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Thinking Forward: WRC focused on Chinese manufacturers and hybrids For the first #ThinkingForward of 2021, WRC director Peter Thul speaks about qualities needed to excel in rally, why WRC backs F1's strategy on hybrid engines and why so many co-drivers end up running teams and federations

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Magazine: Our 1991 retrospective Ayrton Senna's battle for his third Formula 1 world title in 1991 is part of a special issue of Autosport magazine, out today (14 January).

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Thinking Forward: WRC focused on Chinese manufacturers and hybrids For the first #ThinkingForward of 2021, WRC director Peter Thul speaks about qualities needed to excel in rally, why WRC backs F1's strategy on hybrid engines and why so many co-drivers end up running teams and federations

Tank Slappers Podcast: How will Suzuki move on from Brivio? In the latest edition of the Tank Slappers Podcast, Oriol Puigdemont joins Lewis Duncan to discuss how Davide Brivio's departure will affect Suzuki and why it hasn't replaced the Italian

Magazine: Our 1991 retrospective Ayrton Senna's battle for his third Formula 1 world title in 1991 is part of a special issue of Autosport magazine, out today (14 January).

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