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Could 2025 be the best F1 season… Ever?
What’s the most intriguing question hanging over the 2025 season? Lewis Hamilton’s fortunes at Ferrari, perhaps? Forty years old as…
April 2025
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Grand prix racing’s big night out: F1 75 at the O2
Neon signs flicker as young fans gaze up at the enlarged posters of Lewis Hamilton, Lando Norris and Max Verstappen.…
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F1 2025’s drivers and teams
McLaren MCL39 The next step beckons, to win a drivers’ title for the first time since 2008 Driver Lando Norris…
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The F1 rookies looking to gatecrash the podium
I thought it was a very, very strong Formula 2 grid in 2024… This is why there are so many…
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McLaren vs Ferrari: fierce F1 rivalry reawakens
Every team sport has its clash of the titans; Springboks vs All Blacks in rugby, England against Australia for The…
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McLaren vs Ferrari: F1 makers’ face-off
1974 McLaren switch from Lotus pays off for Emerson Fittipaldi. But he only just beats 1974 German GP victor Clay…
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F1 2025 race calendar
Australia Albert Park, Melbourne / March 14-16 Back in its rightful place as season opener. Carlos Sainz will not be…
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10 legends that shaped F1
10. Fangio Five-time world champion who set the benchmark for the professional F1 driver “He was the greatest of them…
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Adelaide: Australia’s 200mph street circuit that witnessed incredible F1 moments
It’s a hot Thursday in late 1985, and the sleepy city of Adelaide is about to be changed forever. Nineteen…
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How to be a racing driver… with arrive-and-drive karting
How much do you think it costs these days to take a kid from cadet karting to Formula 1? We…
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Christian Horner: The Motor Sport Interview
Christian Horner marks 20 years as team principal of the Red Bull Formula 1 team this year, flying high off…
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Nick Tandy is first driver in history to claim unique record at 2025 Daytona 24 Hours
Nick Tandy had carried a very special target around with him for a while. Yet as the opening exchanges of…
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Rediscovered: long-lost racing footage is the history that F1 forgot
Motor racing fans have enjoyed a bounty of insightful documentaries of late, often brimming with rarely seen footage from bygone…
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Bentley Blower vs Speed Six: speed meets sophistication
This is as much a tale of two people as two cars, and despite the images on these pages, neither…
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Porsche 911s don’t come much rarer than this pre-production 964 Turbo
There was a time when the penultimate Type 964 series of Porsche’s air-cooled 911 were among the least-loved versions of…
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The 1974 Ducati that helped launch Franco Uncini’s career
Rear sets and silencers are high for maximum ground clearance Frame number confirms the bike as being one of the…
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James Bond roles add £100k to value of Land Rover Defender
2011 Land Rover Defender 110 XS Sold by Collecting Cars, £125,500 Had it been a regular version in identical condition,…
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Parting Shot
September 9, 1984 Monza, Italy By the 1984 Italian Grand Prix, Williams had been racing with its modified FW09B for…
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