Fifty years on, Matt Bishop revisits the 1976 Italian Grand Prix – the scene of Niki Lauda’s miraculous comeback, Ronnie Peterson’s sole March win, and Otto Stuppacher’s sad overreach
Drivers and fans want the Madring rebuilt for 2027 – but half the circuit is built around a fixed exhibition centre, so what are the viable changes?
Marc Márquez scored his fifth victory from the last seven races to take the MotoGP championship lead, almost doubling Jorge Martin’s score in the same period and tripling Marco Bezzecchi’s
Madring promised spectacle and delivered a procession, as the new Spanish GP venue exposed just how little racing today’s Formula 1 cars and track designs actually allow
Formula 1 has a flag for almost every occasion, but what does each one mean? Here’s a full breakdown of the flags at a race marshal’s disposal
There are few names more steeped in Le Mans lore than Porsche, with the company firmly cemented at the top of the charts for overall wins. Yet in the first…
The Toyota Celica ST185 has an unmatched record in the WRC – Nicky Grist and engineer Don Woolfield remember a superlative car
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Time was running out. On several levels. The most pressing problem, however, was to qualify. This process would have been straightforward — until just a few days ago. Which is…
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The Subaru Impreza 555 swept all before it in the WRC, and became an icon in the hands of Colin McRae – its design team leader remembers the epic tale
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Lost ‘Pete Aron’ interview uncovered
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The 2026 Formula 1 field ranked after the first half of the season. One driver stands above the rest
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In this special episode, Mark welcomes MotoGP columnist Mat Oxley to discuss whether new series owner Liberty Media can repeat its F1 success with MotoGP – without losing motorcycling’s “dangerous and dirty” soul
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How quickly should F1 drivers adapt to their cars? And what is going wrong for George Russell?
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Formula 1’s fastest car keeps changing hands – is Ferrari’s Monza upgrade about to hand it over again?
Motor Sport F1 Show with Mark Hughes
What’s the overlooked factor behind McLaren’s Zandvoort dominance? And can it survive the trip to Monza?
Motor Sport F1 Show with Mark Hughes
The 2026 Formula 1 field ranked after the first half of the season. One driver stands above the rest
Motor Sport F1 Show with Mark Hughes
In this special episode, Mark welcomes MotoGP columnist Mat Oxley to discuss whether new series owner Liberty Media can repeat its F1 success with MotoGP – without losing motorcycling’s “dangerous and dirty” soul
Motor Sport F1 Show with Mark Hughes
How quickly should F1 drivers adapt to their cars? And what is going wrong for George Russell?
Madring’s banked showpiece was built to be photographed and talked about, but how big is the challenge around it?
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
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From Antonelli’s “impossible” Monza victory to the paranoia gripping Ferrari and McLaren’s driver pairings, this week’s biggest Formula 1 questions answered
As Formula 1 arrives at Madring for the first time, Max Verstappen has highlighted two key worries. Will they come true?
Watch F1 via live stream or on TV: dates and start time for the 2026 Spanish Grand Prix
Who is Lawrence Stroll, the Aston Martin chairman in 2026? How the billionaire made his fortune, the F1 team investment deal that raises his stake – and the car collection he built along the way.
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
Marc Márquez scored his fifth victory from the last seven races to take the MotoGP championship lead, almost doubling Jorge Martin’s score in the same period and tripling Marco Bezzecchi’s
Moto2 and Moto3 will remain a part of the main paddock, based in open garages, so fans with paddock access can watch teams at work
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Where do you begin when you are interviewing a man who has started 322 Formula 1 grands prix, who has won 11 of them, who has stood on 68 F1…
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Giancarlo Fisichella notched up more than 200 starts over a 14-season Formula 1 career that took him from Minardi to Ferrari via Jordan (twice), Benetton, Sauber, Renault and Force India.…
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It is hard to imagine that the speed limit was only raised to a heady 20mph in 1903. With no motor sport activity allowed on British roads, Hugh Fortescue Locke…
Kevin Rice describes what you are seeing over these pages as “a barn find”, and it’s hard to disagree. The man who took these images, Charles Strickland Laird, was a…
Andy Green is a rock star in Bonneville. You’d expect no less, given he’s the only human to travel supersonic on land. To witness him holding court in the local,…
