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After reading Paul Fearnley’s excellent blog about David Bruce-Brown I thought, on the eve of Formula 1’s return to the United States, that I should add a few words about…
I read with great interest Gordon Kirby’s recent blog about the USA’s declining influence on international motor racing. On the flip side, Formula 1 will this weekend again attempt to…
It’s approaching deadline day here in the Motor Sport office, and as Ed Foster put it on Twitter, “chat has dropped and tea rounds have multiplied”. So while a thought…
Did Kimi Räikkönen enjoy his most recent Grand Prix victory more than his previous 18? He deserved to. It’s so difficult to tell. I thought I spotted a couple of…
Sebastian Vettel has a head for stats and clearly enjoys the status they bring. Last Sunday in India he moved ahead of Jim Clark on 26 Grand Prix victories. This…
It was during the week after the Singapore Grand Prix that Lewis Hamilton telephoned Martin Whitmarsh to inform him of his decision, finally, to leave McLaren for Mercedes at the…
Michael Schumacher brought out the best – and the Devil – from our clean-cut, square-jawed hero. It’s telling that six times in Formula 1 he finished second to David Coulthard.…
Some things are worth the wait, and the December issue of Motor Sport is a prime example. At least, it is for me. We started talking about the cover story…
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
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
It didn’t all go McLaren’s way at the 2024 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, but Lando Norris ensured his team took home the F1 constructors’ championship with a resounding victory before targeting the drivers’ title in 2025, says Mark Hughes
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
Jacky Ickx was at his most brilliant when confronting F1’s toughest challenges with courage, yet he’s best-known as an endurance racing master. Matt Bishop struggles to explain why he didn’t have more single-seater success
F1’s 2024 world championship was a thrilling, closely-matched competition – you have picked the greatest moments of the year
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