December’s audio podcast (2009)
Here we are: the last of the Motor Sport audio podcasts of 2009. For those of you who were upset about John Watson’s views on Kimi Raikkonen in the last…
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The British Racing Drivers’ Club has announced that it has secured a deal to host the British Grand Prix at Silverstone for the next 17 years. Following Donington Park’s failure…
So now we know. Murray Walker is the greatest commentator of all time. Well, we’re happy with that, aren’t we? Maybe not the other commentators, but Mr Walker himself will…
Everyone I know was delighted to hear last Friday’s news that the Canadian Grand Prix will return to Montréal’s le Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in 2010. A five-year contract has been…
The headline’s the big question, isn’t it? Jenson Button’s confirmed move to McLaren for 2010 will make him number one at the team in a physical sense – it’ll be…
Mercedes has bought a majority stake in Brawn GP and next year the squad will be a full-factory run team called Mercedes Grand Prix. The car company has bought a…
It was no surprise to learn that Flavio Briatore was to sue the FIA. The former Renault team principal alleges that the World Council, chaired by then-president of the FIA…
It has always interested me whether a great racing driver can be taught, or whether he must have some special natural talent. I suspect it is a mixture of the…
“Even the slow ones are fast.” So said Denis Jenkinson as we stood watching final practice for the Grand Prix of Monaco in the early summer of 1978, our feet…
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
Wilson Fittipaldi’s F1 career is overshadowed by the success of his brother Emerson, but the driver and team-owner deserves greater recognition, says Matt Bishop
Haas was an F1 team transformed in 2024: after finishing dead last the previous year, it hauled its way to the front of the midfield. An achievement that you might think deserves an F1 team of the year accolade
Here’s everything you need to know about Isack Hadjar, the flying junior who has been announced as an F1 driver for Red Bull’s sister team, Racing Bulls
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