British racing green will return to the Formula 1 grid next week. But the latest team to sport it – and their rivals – must remember there’s more to branding than wearing the right colour.
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Motorsport benefits us all in surprising ways – it should shout that fact from the rooftops
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Posted onFrom Covid-19 breathing aids to skyscrapers to low-cost helmets, motorsports deserves greater appreciation for the benefits its brings to society.
How the designer behind a classic F1 livery rates the modern grid’s style
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Posted onPeter Stevens penned Brabham’s classic Parmalat livery of the eighties. With launch season around the corner, we asked him to rate the designs of modern F1 cars.
Red Bull’s urgent push for an F1 engine freeze has hit a roadblock
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Posted onUnresolved questions over F1’s future engines plus the usual paddock politics are frustrating Red Bull’s efforts to win rivals over to a freeze on power unit development.
Interview: Ross Brawn on why 2020 was “one of our best years” in F1 despite pandemic
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Posted onFormula 1 fans reacted positively to new venues and new winners in 2020 as the championship restructured its season in response to the pandemic, Ross Brawn tells RaceFans in an exclusive interview.
Analysis: Which teams suffered the biggest financial blows from F1’s Covid-hit season?
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Posted onThe financial impact of Formula 1’s disruption 2020 season hit some teams harder than others. Dieter Rencken reveals why.
‘Aston Martin’s return is the biggest thing to happen to F1 for decades’: Lawrence Stroll interview
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Posted onAston Martin CEO Lawrence Stroll tells RaceFans he wants regular podiums and “a few” wins in 2021 – but doesn’t expect his team to challenge Mercedes just yet.
Saving its 23-race calendar is just the start of F1’s challenges in Covid year two
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Posted onFormula 1 is adamant it will hold 23 races despite the pandemic and the wealth of other challenges it must tackle in 2021.
Analysis: Is Mercedes’ Ineos deal its first step towards an F1 exit?
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Posted onWith Honda pulling out and Renault rebranding as Alpine, now Mercedes has diluted its stake in its dominant F1 team. Dieter Rencken analyses whether this is its first step towards an eventual departure.
Analysis: McLaren’s other big win last weekend points to even better times ahead
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Posted onThird place in the constructors’ championship was a boost for McLaren but their real success on Sunday was the announcement of £185 million in new investment.
Revealed: How Schumacher and Resta fit into Ferrari’s new-era customer team model at Haas
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Posted onThe real significance of last week’s announcement Ferrari designer Simone Resta will work on Haas’s Formula 1 cars was widely overlooked.
Why Grosjean’s crash escape wasn’t just a matter of ‘luck’
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Posted onRomain Grosjean survived Sunday’s horror crash in Bahrain not simply due to “luck”, but thanks to decades of work by F1 and the FIA to improve safety standards.
Analysis: The court case scrutinising Stroll’s takeover of Racing Point
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Posted onWhy is the team which took pole position for the last round of the championship at the centre of a dispute which reached the courts last week?
Interview: How F1 salvaged 17 races despite Covid and planned a record-breaking 23 for 2021
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Posted onDespite the unprecedented disruption of the pandemic Formula 1 is planning its biggest-ever calendar in 2021. Race promotion director Chloe Targett-Adams explains how.
How factors beyond Mercedes’ control made them even more dominant than Ferrari
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Posted onMercedes’ record-breaking seventh constructors championship is fitting reward for their phenomenal performance but also an indictment of their rivals who have failed to stop them.
Why F1 is talking wind tunnel bans and driver salary caps – but not an engine freeze
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Posted onThe F1 Commission rejected reverse grids and Red Bull’s engine freeze plan, but a ban on wind tunnels and a cap on drivers’ salaries on the cards.
The last days of Minardi – Part two: How a tiny team took on F1’s elite
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Posted onMinardi’s final team principal Paul Stoddart tells how he agitated and exasperated the big names in Formula 1 as he fought to keep the tiny team in the top flight of motor racing.
The last days of Minardi – Part one: How F1’s ultimate underdogs went out fighting
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Posted onBeloved F1 underdogs Minardi bowed out of the sport 15 years ago this week. Paul Stoddart, the team’s final owner, tells RaceFans how he made sure they went out fighting.
Why Renault believe they “can now be taken seriously” after podium breakthrough
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Posted onIn the fifth year since their return to F1 as a full team, Renault finally scored their first podium last weekend. Team principal Cyril Abiteboul believes the good times are finally coming.
Why is Honda really leaving for a fourth time – and should F1 be concerned?
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Posted onHonda’s fourth departure from Formula 1 is clearly not just down to its zero-carbon strategy. But it leaves Red Bull with an engine dilemma to solve for 2022.