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Customer cars
The haves and have-lots are playing high-stakes poker with the sport we love. Its soul long since sold, the devilment now lies in Formula 1’s financial detail: an apparent streamlining…
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It's not easy out there
Hey, it’s not easy out there. That’s why there have been so many more losers than winners in Formula 1. Caterham and Marussia are far from being alone. More than 100…
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Mansell vs Hamilton
A crow flying the 87 Middle English miles that unite Stevenage and Upton-upon-Severn would enjoy at mid-distance a view of Silverstone – scene of many memorable moments for Our Nige…
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Crossover circuits
John Hugenholtz thought the project unfeasible at first sight. Soichiro Honda told him not to worry. Within days the paddy fields were drained and bulldozed. Honda had owned the land…
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The man in the green helmet
Happy birthday to the man in the green helmet. Henri Pescarolo is 72 today. Fifty years ago he was a third-year medical student – a young non-shaver – winning for…
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Moments that grab you
You don’t realise how fast you’re going until you get on the grass. That motor racing truism was (almost) rammed home to the increasingly impressive Daniil Kvyat when his brake…
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The end of the Lotus 72
“The era of radical innovations has passed. From now on we will proceed by detail improvements.” That was Colin Chapman’s view of Formula 1 at the end of 1973. Blimey.…
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The quick-working Len Terry
Main image: Keith Greene in the Len Terry-designed Gilby-BRM 1962 Len Terry worked quickly. A blessing given that he was by his own admission difficult to work with, apt to…
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Locked-out and out of luck
Austria was the second successive Grand Prix in which the team that locked-out the front row lucked-out in terms of victory. In Canada, Mercedes-Benz proved how hard it’s pushing the…
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When 'The Boy' was 24
Though ‘The Boy’ was not yet 25, it was time to man-up. Mike Hawthorn, just six months his senior, already had. It wasn’t entirely Stirling’s fault. The British constructors in…
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Senna at Monaco
Motor racing was spiritual for Ayrton Senna and Monaco was his cathedral: a special race in a special place for a special driver. He was ‘baptised’ there (in 1984). Explored…
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Ferrari's sporting directors
First Martin Whitmarsh. Now Stefano Domenicali. No more Mister Nice Guys. Perhaps McLaren and Ferrari really do need to be on a collision course in order to perform. Ron Dennis…
