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Kimi Räikkönen on Top Gear
I am probably in a minority (again), but I am not a big fan of the Top Gear programme on BBC television. I am, however, a big fan of racing…
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‘Racing’ up the Goodwood hill
The Goodwood press day is the only one in the year where I am allowed to play poacher come gamekeeper. While there to report on news surrounding the forthcoming Festival…
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Formula 1’s first round surprises
Each season we await the opening round of the Formula 1 World Championship with baited breath. Some of us – despite the sport’s ever-improving reliability and spiraling exclusive budgets –…
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Should Marussia and HRT be on the grid?
Question. One that has been asked before but never properly answered, one that may justifiably be posed again. When we look at the entries for the 2012 Grand Prix season…
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Formula 1’s madman and design genius
Who is the most influential designer to have worked in Grand Prix motor racing: Vittorio Jano, Colin Chapman, Adrian Newey? It’s a trick question. And my answer is: the man…
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Alan Jones on the modern F1 driver
We’ve seen the Grand Prix cars testing at Jerez, and in Barcelona, but we don’t really have a lot to go on ahead of the first race in Melbourne. Elsewhere,…
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February’s podcast with Derek Bell
We always knew an hour spent with five-time Le Mans winner Derek Bell would be an hour well spent. But we didn’t realise just how amusing it would be. Indeed…
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Why Formula 1 musn’t go to Bahrain
“Everyone is more or less mad on one point”. These words of Rudyard Kipling come to mind when I see the sport of Grand Prix racing fumbling over the rights…
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Surf’s up for maverick Mike Thackwell
Some stories are special. They’re the ones you really want to tell, that you’ve wanted to do for years and that are not the work of a moment. One of…
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F1
Kimi Räikkönen on Top Gear
I am probably in a minority (again), but I am not a big fan of the Top Gear programme on BBC television. I am, however, a big fan of racing…
Opinion
F1
‘Racing’ up the Goodwood hill
The Goodwood press day is the only one in the year where I am allowed to play poacher come gamekeeper. While there to report on news surrounding the forthcoming Festival…
F1
Formula 1’s first round surprises
Each season we await the opening round of the Formula 1 World Championship with baited breath. Some of us – despite the sport’s ever-improving reliability and spiraling exclusive budgets –…
Opinion
F1
Should Marussia and HRT be on the grid?
Question. One that has been asked before but never properly answered, one that may justifiably be posed again. When we look at the entries for the 2012 Grand Prix season…
F1
Formula 1’s madman and design genius
Who is the most influential designer to have worked in Grand Prix motor racing: Vittorio Jano, Colin Chapman, Adrian Newey? It’s a trick question. And my answer is: the man…
Opinion
F1
Alan Jones on the modern F1 driver
We’ve seen the Grand Prix cars testing at Jerez, and in Barcelona, but we don’t really have a lot to go on ahead of the first race in Melbourne. Elsewhere,…
F1
February’s podcast with Derek Bell
We always knew an hour spent with five-time Le Mans winner Derek Bell would be an hour well spent. But we didn’t realise just how amusing it would be. Indeed…
Opinion
F1
Why Formula 1 musn’t go to Bahrain
“Everyone is more or less mad on one point”. These words of Rudyard Kipling come to mind when I see the sport of Grand Prix racing fumbling over the rights…
F1
Surf’s up for maverick Mike Thackwell
Some stories are special. They’re the ones you really want to tell, that you’ve wanted to do for years and that are not the work of a moment. One of…
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MPH: What Verstappen did at the Nürburgring is everything F1 can’t offer
Verstappen’s stunning Nürburgring 24 Hours assault exposed the gap between what Formula 1 is and what racing can be, Mark Hughes argues
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MPH: Still sandbagging? The crafty reason Mercedes and Ferrari may be hiding true F1 pace
F1’s new mechanism to help struggling engine manufacturers catch up with the leaders could be more powerful than first thought, writes Mark Hughes. Are Mercedes and Ferrari masking their true performance for long-term advantage?
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MPH: Antonelli is ravaging Russell’s golden chance of F1 title — Canada is critical
Outperformed in Miami, George Russell fell further behind his teenage team-mate Kimi Antonelli in the F1 title race. It makes the upcoming Canadian Grand Prix vital for his championship hopes, says Mark Hughes, even though there’s a long season ahead
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Nico Rosberg celebrates victory at Suzuka in 2016
October 7, 2016 Suzuka, Japan By Round 17, Nico Rosberg led Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton by 23 points. Here’s Rosberg in practice dramatically demonstrating the concept of lateral load transfer.…
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Derek Daly: why the numbers prove Williams sabotaged my 1982 F1 season for Rosberg
I raced in Formula 1 for five years at a dangerous time when you knew that at least one driver on average would probably be killed or maimed each year.…
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Ferrari’s bid for four straight Le Mans wins faces a tougher field and stricter BoP rules
Ferrari is bidding for a fourth consecutive Le Mans 24 Hours win this year. Or to put it another way, to continue an unbeaten run since it ended its 50-year exile from…
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Podcast: Verstappen at the Nürburgring was awe-inspiring in a way F1 can’t be
Motor Sport F1 Show with Mark Hughes
Audacious overtakes and relentless pace through day and night: Max Verstappen’s driving was mesmerising. Plus a look ahead to the Canadian Grand Prix
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Deadline looms for F1’s invisible fight in Montreal
Canadian GP briefing
As the FIA’s first ADUO phase ends, Montreal’s data will shape the future of F1’s 2026 engine race
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2026 Canadian GP start time: how to watch, live stream and F1 schedule
Watch F1 via live stream or on TV: dates and start time for the 2026 Canadian Grand Prix
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