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Parting shot: September 2024
August 27, 1990 Birmingham The crowds are out on a Bank Holiday Monday as Eddie Irvine, in the Reynard of Eddie Jordan Racing, leads the DAMS Lola of Érik Comas…
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The car that made BRM a winner again
The BRM P153, designed by new recruit Tony Southgate, represented a conscious (and visual) break from the company’s dwindling 1960s fortunes and kicked off the new decade with a rejuvenating…
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Emerson Fittipaldi: ‘McLaren has strong leaders — just like when I won in ‘74’
The McLaren M23 gleams on the Goodwood start line, radiant in its red and white livery. The Cosworth DFV engine lets out a familiar guttural bark as Emerson Fittipaldi floors…
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Lando Norris: I’m fed up of the excuses
Building a frontrunning car is one thing, but converting that into regular victories is another. McLaren’s recent strike rate isn’t good enough and Lando Norris’s exhortation after finishing third at…
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McLaren’s F1 revolution, the inside story: from rock bottom to title contenders
McLaren has travelled far since hitting rock bottom in 2018. Ditching its ill-starred Honda partnership at vast expense to switch to Renault propulsion was supposed to prove the team’s greatness,…
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Flashback : September 2024
Flavio Briatore was in the news for reasons good and bad in 1994. Thirty years on, nothing has changed. This is in the Benetton motorhome two days before the 1994…
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McLaren’s first flush
F1 Retro – april 2015 Some Formula 1 designers are like rock stars. Along with the wins and trophies, they suck up all the adulation and limelight too. Chapman, Murray…
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Good month, bad month
Good Month Radio drama Verstappen is the mouthy throwback beige F1 needs – the world champ said anyone who doesn’t like his radio messages can do one. Excellent. Privateer power…
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Why Norris accepts Piastri deserved to win the Hungarian GP
What was McLaren protecting at the Hungarian Grand Prix that it inverted the order at the race’s second stops? Lando Norris was undercut ahead of Oscar Piastri, with the team’s…
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Parting shot: September 2024
August 27, 1990 Birmingham The crowds are out on a Bank Holiday Monday as Eddie Irvine, in the Reynard of Eddie Jordan Racing, leads the DAMS Lola of Érik Comas…
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The car that made BRM a winner again
The BRM P153, designed by new recruit Tony Southgate, represented a conscious (and visual) break from the company’s dwindling 1960s fortunes and kicked off the new decade with a rejuvenating…
Archive
Emerson Fittipaldi: ‘McLaren has strong leaders — just like when I won in ‘74’
The McLaren M23 gleams on the Goodwood start line, radiant in its red and white livery. The Cosworth DFV engine lets out a familiar guttural bark as Emerson Fittipaldi floors…
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Lando Norris: I’m fed up of the excuses
Building a frontrunning car is one thing, but converting that into regular victories is another. McLaren’s recent strike rate isn’t good enough and Lando Norris’s exhortation after finishing third at…
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McLaren’s F1 revolution, the inside story: from rock bottom to title contenders
McLaren has travelled far since hitting rock bottom in 2018. Ditching its ill-starred Honda partnership at vast expense to switch to Renault propulsion was supposed to prove the team’s greatness,…
Archive
Flashback : September 2024
Flavio Briatore was in the news for reasons good and bad in 1994. Thirty years on, nothing has changed. This is in the Benetton motorhome two days before the 1994…
Archive
McLaren’s first flush
F1 Retro – april 2015 Some Formula 1 designers are like rock stars. Along with the wins and trophies, they suck up all the adulation and limelight too. Chapman, Murray…
Archive
Good month, bad month
Good Month Radio drama Verstappen is the mouthy throwback beige F1 needs – the world champ said anyone who doesn’t like his radio messages can do one. Excellent. Privateer power…
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Why Norris accepts Piastri deserved to win the Hungarian GP
What was McLaren protecting at the Hungarian Grand Prix that it inverted the order at the race’s second stops? Lando Norris was undercut ahead of Oscar Piastri, with the team’s…
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Mark Hughes: Something extraordinary about Norris in a McLaren at Austria
There’s something about the Red Bull Ring that consistently brings out the very best in Lando Norris and McLaren — and last weekend’s domination was just the latest chapter in a story that’s been quietly building for six years
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Mark Hughes: Norris bounce back in Austria was spectacular
From zero to hero: in a pacy McLaren, at one of his favourite F1 circuits, Lando Norris picked himself up from a disastrous Canadian race to reign supreme in the 2025 Austrian Grand Prix
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MPH: Will Ferrari find its happy place with new F1 upgrades?
Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc have been working around Ferrari’s flawed 2025 F1 car for most of the season. Upgrades arriving over the next two races could finally see them in the fight for regular race wins
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McLaren drivers swapped tips ahead of Chinese GP. Norris also quietly planned attack
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
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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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How Russell reacted to Verstappen – Mercedes rumours at Silverstone
George Russell says his chances of leaving Mercedes at the end of the year are “exceptionally low”
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If F1 went retro for 75th anniversary: a classic livery for each team
MotoGP celebrated 75 years of the motorcycle world championship last year at Silverstone with each of its 12 teams racing in classic liveries, inspired by memorable years or title-winning figures…
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Is Verstappen out of F1 title race? – What to look for at the British GP
As F1 returns to Silverstone, Max Verstappen is slipping out of contention, Lando Norris is chasing a dream home win, and the midfield battle is tighter than ever
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