How Russell usurped Ocon as Mercedes’ Hamilton successor
Once heir apparent to a Mercedes Formula 1 seat, Esteban Ocon has had to watch from the sidelines as George Russell jumped him in the queue – as Mark Hughes explains
Why Brivio’s trademark gamble will be tough to repeat in F1
Davide Brivio’s MotoGP legacy will be the way he nurtured young talents into superstars. Can he hope to repeat that in Formula 1 with Alpine – or has Renault missed a key moment?
Every all-rookie F1 driver line-up ranked
Very few teams have started a Formula 1 season with an all-rookie line-up, as Haas is doing in 2021. We ranked all such previous pairings
Who’ll win F1’s closest battle in 2021? Our verdict
It looks like there’s still nothing to choose between the five teams in Formula 1’s ‘Class B’ going into 2021. Our writers predict the outcome of the unpredictable battle over both third place this season and the chance of something greater in 2022 and beyond
How Honda made its 2021 F1 engine ‘smaller than size zero’
Honda’s 2021 Formula 1 engine is smaller than the “size zero” concept pursued in its McLaren days, and has been achieved by an extensive redesign
Is Drive to Survive’s play on F1 2020’s big ‘betrayals’ fair?
The latest series of Drive to Survive came to Netflix on Friday, with an inside look at some of the biggest Formula 1 silly season stories of 2020. But how fair is the theme of betrayal the series sets up?
Gary Anderson: Have new F1 rules hurt low-rake Mercedes?
Mercedes and Red Bull have very different Formula 1 design philosophies. Recent years’ results have suggested Mercedes got it very right. But have the 2021 floor rule changes hit its concept harder?
Honda believes new F1 engine exceeds 2020 Mercedes level
Honda believes its development efforts mean its 2021 Formula 1 engine exceeds Mercedes’ 2020 performance level, boosting Red Bull’s hopes it can mount a championship challenge
F1 podcast: Why Mercedes and Red Bull look ‘swapped’
Karun Chandhok joins us to discuss whether Mercedes really is on the back foot heading into the first race of the season, or if it was holding back, in the latest edition of The Race Formula 1 Podcast
Mercedes won’t recover full gap to ‘planted’ Red Bull right away
Mercedes does not expect to immediately recover or overcome the deficit it believes it has to Red Bull after its rival’s car looked so “planted” in Formula 1 pre-season testing
