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Flow-vis paint: why do F1 teams use it during pre-season testing?
Why F1 teams use flow-vis paint during testing and practice sessions, including how it’s made and analysed
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F1 2025’s craziest predictions: FIA to fine fans for booing?
The 2024 F1 season was one of the wildest every seen, for on-track action and behind-the-scenes intrigue – James Elson predicts how 2025 could go even further
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Antonelli can win in 2025 and join one of F1’s most exclusive clubs
A strikingly small number of F1 drivers have won a grand prix in their debut season, but Matt Bishop is backing Kimi Antonelli to be the first to do it since his Mercedes predecessor, Lewis Hamilton
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2025 F1 testing — new tyre compounds but only 2 teams choose wets for Bahrain
Pirelli is bringing its full range of tyres to the 2025 F1 pre-season test in Bahrain, giving teams eight different compounds to run. Here’s more on the tyres available at Sakhir
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2025 Red Bull F1 car launch and livery reveal: First images shown
Red Bull 2025 F1 car launch: date and location of reveal, plus driver line-up and key personnel – team now shows the first images of new car with livery
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10 legends that shaped F1
10. Fangio Five-time world champion who set the benchmark for the professional F1 driver “He was the greatest of them all,” said Stirling Moss. Who are we to argue? Especially…
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Parting Shot
September 9, 1984 Monza, Italy By the 1984 Italian Grand Prix, Williams had been racing with its modified FW09B for four races, with Keke Rosberg only making the finish line…
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Christian Horner: The Motor Sport Interview
Christian Horner marks 20 years as team principal of the Red Bull Formula 1 team this year, flying high off four consecutive driver’s world championships for Max Verstappen. But we’re…
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Adelaide: Australia’s 200mph street circuit that witnessed incredible F1 moments
It’s a hot Thursday in late 1985, and the sleepy city of Adelaide is about to be changed forever. Nineteen eighty world champion Alan Jones, only the second Australian to…
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Flow-vis paint: why do F1 teams use it during pre-season testing?
Why F1 teams use flow-vis paint during testing and practice sessions, including how it’s made and analysed
Opinion
F1
F1 2025’s craziest predictions: FIA to fine fans for booing?
The 2024 F1 season was one of the wildest every seen, for on-track action and behind-the-scenes intrigue – James Elson predicts how 2025 could go even further
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Antonelli can win in 2025 and join one of F1’s most exclusive clubs
A strikingly small number of F1 drivers have won a grand prix in their debut season, but Matt Bishop is backing Kimi Antonelli to be the first to do it since his Mercedes predecessor, Lewis Hamilton
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2025 F1 testing — new tyre compounds but only 2 teams choose wets for Bahrain
Pirelli is bringing its full range of tyres to the 2025 F1 pre-season test in Bahrain, giving teams eight different compounds to run. Here’s more on the tyres available at Sakhir
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2025 Red Bull F1 car launch and livery reveal: First images shown
Red Bull 2025 F1 car launch: date and location of reveal, plus driver line-up and key personnel – team now shows the first images of new car with livery
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Archive
10 legends that shaped F1
10. Fangio Five-time world champion who set the benchmark for the professional F1 driver “He was the greatest of them all,” said Stirling Moss. Who are we to argue? Especially…
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Archive
Parting Shot
September 9, 1984 Monza, Italy By the 1984 Italian Grand Prix, Williams had been racing with its modified FW09B for four races, with Keke Rosberg only making the finish line…
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Archive
Christian Horner: The Motor Sport Interview
Christian Horner marks 20 years as team principal of the Red Bull Formula 1 team this year, flying high off four consecutive driver’s world championships for Max Verstappen. But we’re…
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Archive
Adelaide: Australia’s 200mph street circuit that witnessed incredible F1 moments
It’s a hot Thursday in late 1985, and the sleepy city of Adelaide is about to be changed forever. Nineteen eighty world champion Alan Jones, only the second Australian to…
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MPH: Will Verstappen leave next, as slow Red Bull trails F1 leaders?
Red Bull has reshuffled its drivers and changed development direction but its car is still too slow and months behind the progress of F1 rivals, writes Mark Hughes. Max Verstappen’s uncertain future makes the way forward even murkier
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Mark Hughes: ‘Destroyed’ Lawson could benefit from being dropped by Red Bull
Like Michael Schumacher before him, Max Verstappen has led his team to develop a car that other drivers can’t handle. It might seem premature for Red Bull to drop Liam Lawson, writes Mark Hughes, but returning to a ‘normal’ car could revitalise the 23-year-old
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MPH: Limo-smooth ride is McLaren’s cool F1 trick
An error and poor timing hampered McLaren’s front-row bid in sprint qualifying at the Chinese GP. But the earlier practice session revealed its pace advantage, says Mark Hughes, who has an idea of where the car’s superiority comes from
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McLaren drivers swapped tips ahead of Chinese GP. Norris also quietly planned attack
Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris worked together ahead of the 2025 Chinese GP, finding the pace that delivered a 1-2 finish, while Norris also prepared to attack his team-mate during the race. Brake issues denied him, says Mark Hughes but the F1 title duel is coming
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One race to prove himself at Alpine? Heat is on Jack Doohan as Ocon signs off
Esteban Ocon’s Alpine stint ended at the 2024 Qatar GP, giving Jack Doohan a make-or-break F1 chance in Abu Dhabi. Elsewhere FIA boss Mohammed Ben Sulayem dismissed driver concerns and mechanics just wanted a kip: Chris Medland‘s paddock diary
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Axe hangs over Perez as Marko jets in to discuss Red Bull replacement
Sergio Perez’s future looks bleak after another underwhelming performance, while George Russell can be upbeat despite his disqualification: 2024 Belgian GP diary
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What caused Doohan’s massive crash in Japanese GP practice
Alpine says a “misjudgement” with the DRS was behind the huge crash Jack Doohan suffered during second practice for the Japanese Grand Prix. Doohan hadn’t taken part in the opening…
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F1 Fantasy: top picks & predictions for the 2025 Japanese Grand Prix
Big questions hang over F1 Fantasy choices for the 2025 Japanese GP. Here are our predictions; tips on drivers to avoid; which chips to play and further analysis
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Red Bull F1 strife like Ducati MotoGP disaster of 13 winless years
The struggles of Red Bull’s litany of second drivers is similar to that faced by Ducati almost 20 years ago, as Karun Chandhok explains in this month’s magazine
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