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Expanding the Championship play-offs may not achieve what Premier League hopefuls think

The National League has been operating a six-team play-off for the past eight seasons, and there are cautionary lessons for Championship clubs to learn

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Mercedes 2026 F1 launch: When and where to watch live, what we know so far

Mercedes will reveal the W17 livery on 22 January ahead of a separate 2 February launch event

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2025 F1 Academy champion Doriane Pin lands Mercedes promotion

Doriane Pin, the 2025 F1 Academy champion, has been promoted to Mercedes development driver for 2026

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Alpine fires up Mercedes power unit ahead of 2026 F1 switch from Renault

Alpine has debuted the sound of its new Mercedes power unit ahead of its 2026 switch to customer status

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Non-league Macclesfield to host holders Crystal Palace in FA Cup third round

Non-league club Macclesfield will host the FA Cup holders, Crystal Palace, in the third round of the tournament, in one of the standout ties of the draw

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Toto Wolff explains £4.6billion Mercedes F1 valuation after stake sale to CrowdStrike CEO

Toto Wolff has reflected on the sale of a stake in the Mercedes Formula 1 team to CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz

Motorsport

George Russell urged to give Mercedes ultimatum as Alpine opportunity considered

Guenther Steiner suggests that if George Russell cannot finalise a new deal with Mercedes, Alpine could swoop in

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Russell: Fresh start in F1 2025 was good for both Mercedes and Hamilton

George Russell reflects on Mercedes' monumental driver change for the 2025 F1 season as Lewis Hamilton departed for Ferrari, and teenager Andrea Kimi Antonelli replaced him

Autosport

Mercedes and Lewis Hamilton both benefitting from "fresh start" in F1 2025 – George Russell

Mercedes driver George Russell says Lewis Hamilton's fresh start at Ferrari for 2025 was good for all parties as he backed his replacement Andrea Kimi Antonelli to bounce back from a challenging spell.

Motorsport

Wolff: "Very little probability" of Verstappen joining Mercedes F1 in 2026

Mercedes chief Toto Wolff has admitted that the probability of four-time Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen signing with the Brackley outfit is low.

Autosport

Valtteri Bottas reunites with Mercedes F1 team after missing out on 2025 seat

The Finnish driver will link up with the Silver Arrows in the paddock next year

The Independent UK

BTCC reveals 24-car field for next season

British Touring Car Championship promoter TOCA has revealed the allocation of 24 TBL entrants’ licences for the 2025 season.While the total is down on the 27 distributed for this year, only 21 of those were used during the 2024 campaign, and BTCC insiders are confident of bigger grids next term.The…

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Mercedes shuts down early Antonelli F1 move: "It is not going to happen"

Antonelli is being evaluated by Mercedes as an option to replace Ferrari-bound Lewis Hamilton for 2025, dovetailing an F2 campaign at Prema with private testing in the Brackley team's previous F1 cars.

Motorsport

Hamilton: Abu Dhabi 2021 not a deterrent for Mercedes in luring Verstappen

Hamilton’s move from the Brackley team to Ferrari at the end of this season leaves a prime seat available from 2025 onwards.

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Leclerc: Mercedes F1 one-lap pace “a bit of a surprise"

Mercedes had a low-key test at Sakhir in terms of outright pace, but the Brackley team topped the times in FP2, with Lewis Hamilton ahead of George Russell.

Autosport

Wolff: Avoiding escape clauses behind Hamilton's two-year Mercedes F1 deal

Hamilton and Mercedes signed an agreement for the 2024 and 2025 seasons, that will extend his stay at Brackley, where he won six of his seven world titles, to 13 years.

Autosport

Russell: Mercedes taking inspiration from “glory years” for 2024 F1 car

Between 2014-21 the Brackley team won the constructors’ title eight times and took seven drivers’ titles between Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg.

Autosport

Mercedes: Canada a "bigger challenge" than Barcelona for upgraded F1 car

At last week's Spanish Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton and George Russell scored a double podium after the Brackley team's comprehensive upgrade package delivered a solid step forward.

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Wolff: Mercedes needed early F1 season "shock" to be bold with car change

Mercedes persisted with its troubled 2022 car concept in the belief that dialling out porpoising would unlock its true potential on the new W14.

Autosport

Wolff: Mercedes needed early F1 season shock to be bold with car change

Mercedes persisted with its troubled 2022 car concept in the belief that dialling out porpoising would unlock its true potential on the new W14.

Evening Standard

Ben Ainslie interview: America’s Cup tilt driven by Formula One science and pedal power

The America’s Cup is a waiting game, and on the exit of the Bay of Palma in Mallorca a 40-foot sailing boat is bobbing up and down in the water.

Motorsport

Vowles: Time at Mercedes didn't give "full picture" of team principal role

Until his 2023 appointment at the helm of Williams, Vowles served two decades at Brackley, rising to the ranks of Mercedes chief strategist and latterly its motorsport strategy director.

Autosport

Vowles: Time at Mercedes didn’t give “full picture” of team principal role

Until his 2023 appointment at the helm of Williams, Vowles served two decades at Brackley, rising to the ranks of Mercedes chief strategist and latterly its motorsport strategy director.

Autosport

Leading BTCC outfit BTC gets new name and expands into GT racing

Reigning British Touring Car Championship independent title-winning team BTC Racing has been renamed and is to expand into GT competition for 2023.

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From brink of extinction to champions - Mike Williamson's Gateshead FC lift National League North title

The Heed lifted the National League North title in front of a big crowd at the International Stadium

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