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The Editor: F1 merits a royal celebration after 75 years
It’s going to be hard to miss Formula 1’s celebrations this year. Twenty twenty-five marks the 75th anniversary of the…
April 2025
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Opening Shot: Bathurst, Australia
Bathurst, Australia It’s dawn at New South Wales’s Mount Panorama Circuit as the Tigani Motorsport Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo speeds towards…
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F1 ‘90s revival: why we could see McLaren and Williams back in a championship duel
Even when McLaren and Williams were vying for which could dominate F1 back in the 1990s, Williams was a less…
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Karun Chandhok: F1 Insider
The next two years are critical for Aston Martin. In the early races of ’23, Fernando Alonso and his green…
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Elfyn Evans slides to victory in Rally Sweden
Each issue, we nominate a driver from a recent race who deserves recognition for a job well done. This month…
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Top 5 Australian Grand Prix moments in Melbourne
Webber’s ‘podium’ (2002) A Minardi on the podium? Well, not exactly. But fifth place was a near-miracle for home hero…
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Renault 5 Turbo revived — and it’s electric!
That looks lively. It certainly does. Just when you thought Renault had gone all sensible, it rolls out something that…
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France’s fearsome street circuit: Rouen-les-Essarts where Fangio gave a ‘driving lesson’
Rouen-les-Essarts was one of the finest circuits in Europe at one time, both feared and revered by drivers for the…
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Five circuits in 18 days: why winter doesn’t have to put a pause on motor sport
ABU DHABI, January 15-19 First stop in 2025: Yas Marina, coaching and racing with Ben Curry in a Radical SR3…
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Out and about...
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Will new TV deal — and Will Buxton — put gloss on ‘stagnant’ IndyCar?
US sports car racing went through its own ‘split’ starting in 1999 that thankfully created far less-lasting damage than the…
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Bohemian rhapsody: My Travels on Racer Road book review
Book of the month "In the everyday world there are jobs you enjoy,” writes Pete Lyons. “Hopefully, you even like…
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The house that Enzo didn’t build: how Lewis Hamilton paid tribute to Ferrari’s early days
There was perhaps more than a hint of wannabe reality television ‘star’ about Lewis Hamilton’s tailored style in his first…
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From the archives...
Lunch with: Ari Vatanen December 2017 “Life without sideways is monotonous.” So goes the motto of off-road legend Ari Vatanen,…
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Revolutionary Patek Philippe watch silences sceptics
In seven years of the Precision page, never before have we highlighted a watch that isn’t linked to cars or…
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Mat Oxley: Márquez and Bagnaia look to steal each other’s strengths as Ducati MotoGP title battle looms
The 77th season of world championship motorcycle racing gets underway at the Buriram racetrack in Thailand over the first weekend…
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Andrew Frankel: ‘Bad news, we’ve already lived through the era of peak car’
I have for some time been pondering the timing of what might loosely be described as ‘peak car’. There is…
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Land Rover’s £160k ‘GT3’: Defender Octa First Edition review
I don’t think there could be a greater expression of confidence in the brand than this. A very broad rule…
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Why Formula E is a proper tech lab — developing inventions at racing speed
As I write this we’re a week away from rounds three and four of the Formula E season in Jeddah,…
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Letters: a nod of approval from Luca Montezemolo
Chris Harris’s appreciation article of Luca di Montezemolo in the 2025 March issue [The Luca I know] brought back a…
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