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What’s in a name?
It is fair to say that carrying a well-known name into the motor sport arena is going to get you noticed, specifically a name that is iconic in the sport.…
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Turkish Grand Prix summary
Jenson Button (1st) Gifted first place on the opening lap after Vettel ran wide, but as the German pointed out after the race, “I wouldn’t have been able to hold…
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Going cold on Turkey
Time to talk Turkey. How do you like it? Hot from the oven that is Istanbul in the summer? Or cold shoulder, as appears to be the attitude of the…
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Jim Clark: behind the legend
Jim Clark remains an enigma. Forty-one years after his passing, racing fans are still fascinated by the greatest driver of the 1960s, but how much do we really know about…
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Crunch time for the 2010 F1 teams
There may have been conspicuously less money in evidence in Monte Carlo this year, but still the emphasis of the weekend was on little else, for there remained the vexed…
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Monaco Grand Prix summary
Jenson Button (1st) He’s still having problems getting to the podium (he had to ask the way in Spain and here, he parked his car in the wrong place). “We’ve…
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2009 Monaco Grand Prix report
Before the weekend Jenson Button said that winning the Monaco Grand Prix would mean no more to him than any other race, but on Sunday afternoon he admitted that wasn’t…
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The magic month of May
What a weekend we have in store. The Indianapolis 500 and the Grand Prix of Monaco. I do like the month of May. So much is good about both Indy…
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2009 Spanish Grand Prix report
Five races, four wins. After all those long wilderness years, Jenson Button is having a Schumacher start to the season, and Bernie Ecclestone must be quietly rejoicing that his plan…
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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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‘Next year is my year’: Flawless Norris lays marker for 2025 in Abu Dhabi GP
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
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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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He’s an all-time great but what did happen to Jacky Ickx’s F1 career?
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
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Season Review Awards: 2024’s best F1 moments as voted by you
F1’s 2024 world championship was a thrilling, closely-matched competition – you have picked the greatest moments of the year
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F1 tales of the unexpected: the best of Matt Bishop from 2024
He’s an encyclopedia of racing history; a former F1 insider with notebooks full of juicy conversations; a previous magazine editor with a vast vocabulary; and an eye for a fascinatingly…
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