Formula One… The cutting edge of technology?
One of the recent headlines in Formula One has been the possible introduction of budget caps. When a steering wheel costs £13,000 and the typical costs of running a team…
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I was watching News at Ten this week and up popped Eddie Jordan, looking tanned, relaxed and rich. Wrapped in an expensive leather jacket, EJ was standing in a smart…
The passage of time means different things to different people. For a geologist, two hundred and fifty million years is a long time. For us motor racing nuts, seven weeks…
One of the recent headlines in Formula One has been the possible introduction of budget caps. When a steering wheel costs £13,000 and the typical costs of running a team…
I was watching News at Ten this week and up popped Eddie Jordan, looking tanned, relaxed and rich. Wrapped in an expensive leather jacket, EJ was standing in a smart…
The passage of time means different things to different people. For a geologist, two hundred and fifty million years is a long time. For us motor racing nuts, seven weeks…
As F1 prepares to vote on a package of 2026 regulation tweaks, Mark Hughes argues the most meaningful fix is the one it’s least likely to try
Charles Leclerc has mastered F1’s new regulations by rooting out the best deployment tricks, while Max Verstappen has been stripped of his advantage, writes Mark Hughes
China March 13–15 Like Round 1, the season’s second race was another Mercedes lockout, but the outcome at Shanghai differed from Albert Park: a 2-1 rather than a 1-2. Make…
He wasn’t the fastest driver in Kenya – he failed to win a single stage – but traditionalists will tell you that speed is not the most important thing on…
March 21, 2026 Nürburgring, Germany A hero’s welcome for Max Verstappen in the Nürburgring pitlane after what appeared to have been victory in NLS2 as the four-time Formula 1 champion…
March 21, 2026 Sebring, Florida, USA Porsche Penske Motorsport trio Felipe Nasr, Julien Andlauer and Laurin Heinrich completed a double in the ‘36 Hours of Florida’ when they added Sebring…
Forty years on from the 1986 Spanish Grand Prix, Matt Bishop recalls the race that compressed the talents of three future Formula 1 legends into a winning gap of just 0.014 seconds
From fog-shrouded Nürburgring to flooded Interlagos, these are the Formula 1 wet-weather drives that prove skill is often more visible than when the rain falls
The 2026 regulations have not just changed how Formula 1 cars are driven, they have changed what it is possible to see
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