Chunky’ Chapman’s mercurial genius, steely determination…
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Monza with next year’s Mercedes turbo
One of the main fears about next year’s new V6 turbo F1 engines is the reduction in noise from the current 2.4-litre V8s. It’s not only the fans that have…
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F1 hot topics: Sergey Sirotkin and Austria
If you’re good enough, you’re old enough. It’s an old motor racing cliché, but one that has rung true over the years for the likes of Kimi Räikkönen, Fernando Alonso,…
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In a Rush for 1976 and Hunt vs Lauda
Thirty-seven years ago today, August 1 1976, Niki Lauda’s life changed forever. For almost a minute he was trapped in 800-degree heat as his Ferrari burned at Bergwerk. Guy Edwards,…
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The hot Grands Prix
The heat of Hungary delivered a commanding victory for a chilled Lewis Hamilton. He spoke of being “mellow” and in a “different headspace”: distracted almost and yet somehow totally focused…
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Looking forward to Spa-Francorchamps
Written in 2013… The last Grand Prix I attended was at Silverstone in 2003. It was an epic race, enlivened by Neil Horan’s potentially suicidal track invasion, the best victory…
Great Read
F1
The day Häkkinen stunned Schumacher, and the world
Mika Häkkinen’s audacious move on Michael Schumacher through Blanchimont and down the Kemmel Straight at the 2000 Belgian GP still stands as one of F1’s greatest overtakes
F1
Continental notes, September 1973
Taken from the September 1973 issue of Motor Sport By Denis Jenkinson Looking back on the whole sad and unfortunate affair of the Dutch Grand Prix makes one realize more…
F1
The long shadow of the 1960s
We often write about the 1960s in the pages of Motor Sport, and here on the website too, and for good reason: the ’60s were a remarkable decade for motor…
F1
When Surtees won the 1963 German GP
Grand Prix motor racing in the 1960s was unquestionably the Jim Clark Era. His velvety touch was the perfect complement to Lotus boss Colin ‘Chunky’ Chapman’s mercurial genius, steely determination…
Opinion
F1
Monza with next year’s Mercedes turbo
One of the main fears about next year’s new V6 turbo F1 engines is the reduction in noise from the current 2.4-litre V8s. It’s not only the fans that have…
Opinion
F1
F1 hot topics: Sergey Sirotkin and Austria
If you’re good enough, you’re old enough. It’s an old motor racing cliché, but one that has rung true over the years for the likes of Kimi Räikkönen, Fernando Alonso,…
F1
In a Rush for 1976 and Hunt vs Lauda
Thirty-seven years ago today, August 1 1976, Niki Lauda’s life changed forever. For almost a minute he was trapped in 800-degree heat as his Ferrari burned at Bergwerk. Guy Edwards,…
F1
The hot Grands Prix
The heat of Hungary delivered a commanding victory for a chilled Lewis Hamilton. He spoke of being “mellow” and in a “different headspace”: distracted almost and yet somehow totally focused…
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MPH: Diamond in the rough – is this why Red Bull was fastest by far?
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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The disastrous tease that half the F1 grid fell for at Bahrain GP in Malaysia
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
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Mark Hughes: Tyre-wrecking Sepang threatens an F1 upset
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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Max Verstappen: ‘Why I’m staying to rebuild Red Bull rather than quitting’
The first few months of this season were nervous ones for the bosses of Red Bull’s Formula 1 team. Victories were not on the agenda. The car Red Bull had…
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The wreck of Red Bull… and how the F1 team is fixing it
Who knows what riches Max Verstappen was offered to lure him away from Red Bull Racing? A blank cheque, the keys to any kingdom he might desire and all the…
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VR46 Academy’s latest title hope: how Marco Bezzecchi found his MotoGP edge
Valentino Rossi’s VR46 Riders Academy – established a decade ago by the seven-times MotoGP king to create a new generation of Italian talent – has so far produced one MotoGP…
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The last-lap failure that exposed a Williams software flaw
Nigel Mansell’s infamous final-lap failure in the 1991 Canadian GP exposed an unforeseen weakness in Williams’ sophisticated gearbox – and offers a striking parallel with F1’s software-driven problems today
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Sepang’s chaos explained: the cause, the fix and what comes next
The FIA has explained why cars lost power on the Sepang formation lap, and what Formula 1 will change for Singapore and Austin
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Motor Sport F1 Show with Mark Hughes
Mark Hughes and Bryn Lucas look back on Verstappen’s win at Sepang, a restart delayed by a software glitch, and what to expect in Singapore
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