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Dear Nigel, On the evidence of the Bahrain Grand Prix, this season may turn out to be a huge letdown. After four very good years and, despite the pre-season hype,…
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Dear Nigel, To my mind you’re the best racing journalist I’ve ever read, and Motor Sport has to be the most factual racing mag. My question is this: were you…
“The Formula 1 car,” said Ferrari’s Stefano Domenicali recently, “is too efficient…” For most, if not all, of the designers in F1, Domenicali’s words will be heresy, for their constant…
As Martin Brundle said: “Lewis Hamilton has driven a great race, but Jenson was just that little bit better”. Having only qualified fifth Button made the call to stay out…
The highlight of my year thus far was lunch in a supermarket café. Not the gastronomy, though I did capitulate at the offer of an absurdly rich pudding, but the…
Welcome to another Motor Sport audio podcast. This month we take a look at the first three races, the drivers, the teams and of course the racing. One of our…
It’s a fact that many of us left Bahrain in a downbeat frame of mind, for this 2010 Grand Prix season had been anticipated – for a variety of sound…
After being robbed of a possible two victories in Bahrain and Australia due to technical problems, Sebastian Vettel finally, and convincingly, won in Malaysia. As can always happen in this…
Sixty years ago, the world was still recovering from the ravages of a world war. But it’s always remarkable how quickly people return to normal life after such devastation. By…
Dear Nigel, On the evidence of the Bahrain Grand Prix, this season may turn out to be a huge letdown. After four very good years and, despite the pre-season hype,…
Dear Nigel, To my mind you’re the best racing journalist I’ve ever read, and Motor Sport has to be the most factual racing mag. My question is this: were you…
“The Formula 1 car,” said Ferrari’s Stefano Domenicali recently, “is too efficient…” For most, if not all, of the designers in F1, Domenicali’s words will be heresy, for their constant…
As Martin Brundle said: “Lewis Hamilton has driven a great race, but Jenson was just that little bit better”. Having only qualified fifth Button made the call to stay out…
The highlight of my year thus far was lunch in a supermarket café. Not the gastronomy, though I did capitulate at the offer of an absurdly rich pudding, but the…
Welcome to another Motor Sport audio podcast. This month we take a look at the first three races, the drivers, the teams and of course the racing. One of our…
It’s a fact that many of us left Bahrain in a downbeat frame of mind, for this 2010 Grand Prix season had been anticipated – for a variety of sound…
After being robbed of a possible two victories in Bahrain and Australia due to technical problems, Sebastian Vettel finally, and convincingly, won in Malaysia. As can always happen in this…
Sixty years ago, the world was still recovering from the ravages of a world war. But it’s always remarkable how quickly people return to normal life after such devastation. By…
Lando Norris’s soaring confidence and an improved McLaren mean we’re witnessing a Formula 1 driver at his outer limits, Mark Hughes argues
Fast enough to build an unassailable lead, Lando Norris was too quick to catch the VSC pit window. And so his flawless F1 Madring weekend ended cruelly, as even the winner acknowledged, Mark Hughes says
With a brand new surface and a tyre-punishing banked Turn 12, Madrid’s inaugural Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix weekend could reshuffle the Mercedes-McLaren-Ferrari pecking order once again, writes Mark Hughes
Two consecutive victories from pole for McLaren’s Lando Norris to bring him within 83 points of Kimi Antonelli’s championship lead with half the season still to go had Mercedes’ Toto…
The Dutch Grand Prix was an exciting way to kick off the second half of the season after the summer break. Following on from Lando Norris’s dominant victory in Budapest…
Monaco Lewis Hamilton Many had written off Lewis Hamilton in F1 – too long in the tooth at 41, a poor fit with Ferrari, the rise of rivals, and so…
A secret Teddington wind tunnel shared with torpedo tests and a particle accelerator gave McLaren its first taste of porpoising four decades before the sport rediscovered it
There’s no version of the VSC rule that’s fair to everyone, and the Spanish GP just proved it again
The 2027 Formula 1 season will include ten sprint races, including a Monaco round: here’s what it means for next year
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