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FOUND: Brackley - What They Never Told You

Ex-Mercedes engineer Dan Milner joins Williams

Milner leaves Brackley after a 14-year spell with the team

Motorsport

Question of the week: Can anything or anyone stop Mercedes from winning both F1 titles in 2026?

Mercedes is the dominant force in 2026, but is victory for the team inevitable in F1’s new era?

Motorsport

Mercedes 2026 F1 launch event: Watch here live, what you need to know

Mercedes will launch its 2026 W17 at an online event on 2 February featuring George Russell, Andrea Kimi Antonelli and Toto Wolff, alongside technical briefings on the new regulations and sustainable fuels

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Who are F1 drivers' race engineers in 2025?

A race engineer has one of the most important roles in any Formula 1 team. It is their job to optimise the performance of the driver-and-car combination. Throughout the race weekend, they translate the feedback coming from the driver into set-up decisions to achieve the best possible result. And, except…

Motorsport

Mercedes playing catch-up with F1 Miami floor upgrade

The Brackley team has struggled for consistency with its often ill-handling W15, finding it hard to produce a car that works across all corner types and speeds, with its limitations seemingly shifting from circuit to circuit.

Autosport

Mercedes playing catch-up with Miami F1 floor upgrade

The Brackley team has struggled for consistency with its often ill-handling W154, finding it hard to produce a car that works across all corner types and speeds, with its limitations seemingly shifting from circuit to circuit.

Motorsport

10 things we learned from the 2024 F1 Japanese Grand Prix

Was the final result of the Japanese Grand Prix predictable? Ultimately, yes, but how this year's Formula 1 race at Suzuka unravelled wasn't entirely typical thanks to the variance in strategies across the field. Max Verstappen chalked up a third win as he embarks upon a seemingly inevitable march towards…

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Mercedes focused on improving F1 qualifying pace with W15

The Brackley squad focused on long stints rather than glory runs across the three-day winter test in Bahrain, with George Russell taking second on the final day using softer C4 tyres after he and team-mate Lewis Hamilton had stayed well clear of the top of the leaderboard earlier in the…

Autosport

One Motorsport takes ‘pause’ from BTCC

The Brackley squad, formerly known as BTC Racing, went without an overall race win in 2023 for the first time in six seasons, although Josh Cook claimed the Independents’ title.

Autosport

10 things we learned from the 2023 F1 Abu Dhabi GP

Max Verstappen’s 19th win of the season, putting him on 1,003 laps led across the entire campaign, was never really in doubt from the moment he made it out of Turn 1 in the lead.

Autosport

"Unfinished business" motivated Hamilton to extend Mercedes F1 deal

Both Hamilton and George Russell were confirmed as staying with the Brackley squad for the next two years earlier on Thursday, as they seek to renew Mercedes' challenges for the title after the past season and a half has yielded just one win.

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