The 23-race championship announced by F1 yesterday prompted concerns over staff burn-out but teams have worked longer seasons before.
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Herbert on his painful debut, Schumacher’s title-winning Benettons and more
Posted onAfter a brave F1 debut with Benetton, Johnny Herbert returned to the team to become a race-winner. He shared his career in cars with RaceFans.
“There’s still five in front of me”: How Raikkonen reacted to sixth on his debut
Posted onLongstanding Sauber team manager Beat Zehnder shares his favourite memories of Kimi Raikkonen throughout his 21-year F1 career.
How Formula 1 got its tenth different points system in 2021
Posted onGiuseppe Farina scored 30 points to win the first F1 championship. Next week 29 points will be awarded for a single grand prix. Here’s how the scoring system has changed.
Carlos Reutemann, 1942 – 2021
Posted onCarlos Reutemann, who won 12 grands prix and came within a point of clinching the world championship in 1981, has died at the age of 79.
Ecclestone’s fondest memories – and one regret – of ‘brother’ Mosley
Posted onBernie Ecclestone recalls his fondest memories of Max Mosley, the long-standing ally he came to regard as like a brother, and his one regret.
Max Mosley, 1940-2021
Posted onMax Mosley, who has died at the age of 81, was a former racing driver, Formula 1 team owner and president of the FIA.
Fear of rules change led Mercedes to run dominant 2014 engine in “idle mode”
Posted onMercedes’ former technical director has revealed the lengths the team went to disguise the scale of their superiority at the beginning of the V6 hybrid turbo engine era.
Michael and Mick Schumacher: Their different routes to Formula 1
Posted onA quirk of the calendar means Mick Schumacher will make his grand prix debut at the same age his father did. But their routes to F1 were very different.
Johnny Dumfries, seventh Marquess of Bute, 1958-2021
Posted onThe seventh Marquess of Bute, best known to motorsport fans as Le Mans 24 Hours winner and F1 driver Johnny Dumfries, has died at the age of 62.
Murray Walker, 1923-2021
Posted onMurray Walker, who has died at the age of 97, was the ‘voice of Formula 1’ for a generation of the sport’s fans.
Bottas vs Rosberg: Hamilton’s Mercedes team mates compared after 78 races each
Posted onValtteri Bottas and Nico Rosberg have each spent 78 races as Lewis Hamilton’s team mate. Who measures up best against the seven-times champion?
F1 almost had Saturday sprint races 35 years ago – this time it probably will
Posted onFormula 1 considered introducing Saturday ‘qualifying races’ in 1986 but the plan was scrapped – 35 years on, expect a different outcome.
McLaren-Mercedes return: Their previous 20 F1 cars in pictures
Posted onThe first McLaren-Mercedes F1 car for seven years will be launched today. Here are the other 20, from the title-winners to the one that never even raced.
Stripping Verstappen of 2017 US podium was “one of the toughest decisions” – steward
Posted onAn FIA steward who backed a decision to strip Max Verstappen of a podium finish in 2017 has described it as “one of the toughest” calls he had to take.
Adrian Campos, 1960-2021
Posted onAdrian Campos, who raced in Formula 1 and helped drivers such as Fernando Alonso reach grand prix racing, has died at the age of 60.
“He was the king of sponsorship”: McLaren’s Zak Brown pays tribute to John Hogan
Posted onJohn Hogan, the former Marlboro sponsorship chief who died yesterday, has been hailed as the “king of sponsorship” by the CEO of McLaren Racing, the team he helped turn into a dominant force in Formula 1.
F1’s two seven-times champions: Hamilton and Schumacher’s title wins compared
Posted onLewis Hamilton and Michael Schumacher won seven world championships, more than any other driver in F1 history. Here’s how they did it.
The last days of Minardi – Part two: How a tiny team took on F1’s elite
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.
Schumacher seals record-breaking 10th constructors championship for Ferrari
Posted onMichael Schumacher signed off his triumphant 2000 season on this day 20 years ago with a win which confirmed Ferrari as constructors champions for the 10th time.