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How Nelson Piquet moved from the European F3 midfield to the fringe of Formula 1 points in 1978 Career in brief Nationality: Brazilian Teams: Liggett Group with BS Fabrications, Team Tissot…
Gilles Villeneuve is quite rightly back on the nominee list for the 2017 Hall of Fame Formula 1 category. He’s joined by 11 other racing luminaries who you can find…
Andrew Frankel wonders whether it is championships that make a champion or whether it’s the likes of Stirling Moss fighting for Hawthorn’s second place in the 1958 Portuguese Grand Prix…
Mark Hughes on Nico Rosberg’s controlled win, and team-mate Lewis Hamilton’s continued woes Mercedes-Benz left Suzuka as world champion constructors. Its race-winning driver Nico Rosberg left there walking on the air cushion…
In August 1954 Juan Manuel Fangio won the German Grand Prix in a Mercedes-Benz W196. The following year the race was cancelled, following the Le Mans disaster, but in 1956…
In July 1979 Jean-Pierre Jabouille won his, and Renault’s, first World Championship Grand Prix, and did it, what’s more, in France. It is his tragedy that anyone at Dijon that…
This week’s motor racing milestones from the Database and Archive, with Formula 1 in North America and a handful of maiden wins
The past 20 years have not been kind to Formula 1 newcomers. Of the three that arrived in 2010 only Manor survives – and then in much-recycled form. BMW’s brief…
Max Verstappen drove Lando Norris off the road in the past two GPs and did the same to Lewis Hamilton in 2021. It’s an effective tactic, even when penalised, says Mark Hughes. So F1 stewards need tougher sanctions
Once again Norris tried to pass Verstappen. Once again he was forced off track. This time, at the 2024 Mexico City GP, Max did get a hefty penalty but Lando lost out again
Judge Franco Colapinto – or Oliver Bearman and Liam Lawson – on their Formula 2 results, and they wouldn’t be in F1. Mark Hughes says that F2’s profit-focused set-up means that it’s no longer an indicator of driver talent
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
2023 US Grand Prix diary: More lengthy post-race investigations, the challenge of COTA and Ricciardo returns with the stars — Chris Medland’s view from the F1 paddock
Since the departure of team principal Fred Vasseur, Sauber’s Formula 1 team has crumbled — leaving Valtteri Bottas to struggle for a return to the front of the grid
Picture the scene. You’re in the depths of a Sao Paulo nightclub, surrounded by hundreds, when suddenly you’re transported back through F1 history as the voice of Ayrton Senna begins…
Ayrton Senna won the 1991 F1 championship with McLaren’s MP4/6, the only V12 car to win the title. Team members tell James Elson of the chaotic efforts to defeat the superior Williams — a fight where Senna made the difference
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