Tyre compounds vs raw pace
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Mark Hughes: Tyre-wrecking Sepang threatens an F1 upset
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Sepang’s brutally abrasive surface and restricted tyre allocation are turning this weekend into a strategic gauntlet where the right compound choice could matter more than raw pace.
Sepang’s surface was always pretty coarse back in the day, which, combined with plenty of long-duration fast corners, meant huge tyre degradation – and, crucially, a much bigger difference than usual between cars which could keep that degradation under control and those which could not. Well, it’s even more coarse now, nine years after F1 last visited and the early signs in practice today took us back to the 2010s as drivers suddenly realised just how quickly their grip was disappearing.
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Hamilton's cutting question that Vasseur failed to answer
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Hamilton backed Vasseur at Sepang while saying the hierarchy above him is "a question". A day later, Vasseur's answers were only about relationships and unity
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The best Malaysian Grands Prix: Sepang's greatest races
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Tropical storms, team orders and some legendary drives. We pick the best F1 races in Malaysia, plus a bonus two-wheel spectacular
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The best Malaysian Grands Prix: Sepang's greatest races
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Tropical storms, team orders and some legendary drives. We pick the best F1 races in Malaysia, plus a bonus two-wheel spectacular
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The race to bring V8s back to F1 by 2030
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Formula 1 wants its 2030 engine simpler, cheaper and louder. Now it needs to agree how to get there quickly
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The wreck of Red Bull... and how the F1 team is fixing it
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The departure of Christian Horner, Adrian Newey and Helmut Marko in 2025 left a void at Red Bull – and Max Verstappen was expcted to follow. Edd Straw looks back at the team's implosion and its 2026 reset.
Who knows what riches Max Verstappen was offered to lure him away from Red Bull Racing? A blank cheque, the keys to any kingdom he might desire and all the fringe benefits imaginable, plus promises of untold glories, have the power to turn any driver’s head, especially if they’re struggling to win races. Yet despite those temptations, in August he agreed to a new deal to stay put until at least the end of 2030. No matter what exit clauses there are, convincing him to put pen to paper is a resounding endorsement of a team badly in need of one.
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FROM OUR LATEST ISSUE
Andrew Benson
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Max Verstappen: 'Why I'm staying to rebuild Red Bull rather than quitting'
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Max Verstappen considered his Red Bull future, spoke to Mercedes and McLaren and questioned F1’s new power units before deciding that rebuilding his Formula 1 team was a challenge worth taking on
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FROM OUR OCTOBER ISSUE
Motor Sport
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Grands prix with the wrong name – the five most misleading F1 races
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The Bahrain Grand Prix will be held this year at Sepang – 3700 miles away in Malaysia. Here's our pick of Formula 1's notable grands prix with the wrong name
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FROM OUR OCTOBER ISSUE
Motor Sport
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Grands prix with the wrong name – the five most misleading F1 races
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The Bahrain Grand Prix will be held this year at Sepang – 3700 miles away in Malaysia. Here's our pick of Formula 1's notable grands prix with the wrong name
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