Ricciardo’s season of discontent
How Daniel Ricciardo’s mentality has been shaped by a season of failures at Red Bull Daniel Ricciardo has never faced something like this. The most famous smile in Formula 1…
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Newly crowned five-time world champion Lewis Hamilton in his own words Lewis Hamilton carried himself subtly differently into the season-closing races, once the fifth title had become a formality. There…
Numbers tell a story, but not the story of Lewis Hamilton matching Fangio You can’t escape it. First thing on breakfast news this morning: Lewis Hamilton wins fifth title, putting him on…
Max Verstappen didn’t enjoy being P2 in qualifying, with the fastest car and only his team-mate to beat. The knocking over of the P2 bollard in parc ferme told you…
Comparisons aside, Hamilton’s fifth title proves yet again he’s among the best of all time Lewis Hamilton. Five times champion. Parity with Juan Manuel Fangio. Next stop Michael Schumacher. Blah,…
Hamilton draws level with Fangio on five titles Lewis Hamilton secured his fifth Formula 1 world championship crown with a fourth-place finish at the Mexican Grand Prix. The Mercedes driver needed…
This week’s major milestones from history, via the database October 26 1986 The 1986 Formula 1 World Championship was decided on this day in Adelaide after a dramatic three-way title…
The holes in Mercedes’ rims are pivotal in controlling tyre temperature, and they’re sending ripples through the paddock Ferrari says it has no intention of protesting the rear wheel spacer…
Age was just a number, as Fangio, Farina and Fagioli proved… and Räikkönen Blimey, the Three Fs weren’t exactly a boy band. The pops (sic) combo that dominated the inaugural…
How Daniel Ricciardo’s mentality has been shaped by a season of failures at Red Bull Daniel Ricciardo has never faced something like this. The most famous smile in Formula 1…
Newly crowned five-time world champion Lewis Hamilton in his own words Lewis Hamilton carried himself subtly differently into the season-closing races, once the fifth title had become a formality. There…
Numbers tell a story, but not the story of Lewis Hamilton matching Fangio You can’t escape it. First thing on breakfast news this morning: Lewis Hamilton wins fifth title, putting him on…
Max Verstappen didn’t enjoy being P2 in qualifying, with the fastest car and only his team-mate to beat. The knocking over of the P2 bollard in parc ferme told you…
Comparisons aside, Hamilton’s fifth title proves yet again he’s among the best of all time Lewis Hamilton. Five times champion. Parity with Juan Manuel Fangio. Next stop Michael Schumacher. Blah,…
Hamilton draws level with Fangio on five titles Lewis Hamilton secured his fifth Formula 1 world championship crown with a fourth-place finish at the Mexican Grand Prix. The Mercedes driver needed…
This week’s major milestones from history, via the database October 26 1986 The 1986 Formula 1 World Championship was decided on this day in Adelaide after a dramatic three-way title…
The holes in Mercedes’ rims are pivotal in controlling tyre temperature, and they’re sending ripples through the paddock Ferrari says it has no intention of protesting the rear wheel spacer…
Age was just a number, as Fangio, Farina and Fagioli proved… and Räikkönen Blimey, the Three Fs weren’t exactly a boy band. The pops (sic) combo that dominated the inaugural…
Mark Hughes weighs up an exceptional 2025 rookie class, dissecting four contrasting debut seasons to reveal who truly stood out the most
Mark Hughes revisits the race that gave McLaren team principal Andrea Stella a sleepless night ahead of this year’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix: how victory in 2025 was forged from a Ferrari failure 15 years earlier
Mark Hughes explains how McLaren’s pre-planned lap-one swap and split-tyre strategy blunted Verstappen’s threat and laid the groundwork for Norris’s title-winning drive
IDEC Sport Silverstone 4 Hours 14/9/25 A home win for Jamie Chadwick capped a happy return for contemporary Le Mans Prototype racing to the UK, as the European Le Mans…
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
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
Formula 1’s two-year return to Portimao may be less a long-term endorsement than a holding pattern, as the championship keeps calendar space open for future street races
Two Australian F1 drivers who came to Europe at the same time: one became world champion, the other faded from memory. But both Alan Jones and Brian McGuire have their place in racing history
Veteran broadcaster and F1 driver Martin Brundle has picked out the contender he’s been most impressed with this year
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