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F1's sink or swim moment after Muddle in the Marina: The Editor
In Argentina they do not talk about Diego Maradona’s Hand of God goal when discussing their team’s triumph in the…
February 2022
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Ford GT40's Anglia roots. Details matter
IN THE SPIRIT OF BOD AND JENKS Editorial +44 (0) 20 7349 8484 [email protected] 18-20 Rosemont Road, London NW3 6NE,…
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Motor racing images of the year 2021
From F1 to the Indy 500 and WEC to WRC, it was a golden year of motor racing, captured by…
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Hall of Fame 2021 inductees revealed
Motor Sport readers have voted in their thousands and we can now reveal the five motor racing figureheads you have…
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Truly epic: 2021 was the year F1 finally delivered on its promise
Right in the middle of facing unprecedented challenges from the outside world and just at the moment it most needed…
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Marc Márquez's battle to be fit — and at the front — in 2022
Marc Márquez has always pushed the risk versus reward trade-off as far as it will go. The Spaniard’s victory and…
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Panoz's front-wheel drive Le Mans rocket
Ever since the ‘rear-engined revolution’ – which Cooper led through 1957-60 – the immense majority of truly purebred racing cars…
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Ugly SUVs and an electric car takeover: like it or loathe it, the future is here
In 2022 BMW celebrates the 50th anniversary of its fabled M division and to celebrate, it has revealed a new…
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Trackside view, February 2022
Race report The golden season became searingly hot in Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi Word on the beat Sauber…
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F1's 2021 title deciders: All's not always fair in love and war...
A Middle Eastern three-race flourish to this most astonishingly closely fought championship – with the outcome decided on the last…
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Pato O'Ward's McLaren F1 test: 'This is crazy and insane'
In the days following the Abu Dhabi season finale the teams stayed on to take part in the young driver…
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Word on the beat, February 2022
• Sauber director Pascal Picci, top, – who took over as chairman and president when Peter Sauber retired – has…
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Penalties a positive for Verstappen in the Qatar GP
There was a weird positive tactical implication for Red Bull of the five-place grid penalty taken by Max Verstappen in…
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Vic Elford's Porsches for courses
F1 Retro October 1999 With January tending to be more about off-road antics than Formula 1, now is an appropriate…
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Formula 1 good month, bad month, February 2022
Good month Haas anyone seen Gene? Diehard budget F1 outfit Haas decided not to fly owner Gene Haas in for…
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The mysterious case of F1's flexing rear wings
Red Bull's Christian Horner was adamant during the Brazilian Grand Prix that Mercedes had somehow got around the tougher rear…
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'Why did Michael Masi do what he did in Abu Dhabi?' Johnny Herbert
My verdict on the last-lap shootout that decided the 2021 Formula 1 World Championship? The FIA needs to have a…
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2021 Mercedes C-Class review: Merc should go the extra mile
It is a sign of the times, and how rapidly they are changing, that I was momentarily surprised by the…
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2021 Tesla Model Y review: This isn't bad either...
This is Tesla's first SUV if like me, you consider the Model X to be an MPV of sorts. And…
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2021 Porsche Taycan GTS review: The case for electric
In another significant sign of the times, this is the first electric Porsche to wear its sporty GTS badge. And…
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