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The race of truth

This time last year, Lewis Hamilton was within one race of becoming the only driver to win the F1 title in his first year.

Ferrari defer new model’s first start

Ferrari have decided against giving their new car its debut in Sunday’s San Marino Grand Prix because of a series of niggling technical problems.

Hamilton confident ahead of home grand prix

Lewis Hamilton’s flurry of publicity appearances has prompted talk that he is spending too much time tearing round the glad-handing circuit.

Coulthard backs Hamilton at Silverstone

Ask Scotland’s David Coulthard about his first British Grand Prix at Silverstone and his brow flickers slightly with exasperation. He had a spectacular 272km/h spin at Bridge…

Can Hamilton win in Monaco?

Lewis Hamilton was this week riding the crest of a wave as the youngest driver to lead the world-championship rankings after his superb second place in the Spanish Grand Prix,…

Whiz kid on the F1 podium

Lewis Hamilton became the first driver for 43 years to reach the podium in his first two Formula One (F1) races when he took a brilliant second place in the Malaysian grand prix…

Schumi promises decision on future after Italian GP

Michael Schumacher confirmed this week that he will make a statement about his future after Sunday’s Italian grand prix at Monza. The 37-year-old German driver could announce an…

Mosley steps up attack on Michelin

Max Mosley, the FIA president, intensified his criticism of Michelin as motor racing’s governing body deferred a decision on what penalties would be given to the seven formula…

Williams left blowing in the wind

Frank Williams will be absent from the trackside at Sunday’s Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne and, though this is not a unique occurrence for the 62-year-old team principal, it…

Ecclestone put on back foot

Bernie Ecclestone’s high court defeat this month left most of the formula one (F1) community feeling like passengers on an airliner that had just passed through a particularly…

Williams and Schumacher at the end of the road

Ralf Schumacher marked his 29th birthday on Wednesday knowing that his career with the Williams team may be over. Doctors in Germany said that he sustained two cracked vertebrae…

Get set for Glue Prix

China’s track is in a swamp, while Bahrain’s gone sticky in the rush to jump on Ecclestone’s formula one money-go-round. The new circuits in China and Bahrain have been designed…

New Ferrari, same old Schumacher

The all-new Ferrari reasserted the old order last week at the Spanish Grand Prix. Michael Schumacher drove the F2003-GA to another flawless victory and all but wiped out…

Cars stay home to do circuit training on bumps

Before the cars tear on to the track for the first round of testing at this weekend’s Brazilian Grand Prix, they will in effect have absorbed every bump, bounce and undulation of…