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Qatar Gp
29 November-1 December 2024 Lusail International Circuit When it first joined the F1 calendar in 2021 the Lusail circuit was envisioned as a Covid placeholder, with the country taking a break in 2022 owing to hosting the football World Cup, and then
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The F1 Analyst
A challenging year for the Alpine team has been tough for French connections in Formula 1. Based in the UK yet owned by the Renault Group and with power delivered from the southern side of Paris to provide two French drivers with opportunities to shi
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F1upgrades
Author Ben Robinson Price £20 iconbooks.com Once upon a time there was a very naughty man named Russell King. In 2002 he arrived in F1 on the coat tails of Jenson Button’s new manager, John Byfield. What nobody in F1 knew at the time was King had alr
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Four And Done?
Christian Horner revealed something new about Red Bull’s much vaunted junior team at the 2024 Mexican Grand Prix. The scheme – Formula 1’s most comprehensive, albeit far from universally appreciated – is undergoing a redevelopment, or at least an urg
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Contributors
The BBC’s Formula 1 correspondent delves into the whys and wherefores of Adrian Newey’s switch to Aston Martin (p54) Alex analyses what’s going on with Red Bull’s driver programme as the conveyor belt of talent seems to be at a stop at the moment (p3
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Flat chat
@Nauckas facebook.com/gpracingonline The Silverstone mistakes, Oscar Piastri’s Monza muscle, the Baku Q1 yellow flag misfortune. These moments did not cost Lando Norris his long-shot 2024 Formula 1 world title. This is mathematically still on, though
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Grandstand View Of King Carlos
One of the signature features of the Mexican event is the way the podium finishers stop their cars in the Foro Sol stadium section rather than pulling into the pitlane. All the track graphics are set up to provide a strong background and it’s easy to
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Las Vegas Gp
21-23 November 2024 Las Vegas Last year, the latest addition to the F1 calendar, Las Vegas, was the biggest and most exciting development in F1 history since the last US addition to the F1 calendar, Miami. We can mock, fans unable to get reasonable a
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A Newey Direction
IS A NEW SUPER-POWER RISING IN FORMULA 1? Adrian Newey’s decision to join Aston Martin suggests there might be. Since buying the failing Force India team in 2018, and renaming it Aston Martin in 2022 after his takeover of the car company, Canadian bi
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The Mexico City Gp In 5 Key Moments
Seven days on from the US GP, Lando Norris and Max Verstappen’s on-track behaviour was again under scrutiny as the pair continued their fight in the high altitude of Mexico City. This time, it was the championship leader who accrued two 10-second pen
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This Month
GP Racing: You’ve had a long association with motorsport, including a stint in Red Bull’s young driver programme. How did that journey begin? CoIin Fleming: My father runs Fleming Racing Engines, building power units for go-karts. Naturally, I was ar
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Under The Hood
At a macro level the change in competitiveness this season has been obvious. From early domination, Red Bull found itself regularly challenged by McLaren with Ferrari always there or thereabouts. Mercedes too built on its ever-increasing competitiven
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Straight Talk
Back in 2019, two full years after Liberty Media acquired Formula 1, I received a call from a New York-based investment analyst asking if I thought the sport’s new owners stood a chance of growing the number of official sponsors of the world champion
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The United States Gp In 5 Key Moments
After a weekend of mudslinging, it was perhaps inevitable that the sentiments of the simmering feud between Red Bull and McLaren would be reflected on the racetrack. While Max Verstappen and Lando Norris didn’t actually make contact at the United Sta
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F1 Insider
Why Red Bull is facing a windrought Bottas clocks out of Sauber/Audi 01 Max Verstappen’s spectacular drive in Brazil – from 17th on the grid to victory – will go down in history not only as one of his most remarkable wins but also as a decisive knock
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Sunshine Dipping In The Foro Sol
When Mexico came back to the world championship calendar in 2015 after a 23-year absence there was much muttering in the global fan community about the changes to the infamous final turn, the Peraltada. Sadly they were never going to be able to keep
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News In Brief…
DURACELL IS TO sponsor one of the DRS zones at the upcoming Las Vegas GP. The copper and black colours will be “prominently displayed” throughout the zone on the Koval straight, and is the first bespoke sponsorship of its kind since DRS was first int
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Maurice Hamilton’s Alternative View
THE END OF RENAULT as an engine manufacturer in Formula 1 will be nothing like the beginning. How could it be when the French firm arrived in the Silverstone paddock halfway through the 1977 season like Del Boy and Rodney turning up at a wake dressed
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Surtees Ts14
Time in hospital bookended John Surtees’s life as a Formula 1 team owner. Reflections from his sick bed first fired his ambition to become self-reliant, then nearly 10 years later resigned him to the sad reality that the dream was over. His friends B
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10 Things I Love
Working in F1 gives you a taste of many different countries. You have a good opportunity between races, when you’re somewhere in the world, to do trips to nearby countries, new and exotic destinations. But I also like to travel independently, away fr
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GP Racing
Editor Stuart Codling Head of content Mike Spinelli Editorial director Travis Okulski Editor-in-chief Rebecca Clancy Managing editor Stewart Williams Art editor Frank Foster International editor Oleg Karpov Principal photographer Steven Tee Photo age
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The São Paulo Gp In 5 Key Moments
It’s difficult to find enough superlatives to describe Max Verstappen’s performance in the São Paulo Grand Prix. Given his frustration on race day morning, it would have been all too easy to let his emotions get the better of him and slip off the rai
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Esses Are For Sparkling
I noticed in the pictures people were posting from sprint qualifying that a few of the cars were kicking up quite a lot of sparks as they came through the Esses section of the Circuit of The Americas. So I decided to go there for quali on Saturday, k
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Hanhgin’ Tough
“DON’T BE SO ITALIAN!” With a broad grin and a twinkle in the eye, Haas team principal Ayao Komatsu dismisses GP Racing’s suggestion that, since the hour is just past 10am, the cappuccino he’s now sipping would constitute a ghastly breach of national
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Abu Dhabi Gp
6-8 December 2024 Yas Marina This must have been a rollercoaster year for the Emirati royal family, ultimate owners of the Yas Marina circuit; they pay a pretty penny for hosting the final round of the season and, in the early races, this was shaping
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The Room With A View
“The amount of engineering you have to do in modern Formula 1 is huge – so it’s crucial these days to have facilities at base to support the track team. You can’t take all the staff to the races as it wouldn’t be efficient, but these cars are so comp
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A New Wind In Ferrari’s Sails
Although there are now three races in the United States this remains one of my favourites because not only is the Circuit of The Americas a great track, it’s rewarding to photograph. It often throws up unusual races, too. While I could see from track
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Before The Fizzle Went To Shizzle
OK, so according to Forix the actual number of starts Fernando Alonso had accumulated before the Mexican Grand Prix was 396 rather than 399. Nevertheless, according to Fernando’s audit he was reaching the 400 point in Mexico City and who am I to argu
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F1 mastermind
Q1 Alex Albon has only led one lap of a world championship race. Which GP was it? Q2 How podiums did Toyota manage to claim in its eight seasons as an F1 constructor: 11, 13 or 15? Q3 At which race did Valtteri Bottas last score any world championshi
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Wet And Wild?
If Brazil turns out to have been a pivotal point in the 2024 world championship then I think most observers – partisan fans as well as we neutrals – have cause to rejoice. Indubitably one of the candidates for the drivers’ title raced like a champion
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