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By Isabella Priestley While there an abundance of dangerous high-speed turns in Formula 1, here are my top five of all time. Turns 13/14, Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Canada The name ‘The Wall of Champions’ doesn’t come from just anywhere. This part of the Canada Grand Prix gets its name from the three world champions thatContinue reading “Beauty and Brutality: The Most Dangerous Corners in F1 History”

By Jessica Fotheringham Formula One has never stopped evolving since it started in 1950. More specifically, the cars and engines used in the sport. The engines that power the cars we see racing around the track today have come a long way since the 4.5 L and 1.4 L supercharged engines used in the earlyContinue reading “What is the best race of the hybrid era?”

By Tom Birkbek Younger F1 fans might be surprised that there was a time when teams had no idea how much fuel their rivals were carrying. No real-time tyre data. No simulation models running thousands of scenarios during a race. Just stopwatches, gut instinct, and the nerve to make a call when everything was onContinue reading “The Pit Wall Brain Trust: How Strategy Won Titles Before Telemetry”

By Juna Tharakan At the legendary Japanese Grand Prix on October 22, 1989, a collision between teammates at the Casio Triangle chicane transformed a title fight into one of the most controversial moments in motorsport history. The crash between Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost not only decided the championship but also fractured Formula 1’s globalContinue reading “Suzuka 1989: The Chicane Crash That Divided Formula 1 Forever”

By Will Heys “Ferando is faster than you. Can you confirm you understood that message?” This was the instruction Felipe Massa received on lap 48 of the 2010 German Grand Prix at Hockenheim. In just seven words, Ferrari had ranked their drivers. A prominent message in the motorsport world, and one that led to outrageContinue reading “‘Fernando Is Faster Than You’ – The Radio Message That Split Ferrari”

By Kayleigh Northall. Since the mid-1950s, Formula 1 has been defined by constant evolution. What began as a dangerous, mechanically simple sport has transformed into one of the most technologically advanced competitions on the planet. Between 1956 and 2026, Formula 1 has undergone radical changes in car design, aerodynamics, safety, power units, and sustainability—each eraContinue reading “The Evolution of Formula 1: 1956–2026”

By Nicoly Pallazini Formula 1 – Bahrain Pre-Season Testing 2026 led by Lando Norris, Charles Leclerc and Kimi Antonelli -Pre-Season Testing – Day 1 The opening day of the first Bahrain pre-season test saw teams getting their first significant running under the new 2026 regulations. Lando Norris (McLaren) topped the timesheets with a best lap around theContinue reading “Testing results summarised…”

By Max Drinkwater The 1990s saw a raft of F1’s greatest ever rivalries take centre stage on track. The likes of Senna, Prost, Mansell and Villeneuve all took to battle for world championship glory, but one rivalry that really took the F1 world by storm during the 90s was that of Germany’s Michael Schumacher andContinue reading “Schumacher vs Hakkinen: The rivalry that defined the late 1990s”

By Duniya Jan How can you win without money? This was the question most Formula 1 teams had to grapple with prior to 2021. The endless domination of Ferrari during the Schumacher era first brought into question the financial integrity of the sport; what is the point of having a drivers’ championship if money isContinue reading “How important is money in Formula 1?”