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Friday favourite: How Jochen Mass helped a rookie navigate F1’s most chaotic season

Quite apart from the unfavourable competitive situation of March Grand Prix in 1982, the year’s dizzying politics and the deaths of two fellow Formula 1 drivers made it a tough baptism for Raul Boesel. Driving the DFV-powered 821 chassis that used three different tyre suppliers during the season, the Brazilian…

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Friday favourite: How a friendly face helped a newcomer navigate F1’s most chaotic season

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What could have been: Jenson Button’s F3000 test, 25 years on

When Fortec Motorsport bowed out of International Formula 3000 at the end of 2000, it did so with a single podium courtesy of Jamie Davies finishing second in Monaco. Another provisionally taken by Andreas Scheld at the Nurburgring was chalked off for the most minor of technical infractions, a stray…

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Leclerc, Sainz at a loss over lack of wet-weather Ferrari pace in Brazilian GP

Neither Ferrari driver could put a finger on why the car’s performance was not at the standard of their rivals during the wet running at the Brazilian Grand Prix.

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The data and symptoms behind Hamilton’s “devastating” F1 struggles

Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes would like nothing more than to end their 12 years together on a high.However, based on recent form, there is a very real risk that their time may finish not with a bang, but with a whimper. If things continue like they did in Brazil last…

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F1 Academy champion to receive funded drive in GB3 for 2025

This year's F1 Academy champion will receive a fully-funded drive in GB3 next season with leading squad Rodin Motorsport.

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Aston Martin uncovers trigger for Alonso and Stroll’s Brazilian GP struggles

Aston Martin has got to the bottom of its troubled Brazilian Grand Prix that left Lance Stroll out on the formation lap and Fernando Alonso battling extreme bouncing.

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Aston Martin uncovers trigger for Stroll and Alonso’s Brazilian GP struggles

Aston Martin has got to the bottom of its troubled Brazilian Grand Prix that left Lance Stroll out on the formation lap and Fernando Alonso battling extreme bouncing.

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Ben Hunt: Should Red Bull swap Perez for Lawson in 2025?

It is becoming increasingly difficult to see how Sergio Perez will be retained by Red Bull for 2025. While the Mexican has a contract, as we have come to see, they are meaningless when it really boils down to it.

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'Unsustainable' run of damage leaves Williams uncertain of car spec for Vegas

Williams has admitted that the five major shunts from the last two Formula 1 race weekends have caused an 'unsustainable' run of damage to leave it short on spares.

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‘Unsustainable’ run of damage leaves Williams uncertain of car spec for Las Vegas GP

Williams has admitted that the five major shunts from the last two Formula 1 race weekends has caused an 'unsustainable' run of damage to leave it short on spares.

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GPDA asks FIA to treat F1 drivers like adults over swearing row

Formula 1's drivers have called for FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem to "consider his own tone and language" through a Grand Prix Drivers' Association statement, in the wake of controversy over swearing.

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GPDA urges FIA to treat F1 drivers like adults after swearing controversy

Formula 1’s drivers have called for FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem to "consider his own tone and language" through a Grand Prix Drivers Association statement, in the wake of controversy over swearing.

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Beganovic replaces Correa for the final two rounds of F2 season

Ferrari academy driver Dino Beganovic will make the step up to Formula 2 for events in Qatar and Abu Dhabi with DAMS, which round out the F1 feeder series’ 2024 campaign.

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Who has won an F1 grand prix from the furthest back on the grid?

The 2024 Brazilian Grand Prix witnessed Max Verstappen deliver a champion-like performance that put him on the cusp of a fourth consecutive Formula 1 world title.

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How Brazil exposed the dangers of F1’s free-tyre-change red flag rules

The peculiarity of the free tyre change that is allowed under Formula 1’s red flag rules has long been a source of frustration to drivers.

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How Brazil has exposed the dangers of Formula 1’s free tyre change red flag rules

The peculiarity of the free tyre change that is allowed under Formula 1’s red flag rules has long been a source of frustration to drivers.

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How Formula E resolved its logistical nightmare to save its pre-season test

“They’ve turned that around quickly” an impressed colleague said to this writer on entering the media centre at the Jarama Circuit on Tuesday morning, as a banner reading “2024/25 Madrid Official Testing” was being erected.

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Exclusive: How Formula E resolved its logistical nightmare to save its pre-season test

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Hill stays as WSR eyes expansion to four or five

Newly crowned British Touring Car champion Jake Hill will remain at the West Surrey Racing BMW team for 2025, when the squad could expand to as many as five cars.Hill, whose clinching of the BTCC crown at the Brands Hatch finale last month represented his first championship title of any…

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Ben Hunt: The uncomfortable decision facing Lawrence Stroll

You can build the most impressive factory and fill it with all the latest equipment and computer software. Construct the most sophisticated in-house wind tunnel, boosting the potential of your team’s development rate. You can hire the most successful F1 designer of all time, paying him £30 million a year…

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What the potential $30m constructors’ windfall from Brazil could mean for Alpine

As Formula 1 departed from a wet and windy Brazilian Grand Prix, the forecast was looking decidedly brighter for one team in particular, with Alpine's cargo including two podium trophies.

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What the unusual radio messages reveal about contentious Martinsville finish

NASCAR has announced that it intends to review the radio communications from the closing laps of Sunday's race at Martinsville, which decided the final spots in the Championship 4.

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Inside Brazil's seven-year search for its next F1 hero

"Nada ultrapassa essa emoção," is the slogan greeting fans at Interlagos' entrances. Nothing surpasses this emotion.

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Bastianini left “angry” after distant Malaysian GP podium

Enea Bastianini pronounced himself “angry” after being unable to compete with factory Ducati team-mate Francesco Bagnaia and Pramac Ducati’s Jorge Martin for victory at the Malaysian Grand Prix on Sunday.

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