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Ayrton Senna: Nigel Roebuck’s F1 Legends
Suzuka, Sunday October 21 1990. The two engineers, formerly colleagues on the same team, were walking through the day’s events. “Well,” said Tim Wright of McLaren, “that was a bloody…
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52 – 1937 Donington GP
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). Modern racing is still capable of throwing up surprises now and again, and ground-breaking designs like…
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53 – 2000 Belgian GP
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). If you asked anyone in F1 at the time, plenty would have said that Michael Schumacher…
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This week in motor sport – Le Mans, and Rodriguez at Spa
Inevitably, being mid-June, there’s plenty from Le Mans in this week’s round-up from the Archive. José Froilán González went without sleep and food during the epic in 1954, but still managed…
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54 – 1989 Japanese GP
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). As expected the title protagonists and ‘team-mates’ qualified 1-2, with Ayrton Senna ahead, but Alain Prost quietly…
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Podcast: David Richards
The reward for an early start for the podcast team was an hour-long chat with David Richards, chairman of Prodrive. Winner of the World Rally Championship as co-driver for Ari Vatanen, he…
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Watch: Dan Gurney’s Hall of Fame acceptance speech
Recorded at his home in America, watch Dan Gurney accept his award for winning the US category of the 2016 Hall of Fame, as voted for by you. The other…
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Pressure mounts on European Grand Prix
Formula 1 chiefs have come under renewed pressure from human rights groups over staging the European Grand Prix in Azerbaijan which takes place on June 17-19. Representatives from Sport for…
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From F1 to racing a boat on a Thai river
TV car shows have a type: buy a shed and call it a barn find, find out it’s worse than it looked on the outside, fix it up, and do…
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Ultra-competitive Cowell gives Newey a clear run at devising next-gen Aston F1 car
Aston Martin F1’s CEO Andy Cowell has made himself its team boss too, demoting Mike Krack to a trackside role. Mark Hughes explains how the brilliant former Merc engine guru can make the difference
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How McLaren’s great ‘communicators’ unlocked its F1 potential
Just a few seasons ago McLaren was staring into the abyss, with a poor car and dysfunctional team – Mark Hughes explains how Zak Brown empowered some crucial staff to get it firing again
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MPH: Sainz finally has an F1 team to lead. Is it worth dropping so far down the grid?
Carlos Sainz has battled against ‘chosen’ team-mates like Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc for all his F1 career — and thrived. Now, at Williams, he finally has a team centred on him, says Mark Hughes. But the fight goes on
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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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F1’s season opener where racing took a back seat: 2024 Bahrain 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
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The F1 drivers out of contract at the end of 2025 season
The 2025 F1 grid sees the vast majority of drivers tied to long-term contracts, with teams aiming to nail down their line-ups ahead of major technical regulation changes in 2026. But…
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Cowell’s blueprint for F1 success: the Mercedes methods he’s imposing at Aston Martin
Andy Cowell will be the new face of Aston Martin as its F1 team principal. But more significant are the changes he’s been making behind the scenes ahead of Adrian Newey’s arrival, writes Adam Cooper
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2025 F1 reserve drivers: the hopefuls on standby for each GP team
Every F1 team’s reserve and test drivers for the 2025 season — some budding youngsters eager to prove themselves, others experienced veterans aiming to return
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