A longing for Schumacher
Think of a German F1 driver and almost everyone will say Michael Schumacher. Even now in retirement (x2) he is still the answer of choice before the current three-time champion…
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I see that in a rare moment of apparent indecision, Bernie Ecclestone has been doing a spot of back-pedalling since suggesting last week that he might be minded to buy…
Friends, countrymen, Romain… Sunday’s 60-lap Nürburgring nail-biter underlined many things, not least that Romain Grosjean is almost as hard to decipher as Lotus team-mate Kimi Räikkönen – albeit for very…
Home, sweet home. It has taken a few attempts, but Sebastian Vettel finally has a German Grand Prix victory to add to his relentlessly expanding CV. He achieved it the…
Capricious things, anniversaries. In the 2012 Spanish Grand Prix, Pastor Maldonado scored Williams’s first victory in eight seasons – the perfect follow-up to team founder Sir Frank Williams’s 70th birthday,…
It was early on Thursday evening when the Grand Prix Drivers’ Association delivered its bouncer – any sign of tyre trouble at the Nürburgring and its members would withdraw from…
No amount of cheap air travel would ever deflect my routine. There are several sizeable airports within easy reach of the Nürburgring, but the open road is always more tempting.…
Technically, this was a season without a German Grand Prix. After years of hosting two Formula 1 events, the nation was reduced to just one as Hockenheim and the Nürburgring…
The most telling moment of the British Grand Prix was not when Lewis Hamilton’s left rear Pirelli exploded, turning itself into what looked for most of his in-lap like some…
Think of a German F1 driver and almost everyone will say Michael Schumacher. Even now in retirement (x2) he is still the answer of choice before the current three-time champion…
I see that in a rare moment of apparent indecision, Bernie Ecclestone has been doing a spot of back-pedalling since suggesting last week that he might be minded to buy…
Friends, countrymen, Romain… Sunday’s 60-lap Nürburgring nail-biter underlined many things, not least that Romain Grosjean is almost as hard to decipher as Lotus team-mate Kimi Räikkönen – albeit for very…
Home, sweet home. It has taken a few attempts, but Sebastian Vettel finally has a German Grand Prix victory to add to his relentlessly expanding CV. He achieved it the…
Capricious things, anniversaries. In the 2012 Spanish Grand Prix, Pastor Maldonado scored Williams’s first victory in eight seasons – the perfect follow-up to team founder Sir Frank Williams’s 70th birthday,…
It was early on Thursday evening when the Grand Prix Drivers’ Association delivered its bouncer – any sign of tyre trouble at the Nürburgring and its members would withdraw from…
No amount of cheap air travel would ever deflect my routine. There are several sizeable airports within easy reach of the Nürburgring, but the open road is always more tempting.…
Technically, this was a season without a German Grand Prix. After years of hosting two Formula 1 events, the nation was reduced to just one as Hockenheim and the Nürburgring…
The most telling moment of the British Grand Prix was not when Lewis Hamilton’s left rear Pirelli exploded, turning itself into what looked for most of his in-lap like some…
When does a rookie have the edge over an F1 world champion? Perhaps in Jeddah, says Mark Hughes, where the unsettling effect of a softer tyre compound is less likely to faze younger drivers than the likes of Carlos Sainz and Lewis Hamilton
Friday’s summit in Bahrain between the FIA, teams and manufacturers may have been dressed up as a gathering to discuss the idea of a return to V10 engines. But make no mistake: they’re crunch talks as the 2026 rules continue to create problems, says Mark Hughes
Ambition is a funny thing. For some it burns so bright it sears a lasting scar on their personalities. Others look as if they don’t have a scrap of it…
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
Sergio Perez’s future looks bleak after another underwhelming performance, while George Russell can be upbeat despite his disqualification: 2024 Belgian GP diary
Zak Brown is still adamant on his approach that Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri are ‘number ones’ at McLaren. But how long will it be before history repeats itself and takes a sour turn?
It’s 40 years since Ayrton Senna’s incredible first F1 win at Estoril – we captured the brilliant grand prix car he did it in for this month’s magazine
Twenty-five years ago, the British GP was the subject of a ‘prank’ by the powers that be as Bernie Ecclestone and Max Mosley made the BRDC hold the race on Easter Sunday. But the chaos that ensued didn’t have the desired effect, as Matt Bishop recalls
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