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Formula 1 track tests
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Ollie Bearman’s ‘shocking’ F1 history lesson with Martin Brundle
Taken from Motor Sport, August 2025 Gosh!” comes the ever-so-polite exclamation from Britain’s newest Formula 1 star. “I was scared…
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Alfa Romeo 158/159: the cars that dominated early Formula 1
Taken from Motor Sport, November 2010 They called it ‘Alfetta’ – the little Alfa, because that’s what it was. Unable…
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George Russell Drives Fangio’s Iconic Mercedes W196 at Aintree
Taken from Motor Sport, August 2025 Seventy years on from its first post-war grand prix win, Mercedes-Benz hasn’t forgotten the…
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Lotus 18 vs Cooper T53: Go low, aim high
Complacency: a strong word when aimed at brittle motor racing people. But... "Why change it when we're winnin'?" Sounds complacent,…
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Stirling Moss Drives F1’s Only 4WD Winner, the Ferguson P99
Taken from Motor Sport, November 2010 Okay. But please ask the announcer to tell the crowd why I’m not waving.”…
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The Lotus 25 ‘I whooped on Hangar Straight!’
Taken from Motor Sport, August 2013 David Coulthard cuts the ignition, wiggles the red leather steering wheel and folds his arms. "Well,…
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Driving the Honda RA300, F1’s Only One-Race Winner
Taken from Motor Sport, July 2005 I have memories like this stretching back to early adolescence when, on the first…
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How the March 701 Stunned F1 with Wins in Its Debut Season
Taken from Motor Sport, March 2013 How difficult is it to win in Formula 1? Ask Toyota. For the eight…
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How John Surtees Accidentally Became a Formula 1 Constructor
Taken from Motor Sport, November 2003 John Surtees was always destined to become a constructor. At least that’s how it appeared…
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Driving the Tyrrell P34 — F1’s Iconic Six-Wheeled Car
Taken from Motor Sport , February 2011 When I say there will never be another track test like this, I…
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Rupert Keegan: F1's Playboy racer drives his Penthouse sweet
Taken from Motor Sport, July 2003 When kitsch was cool, John Travolta was new and the only skirts in Formula…
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Driving Gilles Villeneuve’s Ferrari 312 T3 — A 1970s F1 Icon
Taken from Motor Sport, December 1997 The last Formula 1 car I drove was a March 891. It was powered…
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Lotus 79: The Ground-Effect F1 Car That Changed Racing
Taken from Motor Sport, March 2010 We all remember our first grand prix. You can watch it for years on…
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Brabham BT49: Driving the Ground-Effect F1 Title Winner
Taken from Motor Sport, March 1999 In the end, it is just a car. You sit with a steering wheel…
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The F1 racer who brought his own Alfa Romeo 182 back to life
For 27 years it sat — up on blocks, under a cover – in his mother’s suburban garage: last in…
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Pierre Gasly in Ayrton Senna’s first Toleman: Always meet your heroes
Taken From Motor Sport , July 2024 The tension’s almost unbearable as a chilling breeze sweeps down the old Silverstone…
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Adrian Newey Drives Leyton House and Red Bull RB6 F1 Cars
Taken from Motor Sport, December 2012 Early September, a couple of days after the Belgian Grand Prix and a few…
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The ultimate Williams track test
Taken from Motor Sport, August 2017 2017 Williams FW40 All the way through the 2017 season I’ve been going to…
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