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JOCHEN MASS McLAREN TEAM-MATE 1976-77 “I’d just come to grips with Emerson Fittipaldi when James arrived at McLaren. He was younger than me but he’d matured a lot, won a…
Formula 1 world champions who arguably drove better in their title defence seasons? As John Watson says: “It’s a good pub debate.” One example that’s almost as intriguing as James…
It’s been said James Hunt recommended Walter Wolf’s new team to Jody Scheckter for 1977 because Hesketh designer Harvey Postlethwaite was in charge of the car – but that’s not…
Fuji, October 23 1977. A year on from the heart-in-mouth climax that crowned him an against-the-odds Formula 1 world champion, James Hunt has just completed his sole season as world…
Denny Hulme and Brian Hart hadn’t seen each other for years when they met on the quayside in Monaco in 1986. Hulme, in the cap, as a retired world champion,…
The ‘three wheels on my wagon’ moment for Carlos Sainz Jr during his pitstop at Zandvoort summed up the state of Ferrari right now. Shades of Eddie Irvine at the…
Looking just at this three-race sample, the Red Bull RB18’s pace advantage at Spa was far greater than at Zandvoort and significantly better even than Monza. Verstappen had to fight…
Good month Pantomime villain Burning £80 Mercedes baseball hats might be too far, but nothing wrong with Monza fans booing winner Verstappen. Thumbs up for partisan pantomime antics. De…
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
Long successful in the eSports world, Max Verstappen is expanding his own racing team to now take on a full real-life GT season – can he succeed where other F1 champs didn’t?
After a strong showing in pre-season testing, McLaren looks to pick up where it left off last year — unless its F1 rivals can pull something out of the bag between now and the Australian Grand Prix, writes Chris Medland
The new series of Netflix series F1: Drive to Survive shows Christian Horner reacting to a key moment in the 2024 Red Bull controversy, when messages purporting to be from him were leaked
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