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Formula 1 drivers with the longest gap between their first and last wins

Lewis Hamilton’s run without a race win came to an end at Silverstone in July after waiting 945 days since his last at the Saudi Arabian GP in 2021. The Brit took his final home grand prix for Mercedes after announcing earlier in the year that he would join Ferrari…

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F1 drivers with the most grand prix starts before victory

Lando Norris finally became an F1 race winner after taking a long-awaited victory at the 2024 Miami Grand Prix. The win came during Norris’ sixth year in the series after being one of F1’s highest-rated drivers for several seasons and coming close to victory numerous times. So when Norris finally…

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What could have been: When Villeneuve’s shock return thwarted an F1 rookie

Jacques Villeneuve’s return to Formula 1 at Renault for the inaugural Chinese Grand Prix in 2004 was a seminal moment in Franck Montagny’s career. Then a test driver for Renault, he had been the logical choice for the seat vacated by Toyota-bound Jarno Trulli. But instead it was 1997 world…

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Friday favourite: The “perfect” F1 test venue with a little bit of “magic”

“I really love this track,” says Franck Montagny of the Jerez circuit in southern Spain. “I remember my chief engineer in Renault’s test team was always saying ‘if there was a championship of 15 races in Jerez, you are world champion every year’.”

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Friday favourite: The Ferrari partners that conquered GT racing

Gianmaria Bruni has been a Porsche man since 2017, but it’s the first chapter of his sportscar career at Ferrari that he looks back on to pick a favourite team-mate. In his four years of sharing a car with Toni Vilander, the pair enjoyed great success, and enjoyed numerous collaborations…

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Friday favourite: America’s hidden gem with corners rivalling Spa

Its status as a GT-only round of the IMSA SportsCar Championship means that Virginia International Raceway doesn’t get the same attention as some of the calendar’s traditional heavy hitters. But to drivers who have sampled its 3.270 miles of narrow winding asphalt, the track commonly known as VIR is a…

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F1 driver mid-season swaps - Schumacher, De Vries, Verstappen and more

In the earlier days of the championship, it was not uncommon for the smaller teams to phase out drivers depending on the money they could bring, while larger teams were not above that either if a driver had been unable to live up to expectations.

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How an 18-year-old incident triggered Norris’ ‘unsportsmanlike’ F1 penalty

Norris was penalised in Montreal for slowing down too much behind the safety car from the hairpin to the pitlane, thereby purposefully opening up a gap to team-mate Oscar Piastri so McLaren could perform a double pitstop without Norris risking losing a position to Charles Leclerc.

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Friday favourite: Renault's original F1 title-winner that began the Alonso era

When you’ve raced over a dozen different Formula 1 cars from Minardi to Ferrari, and enjoyed a lengthy GT racing career in the Prancing Horse’s machinery, choosing a favourite is going to be tough.

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Could Europe's newest circuit be a refreshing change for F1?

Amid a desert of street circuits, a rare oasis of a newly built traditional circuit appears – all 4.1km/2.5 miles and 16 corners of it. Four years in the making, Balaton Park Circuit is a proper, old-school track, nestled close to its namesake Lake Balaton, the largest in Central Europe.

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Lewis Hamilton snubbed as "only one" F1 driver compares to Max Verstappen

Max Verstappen has established himself as the man to beat on the grid with his Red Bull performances and one former F1 star feels there is only one man who can match him

Daily Mirror

New Balaton Park Circuit opens in Hungary

The circuit, next to Balaton Lake, has applied for an FIA Grade 2 licence, allowing it to host junior single seater categories and sportscar racing, but has been built in accordance with Grade 1 specification.

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Michael Schumacher "rewrote F1 history" as Giancarlo Fisichella shares his Ferrari regret

Recalling his time racing in F1 with Michael Schumacher as a rival, three-time race winner Fisichella regrets never having the chance to call the German a team-mate

Daily Mirror

S5000 horsepower cut for Adelaide

The S5000 cars will run at reduced power for their debut on the Adelaide street circuit next week.

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Ex-F1 racer Fisichella to join S5000 field in Adelaide

Giancarlo Fisichella will join the S5000 Tasman Series grid for the second round on the streets of Adelaide early next month.

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Alonso: We need to stop putting F1 fans against each other on social media

Fernando Alonso believes Formula 1 fans need to stop being put up against each other after taking to Twitter to clarify comments about Lewis Hamilton in a Dutch newspaper interview.

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Alonso: Important to stop putting F1 fans against each other on social media

Fernando Alonso believes Formula 1 fans need to stop being put up against each other after taking to Twitter to clarify comments about Lewis Hamilton in a Dutch newspaper interview.

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Autosport writers' favourite F1 Japanese Grands Prix

After three years away, Formula 1 makes its belated return to the iconic Suzuka for the Japanese Grand Prix. With the circuit potentially set to host another title decider, Autosport’s writers pick out their favourite editions of this famous race

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Ex-F1 race winner Barrichello targets more races after Ferrari comeback win

Ex-Formula 1 driver Rubens Barrichello is targeting more endurance racing with Ferrari in the future after taking victory in his first Italian GT Championship meeting at Vallelunga last weekend.

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WEC Fuji: Toyota stays on top in second practice

Toyota maintained its position at the head of the leaderboard in second practice for this weekend's Fuji round of the World Endurance Championship.

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Autosport writers' favourite F1 Belgian Grands Prix

The future of the Belgian Grand Prix has been widely discussed in the run-up to this weekend's race that resumes the 2022 Formula 1 season after the summer break.

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Autosport writers' favourite F1 Canadian Grands Prix

Formula 1 makes its long-awaited return to Canada this weekend, with Montreal's Circuit Gilles Villeneuve hosting its 41st Grand Prix on Sunday. Here are Autosport writers' favourite races from the previous 40.

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What history tells us about Leclerc’s early F1 championship lead

Formula 1’s return to Imola this weekend comes at a perfect time for Ferrari’s loyal Tifosi, who will be riding high from Charles Leclerc’s impressive start to the season.

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Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya lap record: What is the fastest F1 time ever clocked at the Spanish Grand Prix?

Italian driver Giancarlo Fisichella is the surprising holder of the fastest F1 lap around the Circuit de Catalunya, but the quickest around the modern shaped track is Max Verstappen

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