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The key moments in Renault's F1 history as it bids farewell

The 2025 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix unceremoniously marked the end of Renault’s era as an engine supplier in Formula 1, as the French brand repurposes its Viry-Chatillon engine operations. After 771 grands prix, 213 pole positions, 465 podiums including 169 victories, and 23 world titles, let’s look at the key…

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As Renault says farewell to F1, 21 key moments in its history

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When Eddie Irvine stepped out of Michael Schumacher's shadow

As Eddie Irvine celebrates his 60th birthday, let's look back at the first race of the 1999 Formula 1 season, which showed that Eddie Irvine could succeed out of Michael Schumacher's shadow

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How F1 teams pick their drivers and what Cadillac’s rumoured Valtteri Bottas signing means

As Valtteri Bottas closes in on a return to the grid with Cadillac, the American team shows its preference for experience ahead of its first foray into Formula 1 – but how did F1’s other new teams pick their driving line-ups?

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With Bottas, Cadillac favours experience: How did other new F1 teams approach their line-ups?

Cadillac's preference for 2026 appears to lie with experience, as Bottas closes in on an F1 return and Perez sits at the top of its list. We look at how F1's most recent all-new entrants approached their driving line-ups

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How does Fernando Alonso's winless streak rank in F1 history?

It’s fair to say Kevin Magnussen never had a real shot at victory in Formula 1. The Danish driver spent seven of his nine F1 seasons with the modest Haas team, while his sophomore campaign took place at a struggling Renault outfit as the French brand made a full-on return…

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How does Alonso's winless streak rank in F1 history?

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Everything Cadillac must learn from the new teams that thrived or failed in F1

Sometimes, Formula 1 needs a hint of acidity to cut through some of its more cloying elements; a little lemon sorbet, perhaps, or a raspberry coulis.

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What Cadillac can learn from other teams' first year approaches in F1

Sometimes, Formula 1 needs a hint of acidity to cut through some of its more cloying elements; a little lemon sorbet, perhaps, or a raspberry coulis.

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Five amazing Melbourne races that launched F1 seasons

Ever since Melbourne’s Albert Park circuit replaced Adelaide on the Formula 1 calendar, it (for fans of a certain age) became synonymous with ‘the start of a new season’ for over 20 years. Adelaide had held every single closer between 1985 and 1995, before the race moved south-east to the…

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The top five F1 Australian GP season openers

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Has an F1 race ever finished behind the safety car?

The 2024 Azerbaijan Grand Prix was just the second time an F1 race has finished behind a virtual safety car since its official introduction in 2015.

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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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Full report: Flashback to Schumacher’s 100th F1 podium

After all the expectations surrounding the new Ferrari F2002, Michael Schumacher and his team demonstrated that their decision to debut the new car at the Brazilian Grand Prix was right, with the German taking a moral victory, beating the tough opposition from the Williams drivers. As usual, the story was…

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The sweet-handling Toyota epilogue to its F1 adventure

You might imagine that one-time grand prix winner Jarno Trulli would pick the mount that took him to his only success as his all-time favourite car - even more so if the backdrop for that success was Monaco. But the Italian driver instead plumps for the final truly competitive car…

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Friday favourite: The sweet-handling Toyota epilogue to its F1 adventure

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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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The F1 grand prix that big-budget Toyota should have won

At the end of the 2009 season Toyota announced its withdrawal from F1, ending an eight-year adventure that saw a huge amount of money spent, and no wins achieved.

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When Japan's 'Emperor' flirted with a Formula 1 move

Four titles in Japan's Formula Nippon series marked Satoshi Motoyama out as the finest domestic driver of his generation. But the door to a Formula 1 race seat remained firmly closed, despite tests for Jordan and Renault, and his efforts to prize open an opportunity in grand prix racing required…

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What could have been: The Japanese 'Emperor' who missed his F1 vocation

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Autosport writers' favourite F1 British Grands Prix

The British Grand Prix is always one of the highlights on the Formula 1 calendar, with Sunday's event potentially offering a three-way fight at the front between Ferrari, Red Bull and Mercedes. It wouldn't be the first time there has been a classic race at Silverstone, and Autosport's writers have…

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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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Raikkonen's former race engineer on how to get a job in F1

We spoke to Julien Simon-Chautemps, the former race engineer for Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean, to find out how to get a race engineer job in Formula 1.

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