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One of F1's most beautiful tracks showed us what we'll be missing when it loses its calendar slot – as is likely

For a second time this season, the AI was defeated! The 2024 Miami GP was a refreshing glass of the orange Floridian good stuff for once

The Goodwood Members’ Meeting always arrives as a blessed relief. After the gloom of winter and an enforced absence of domestic racing the drive to the Sussex track is as…

The king of positive vibes has seen his crown slipping recently – a grey day in China only deepened the Silver Arrows' Slough of Despond

In the face of soul-destroying boredom, only one driver can bring the entertainment needed to rescue a sport which resembles a broken AI tribute to itself

The Formula 1 driver market was completely flat as last season rolled along. With an unprecedented scenario of every team retaining their driver line-up for the new season we all…

Zak Brown once got himself a tattoo after losing a bet with Daniel Ricciardo when the Australian won at Monza in 2021. He has reportedly made a similar bet with…

Waking up at 4am on a Sunday is rarely worth it, especially when Max Verstappen looks poised to take another lights out to chequered flag victory — as he did…

Should there be a new prize for a team finishing sixth in the championship – just like the Jim Clark Trophy in the good old turbo times?

Sebastian Vettel is set to test a Porsche 963 Hypercar, having already been linked with a Le Mans drive. But would his return really add that much to the world of racing?

Political disasters, intra-team infighting, driver market reshuffles, DRS trains, horrific regimes – F1 just needed an actual good race for the win in Saudi and it was all set

Yet another, err, 'race' which didn't exactly deliver – thank goodness it's all happening off-track then

The news that Lewis Hamilton was to move to Ferrari for the 2025 season was leaked to an Italian outlet and then quickly picked up in the UK where it…

Lando Norris has signed a new long-term contract with McLaren – it's a team built around the Brit which is putting all its chips on one driver, rather than the other way round

Relative to his own usual high standards, Lewis Hamilton has just endured a difficult two F1 seasons – but, James Elson argues, the seven-time champion's brilliant on-track performances show he's still operating at the highest level

Can anyone dethrone Max Verstappen in 2024? Does it even matter? James Elson casts an irreverent eye over the wildest predictions for next season

Our sport doesn’t half make life difficult for itself. After a mammoth Formula 1 season that culminated in a gruelling three-race schedule, where teams were sleepwalking through time zones, everyone…