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Edd Straw
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Edd Straw

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Did Bianchi have potential to become F1 world champion?

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Did Bianchi have potential to become F1 world champion?

Autosport 75: Kubica's road to recovery and beyond

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Autosport 75: Kubica's road to recovery and beyond

Autosport 75: When Red Bull had its own intra-team fight like Norris vs Piastri

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Autosport 75: When Red Bull had its own intra-team fight like Norris vs Piastri

Autosport 75: Why Verstappen was ready for F1 at 17

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Autosport 75: Why Verstappen was ready for F1 at 17

How the Senna myth has been transformed

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How the Senna myth has been transformed

Archive: When the French GP almost produced F1's greatest shock

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Archive: When the French GP almost produced F1's greatest shock

Autosport 70: How Scheckter instigated Silverstone's most famous F1 incident

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Autosport 70: How Scheckter instigated Silverstone's most famous F1 incident

Autosport 70: The lost F1 team that launched Newey

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Autosport 70: The lost F1 team that launched Newey

McLaren plans to hit incoming F1 budget cap limit to match leaders

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McLaren plans to hit incoming F1 budget cap limit to match leaders

Why Haas's shocking 2019 should have F1 worried

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Why Haas's shocking 2019 should have F1 worried

How Kubica found the answer to his own incredible F1 challenge

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How Kubica found the answer to his own incredible F1 challenge

Kubica: Closing F1 chapter worthwhile despite 2019 struggles

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Kubica: Closing F1 chapter worthwhile despite 2019 struggles

The real step that ended McLaren's F1 nightmare

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The real step that ended McLaren's F1 nightmare

2019's Albon, Norris and Russell are 2001's Montoya, Raikkonen and Alonso

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2019's Albon, Norris and Russell are 2001's Montoya, Raikkonen and Alonso

How Toro Rosso gave Renault a major scare

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How Toro Rosso gave Renault a major scare

Will Williams's 2019 soul-searching be enough?

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Will Williams's 2019 soul-searching be enough?

The five best race drives of F1 2019

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The five best race drives of F1 2019

Top 10 F1 drivers of 2019

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Top 10 F1 drivers of 2019

Russell qualifying whitewash over Kubica harder than people think

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Russell qualifying whitewash over Kubica harder than people think

Mercedes' warning shot shows how hard it will be to dethrone

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Mercedes' warning shot shows how hard it will be to dethrone

Norris says he was a "s*** driver" in Perez Abu Dhabi F1 battle

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Norris says he was a "s*** driver" in Perez Abu Dhabi F1 battle

Russell to conduct three F1 test days for Mercedes before end of 2019

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Russell to conduct three F1 test days for Mercedes before end of 2019

Abu Dhabi GP qualifying: F1 world champion Hamilton seals pole

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Abu Dhabi GP qualifying: F1 world champion Hamilton seals pole

Abu Dhabi GP: Bottas leads Mercedes 1-2, but clashes with Grosjean

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Abu Dhabi GP: Bottas leads Mercedes 1-2, but clashes with Grosjean

Why Mercedes' Abu Dhabi advantage might be an illusion

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Why Mercedes' Abu Dhabi advantage might be an illusion

Kubica set to combine F1 test role with a DTM race seat in 2020

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Kubica set to combine F1 test role with a DTM race seat in 2020

Why Abu Dhabi is the wrong place for F1's season finale

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Why Abu Dhabi is the wrong place for F1's season finale

What Gasly can learn from his superb response to demotion

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What Gasly can learn from his superb response to demotion

McLaren's Sainz: Brazilian GP was definitely best race of my career

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McLaren's Sainz: Brazilian GP was definitely best race of my career

How Red Bull forced Mercedes into clumsiness

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How Red Bull forced Mercedes into clumsiness

Brazilian Grand Prix: Max Verstappen puts Red Bull-Honda on pole

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Brazilian Grand Prix: Max Verstappen puts Red Bull-Honda on pole

Brazilian Grand Prix practice: Sebastian Vettel leads Ferrari 1-2

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Brazilian Grand Prix practice: Sebastian Vettel leads Ferrari 1-2

Why Ferrari is back in business in Brazil

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Why Ferrari is back in business in Brazil

How Albon kept his Red Bull F1 drive

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How Albon kept his Red Bull F1 drive

Wolff: Any breach of F1's fuel-flow system rules would be foul play

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Wolff: Any breach of F1's fuel-flow system rules would be foul play

How Russell is performing like Alonso

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How Russell is performing like Alonso

Raikkonen: I might as well finish last if I'm 11th like in F1 US GP

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Raikkonen: I might as well finish last if I'm 11th like in F1 US GP

Why Hamilton's finest moment was also Bottas's best

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Why Hamilton's finest moment was also Bottas's best

10 moments that decided the 2019 F1 title

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10 moments that decided the 2019 F1 title

US Grand Prix: Bottas beats Vettel to pole at Austin

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US Grand Prix: Bottas beats Vettel to pole at Austin

Why Hamilton's Friday pace advantage is deceptive

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Why Hamilton's Friday pace advantage is deceptive

US Grand Prix: Lewis Hamilton leads Austin Friday F1 practice

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US Grand Prix: Lewis Hamilton leads Austin Friday F1 practice

Ferrari/Williams are against delaying 2021 F1 rules

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Ferrari/Williams are against delaying 2021 F1 rules

The standout element that makes Hamilton a great

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The standout element that makes Hamilton a great

How Hamilton went from "no hope" to victory

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How Hamilton went from "no hope" to victory

Lack of F1 Mexican GP Hamilton qualifying penalty annoys Verstappen

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Lack of F1 Mexican GP Hamilton qualifying penalty annoys Verstappen

Verstappen takes surprise F1 Mexican GP pole after Bottas crashes

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Verstappen takes surprise F1 Mexican GP pole after Bottas crashes

Mercedes on the back foot at F1's circuit of contradictions

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Mercedes on the back foot at F1's circuit of contradictions

Mexican Grand Prix practice: Vettel leads Verstappen on Friday

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Mexican Grand Prix practice: Vettel leads Verstappen on Friday

F1 teams' latest veto proves a will to spite their own faces

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F1 teams' latest veto proves a will to spite their own faces

The Button insight that explains Vettel's inconsistency

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The Button insight that explains Vettel's inconsistency

Ferrari's progress from disaster to 2020 contender

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Ferrari's progress from disaster to 2020 contender

The confusing history of F1 team name changes

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The confusing history of F1 team name changes

Kubica waited until Monza for preferred Williams F1 steering wheel

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Kubica waited until Monza for preferred Williams F1 steering wheel

Williams to trial experimental F1 front wing design at Japanese GP

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Williams to trial experimental F1 front wing design at Japanese GP

The defiance that shows Vettel isn't finished

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The defiance that shows Vettel isn't finished

How Ferrari's most convincing win escaped its clutches

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How Ferrari's most convincing win escaped its clutches

Hulkenberg: Renault deserved more after bitter Sochi F1 race

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Hulkenberg: Renault deserved more after bitter Sochi F1 race

Russian GP: Leclerc beats Hamilton to seal fourth straight F1 pole

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Russian GP: Leclerc beats Hamilton to seal fourth straight F1 pole

Why Red Bull might regret setting the Friday pace

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Why Red Bull might regret setting the Friday pace