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Formula 1: good month, bad month — July 2022
Good month Horror shirt "Please buy the merchandise,"Alex Albon, above, centre, begged in Miami in the hope of a bigger…
July 2022
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Set-up struggles make this year's Mercedes F1 car a mystery machine
Mercedes introduced the first significant upgrades to its troublesome W13 at Miami. Although the team feels that it needs a…
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What is tyre graining? Who decides on F1's DRS zones? Ask Mark
Can you explain what tyre graining is and how it affects car performance? Is it different to tyre deg that…
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New F1 tracks used to offer differences. Now we expect perfection: Johnny Herbert
When I was racing, what I most enjoyed about new tracks was the differences they offered. The surfaces were usually…
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2022 BMW M240i review: Get the show on the road
You can spin the story of this car in two quite different ways. The easily pleased will point to the…
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2022 Alpine A110 GT review — Allez maintenant!
After four years proving that critical acclaim is no guarantee of commercial success, the rapturously received but still slow-selling Alpine…
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2022 Mercedes S 580 review — A plug-in with power
I’ve always been highly suspicious of plug-in hybrids. Never got my head around having two different ‘engines’ yet spending almost…
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Mercedes tuner Brabus teams up with watchmaker Panerai
Fans of souped-up Mercedes-Benz cars will be familiar with Bodo Buschmann, who was just 22 when he teamed up with…
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Formula E to race in Indonesia
Jakarta ePrix June 4 Originally meant to be part of the 2019/20 calendar, the inaugural Jakarta ePrix was cancelled due…
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BRM: Racing for Britain book review
Why do we spend more time remembering the glorious failure of the V16 than we do the cars that finally…
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Games Without Frontiers book review
Anybody with an interest in vintage chart music will know that this glossy, 258-page book about France’s ruthless march into…
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Robin Shute: The Motor Sport Interview
There is something deliciously serendipitous about a chap from pancake-flat Norfolk becoming the only British driver to have conquered the…
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Mark Blundell on Martin Brundle: My Greatest Rival
This has to be my old sparring partner Martin Brundle. When I started in Formula Ford in 1984 he was…
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Flashback: René Arnoux dashes from podium to payphone in Canada
René Arnoux’s victory in the 1983 Canadian Grand Prix was his first in a season that had seen six different…
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Letters, July 2022
Seeing John Hindle’s letter regarding a stoplight grand prix involving a GTO Ferrari [April] dislodged an almost-forgotten similar event, showing…
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2022 Le Mans 24 Hours guide: Welcome to the jungle
Toyota claimed a fourth Le Mans 24 Hours victory in a row in year one of the new era for…
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Le Mans circuit lap guide
Circuit length 8.46 MILES Lap record (race) Mike Conway, Toyota TS050 Hybrid, 2019, 3min 17.297sec Lap record (qualifying) Kamui Kobayashi,…
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Porsche's Le Mans-conquering Group C cars driven: 956 and 962 track test
These are none other than the first and last Porsches to win the Le Mans 24 Hours during the legendary…
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Porsche's greatest Le Mans moments
1982 Le Mans 24 Hours Porsche win didn't come as easy as 1-2-3 Porsche laid down a marker with the…
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Le Mans' thrilling future: behind the wheel of revolutionary MissionH24 hydrogen car
Amid the excitement about electric power, hybrid tech and synthetic fuels, the technology that was once seen as the future…
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