How to streamline F1’s calendar: efficient schedule that cuts travel
The 2023 F1 calendar forces teams to travel over 81,000 miles to five different continents, whilst spending millions on planning and shipping. But could it be made any easier?
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The British Grand Prix marks a milestone during the 2023 F1 campaign. Not only is it the mid-way point of the season, but it could be the greatest chance yet…
Hamilton vs Alonso is now one of F1’s greatest rivalries – race engineer Steve Hallam was right at the centre of the McLaren garage when relations first went cold
He preferred Brands Hatch and wasn’t impressed by the race, but Matt Bishop was still at Silverstone in 1979 to witness history at the British Grand Prix: the final hurrah of one F1 winner, and the first for a budding legend of the sport
One-team dominance is common place in F1, with Max Verstappen and Red Bull currently on top. But, as Tony Dodgins writes, should a level playing field be forced or should competition be allowed to improve naturally?
In the second episode of Motor Sport’s Engineering the Greats series 2, Steve Hallam remembers what it was like to work with Ayrton Senna, Nigel Mansell and Mika Häkkinen
From top to bottom, from the foothills to the peaks, Max Verstappen embarrassed the rest of the F1 grid in all departments during the 2023 Austrian GP weekend
Officials could have engraved the Austrian GP trophy in advance, so comfortable was Max Verstappen’s win, but behind him saw the grid jumbled up again and a morass of track limit penalties, as Mark Hughes examines
Max Verstappen look threatened by Charles Leclerc at one point in the 2023 Austrian GP but ended it with so much time in hand, he made an extra pitstop and claimed the fastest lap. Behind was a charging Sergio Perez — and penalty bonanza
F1 drivers shivered at a cold and windy Sakhir circuit during 2025 F1 preseason testing, writes Mark Hughes. The weather conditions put paid to anyone’s hope of a suntan — or of establishing a competitive order
F1’s frontrunners were so closely matched last year that minor gains could give one team an advantage in 2025, says Mark Hughes. Where might that leave Ferrari which believes it’s significant advances after an extensive rethink?
Lando Norris and Max Verstappen look set go head-to-head in the F1 drivers’ title. But, as Mark Hughes asks, should he draw an aggressive line in the sand or play the long game?
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
Sergio Perez’s future looks bleak after another underwhelming performance, while George Russell can be upbeat despite his disqualification: 2024 Belgian GP diary
Christian Horner dominated the headlines in the run-up to — and during — the 2024 Bahrain GP weekend despite the best efforts of Alpine, Yuki Tsunoda and a glorious V8
George Russell ended the final day of 2025 F1 pre-season testing fastest — but only just. The session is likely to be better remembered for a bus that drove onto the live circuit, however
After 3,896 laps of Bahrain’s Sakhir circuit, F1 pre-season testing is over. Here’s the data on how many laps each driver, team and power unit managed
The trailer is out for Season 7 of Netflix’s Drive to Survive Formula 1 series, with the release date set for March 7. Here’s the latest news on the 2025 edition of the hit documentary, including likely trailers and big storylines
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