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BMW’s glory days
As Mike Doodson writes in this month’s excellent cover story, BMW has bottled it. The manufacturer has backed out of Formula 1 without reaching its goal of winning the World…
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Enough with the conspiracy theories
During the course of an interview with the BBC last Saturday, Mr Ecclestone invited us to consult a dictionary to check the meaning of the word ‘conspiracy’. For those of…
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2009 Singapore Grand Prix summary
Lewis Hamilton (1st) Even though both Vettel and Rosberg put pressure on him at different points during the Grand Prix, you got the feeling that Hamilton was driving at nine-10ths…
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Time to get back to the racing
Given that external reality is a fiction, the writer’s role is almost superfluous. He does not need to invent the fiction because it is already there. So said JG Ballard,…
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Piquet just part of the problem
We are known, locally, as Team Renault. On one side of the garage is a bullet grey Scenic, on the other a deep blue Modus. And we are not alone.…
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2009 Italian Grand Prix report
“This time I got a good start, and it was vital I did, because the guys with KERS had 20 metres on us away from the grid. At one point…
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Badoer plays the blame game
Ah, so it was the press who were to blame. The dreaded ‘meejah’. And there was I, in my innocence, thinking it was the fault of the driver. When Felipe…
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W154 back on track after 70 years
Lime Rock Park in north-west Connecticut stages its annual Vintage meeting this weekend. This is Labor Day weekend in the United States, the traditional end of the stateside summer season,…
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September’s audio podcast with Jody Scheckter (2009)
Our latest installment in the Motor Sport audio podcast series. But this time Nigel Roebuck, Rob Widdows and Ed Foster were joined by 1979 Formula 1 World Champion Jody Scheckter.…
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BMW’s glory days
As Mike Doodson writes in this month’s excellent cover story, BMW has bottled it. The manufacturer has backed out of Formula 1 without reaching its goal of winning the World…
Opinion
F1
Enough with the conspiracy theories
During the course of an interview with the BBC last Saturday, Mr Ecclestone invited us to consult a dictionary to check the meaning of the word ‘conspiracy’. For those of…
Opinion
F1
2009 Singapore Grand Prix summary
Lewis Hamilton (1st) Even though both Vettel and Rosberg put pressure on him at different points during the Grand Prix, you got the feeling that Hamilton was driving at nine-10ths…
Opinion
F1
Time to get back to the racing
Given that external reality is a fiction, the writer’s role is almost superfluous. He does not need to invent the fiction because it is already there. So said JG Ballard,…
Opinion
F1
Piquet just part of the problem
We are known, locally, as Team Renault. On one side of the garage is a bullet grey Scenic, on the other a deep blue Modus. And we are not alone.…
F1
2009 Italian Grand Prix report
“This time I got a good start, and it was vital I did, because the guys with KERS had 20 metres on us away from the grid. At one point…
Opinion
F1
Badoer plays the blame game
Ah, so it was the press who were to blame. The dreaded ‘meejah’. And there was I, in my innocence, thinking it was the fault of the driver. When Felipe…
F1
W154 back on track after 70 years
Lime Rock Park in north-west Connecticut stages its annual Vintage meeting this weekend. This is Labor Day weekend in the United States, the traditional end of the stateside summer season,…
Opinion
F1
September’s audio podcast with Jody Scheckter (2009)
Our latest installment in the Motor Sport audio podcast series. But this time Nigel Roebuck, Rob Widdows and Ed Foster were joined by 1979 Formula 1 World Champion Jody Scheckter.…
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Mark Hughes: Why the fastest car might not win in Mexico
Mexico City’s thin air and tricky tyre temperatures could turn the usual competitive order on its head. Mark Hughes explains why
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MPH: F1’s Middle East promises need a pinch of salt
Mark Hughes asks whether F1’s insistence that the Qatar and Abu Dhabi Grands Prix will go ahead can survive the realities of the Middle East conflict
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Mass frustration at the US GP – but Kimi just looked like a kid having fun
Kimi Antonelli all but secured the Formula 1 title with a champion’s drive at the 2026 United States Grand Prix, writes Mark Hughes. Behind him, forlorn rivals failed to make their superior pace stick
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Jackie Stewart wins at the Nürburgring as Fittipaldi finishes sixth
August 5, 1973 Nürburgring, West Germany A busy scene in the Lotus garage at the 1973 German Grand Prix, Round 11 of 15 of the F1 World Championship. Drivers Emerson…
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Do safety cars make races boring or more exciting? Dilemma for US series as it considers cutting back cautions
When it comes to sports car racing, it’s not just the American tracks that are markedly different from most of their international counterparts. The overall philosophy used by the FIA…
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Two corners from becoming champion: Oliver Solberg’s heartbreaking crash tops the most thrilling WRC deciders
5. 2003: Solberg vs Loeb vs Sainz Subaru’s Norwegian star Petter Solberg, above – ‘Hollywood’ – lay a point adrift of Citroën pair Carlos Sainz and Sébastien Loeb going into…
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The qualifying problem Ferrari still can’t solve
Ferrari knows where its weakness lies, but is unsure whether it can find a short-term solution
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Russell’s biggest battle at Mercedes is with himself
Russell admits that Antonelli has operated at a higher level, but he believes his struggles go deeper than simply being outperformed by his young team-mate
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Can Mexico deliver the F1 showdown that keeps slipping away?
As Formula 1 arrives in Mexico City, the stage is set for a weekend that could deliver not only Antonelli’s title, but also a long-awaited showdown
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