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Nelson Piquet: the underrated three-time F1 champion
Being a three-time Formula 1 world champion puts you in a select band. Only 10 have done it. And, of the 10, one stands apart, but for the wrong reasons.…
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Ayrton Senna: the forgotten great drives
Ayrton Senna's great drives trip off the tongue. Monaco 1984; Portugal ’85; Japan ’88; Brazil ’91; Donington ’93; qualifying for Monaco in ’88; holding off Nigel Mansell in those scintillating…
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Alesi vs Senna: the battle for victory in Phoenix
A new season opens with complaints that Formula 1 is less competitive, exciting and dramatic than in its golden years. The sentiment 30 years ago was much the same. Entering the…
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Alain Prost's greatest drives in Formula 1
Formula 1 legend Alain Prost celebrates his 65th birthday today. With 51 grand prix wins and four world drivers’ titles, usually done in his inimitable smooth-as-silk style, his F1 career…
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When Ayrton Senna was nearly banned from F1
Imagine that Ayrton Senna, aged 30 and nearing the peak of his powers, had not taken part in the 1990 Formula 1 world championship. That, rather than claim the second…
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The races that never happened: F1's cancelled grands prix
Formula 1’s record 22-race calendar looks to set to shrink this year, with the postponement of the Chinese Grand Prix, which had been scheduled for April 19, and no date…
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Alonso loses the F1 title to Vettel, with a call that was the pits: the 2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Yas Marina Circuit, host of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, has virtues. But, in its decade on the Formula 1 itinerary, racing has rarely been among them. It therefore is dolefully appropriate…
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Rain, fire and the winds of change: the 2003 Brazilian GP may be F1's craziest race
The Brazilian Grand Prix usually throws up something bizarre. But none have come close to the dramatic 2003 race — and its aftermath Treacherous Turn Three during the 2003 Brazilian GP Photo:…
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“In Formula 1, it’s not only the engines that whine”: the 1984 Dallas Grand Prix
Formula 1’s previous Texas host is often dismissed as a fiasco on a crumbling track. But it had the potential to become one of F1’s most important rounds The start…
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“I was driving on a different level”: Damon Hill’s 1994 Japanese Grand Prix
Many didn’t think Damon Hill belonged in a championship fight with Michael Schumacher. But at a challenging 1994 Japanese Grand Prix, he confounded expectations Hill leads the Japanese Grand Prix amidst the downpour Photo:…
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Bottas makes his F1 breakthrough: the 2017 Russian Grand Prix
Classic F1: Under pressure, just three races into his career, Valtteri Bottas overturned the odds and left Lewis Hamilton behind to win the 2017 Russian Grand Prix Photo: Motorsport Images…
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Alonso and Vettel’s game for two players: the 2010 Singapore Grand Prix
Fernando Alonso of Ferrari and Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull had a frustrating 2010 prior to the Singapore Grand Prix. But at the season’s toughest challenge, they elevated to another…