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McLaren's bubbling team orders scenario at the Hungarian Grand Prix led many – including Lando Norris, the subject of said on-track shuffling – to suggest that it all could have been avoided if the team had stopped Oscar Piastri first.

The seven-time world champion had to wait 945 days from his previous win at the 2021 Saudi Arabian GP to stand at the top of the podium once again. Mercedes has struggled since the 2022 regulation changes but has just enjoyed back-to-back wins, with George Russell triumphing at the Austrian…

From a Norwegian whose gleeful words are still aped today, to some brilliant rugby league apoplexy, via golfing disbelief and more

The group includes six promising 13-14-year-olds from Australia, Austria, Czech Republic, Malaysia, Slovakia and the UK, who will all now follow a technical and tactical coaching and development programme that aims to accelerate at least one of them onto the Grand Prix grid. A further four drivers under the age…

‘“What do you want me to do?” he said when we got to his trailer. I couldn’t have him just staring at me, so I said: “Maybe pick up the phone?” I don’t know if he called anyone’

Newey had previously renewed his contract with Red Bull last year, but it was confirmed by the team in May that he will leave during the first part of 2025. There had been growing speculation about his future with the team and it was reported that he was unsettled with the…

"Ayrton Senna is joining Williams..." I have to say that even though I was the team manager at the time, I had a certain feeling of trepidation when I heard this news. It was pretty daunting, because he was Ayrton Senna... he was coming with a little bit of a…

F1 has changed its points system several times over the years, with the first structure used in 1950 looking very different to what it is now. 

But what happened next only heightened his suspicions that rival team Benetton was using some form of illegal traction or launch control on its car.