The trick simulator keeping Mercedes ahead of the game One of the keys to Mercedes' incredible run of success is its ability to maximise the potential of its cars at any given race weekend - and the simulator plays a major role in that. STUART CODLING investigates the secret weapon that Ferrari, among others, is desperate to replicate 1581984000 F1

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From washing cars to running McLaren As a teenager Zak Brown went to Indycar's 1987 Long Beach Grand Prix and met one of his heroes. He asked race winner Mario Andretti how to get a job in motorsport. Andretti gave him some advice and thirty years later Brown has gone on to become chief executive officer of one of the most successful teams in Formula 1. JAMES ROBERTS picks up the story... 1581465600 F1

The changes that F1 rejected for 2021 Former Benetton, Renault and Williams technical chief PAT SYMONDS has been helping to steer the radical rule changes coming to F1 next season - here he reveals some of the potential changes that were rejected 1581206400 F1

The new touring car series with FE in its sights Eurosport Events chief Francois Ribeiro is not afraid of being bold, and he's certainly doing that with the new electric touring car series, Pure ETCR. It's a refreshing take that may be just what motorsport needs 1582848000 Other

What testing tells us about the early 2020 F1 formbook Last year, Ferrari won the pre-season testing war emphatically - regardless of what then happened during the season proper. There seems to be a clear leader this year, too, but how muddied is the rest of the picture? 1582848000 F1

The F1 underdog thwarted by its bazooka-seeking owner Some 30 years on, the story of how an F3000 outfit stepped up to the big leagues and took an F1 podium in its first season is no less dramatic than it was in 1989. But Onyx's initial demise was just as swift - and even more dramatic - as its rise 1582761600 F1

The dogfight to become F1's first 'Alfa' male Farina, Fagioli, and exciting newcomer Fangio staged a classic duel for the inaugural F1 world championship in 1950. But, while Farina won the war, it was the youngest of the trio - at 38, himself no spring chicken - with time on his side 1582761600 F1