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Beating your team-mate in Formula 1
‘Beat your team-mate’ is as old as the sport. As racing motifs go, it’s up there with: ‘To finish first, first you must finish’ and ‘When the flag drops, the…
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John Barnard on Formula 1 today
I enjoyed a nice chat with John Barnard last week. John and I are old friends going back to his days as an Indycar designer for Vel’s Parnelli Jones and…
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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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Beating your team-mate in Formula 1
‘Beat your team-mate’ is as old as the sport. As racing motifs go, it’s up there with: ‘To finish first, first you must finish’ and ‘When the flag drops, the…
Opinion
F1
John Barnard on Formula 1 today
I enjoyed a nice chat with John Barnard last week. John and I are old friends going back to his days as an Indycar designer for Vel’s Parnelli Jones and…
Opinion
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…
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MPH: The real reason Ferrari had the edge over Mercedes wasn’t the rims
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MPH: The real Lewis Hamilton is back. This is why
Mark Hughes examines the factors that have contributed to Lewis Hamilton finding his old self after a 2025 Formula 1 season filled with self-doubt
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Mark Hughes: The knife-edge strategy that delivered Hamilton’s Barcelona win
Mark Hughes analyses the finely poised strategic battle that underpinned Lewis Hamilton’s landmark first Ferrari victory in Barcelona
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Mark Hughes: why F1’s 50/50 hybrid rules were doomed by conflicting priorities
With apologies to David Byrne and Talking Heads: And you may find yourself Watching someone lift and coast And you may find yourself Watching cars slowly decelerate down the straights…
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Felix Rosenqvist edges David Malukas in closest Indianapolis 500 finish on record
May 24, 2026 Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, Indiana It was a photo finish in the 110th running of the Indianapolis 500 after a one-lap shootout at the close. Mick Schumacher’s…
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The unremarkable race that made F1 history without anyone noticing
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Barcelona exposed Williams again, but team boss James Vowles insists the car, and this year’s Formula 1 season, can still be saved
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