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At last count, the Renault Formula One team had more drivers on its 2018 shopping list than it knew what to do with. Nico Hülkenberg is contracted to stay and was initially set to partner Fernando Alonso, if the team didn’t promote Sergey Sirotkin or Oliver Rowland instead; then there was talk of poaching Esteban

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Analysis: Vettel, Norris, Raikkonen, Kubica: A Top four to savour in Hungary F1 test

August 3, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

The headlines from the second in season F1 test at Budapest were grabbed by the F1 return of Robert Kubica, seven years on from his last Grand Prix. But perhaps the story with the greatest significance for the future of F1 is the 17 year old who ended the day in second place, Lando Norris.

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The Lauda Years

August 1, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

There are few stories quite like Niki Lauda’s time at Ferrari during the mid-1970s. From title wins to fireballs to disagreements over driver selection, the four-season relationship had an array of highs and lows. Lauda had paid for his previous drives at March and then BRM before joining Ferrari on the recommendation of new Ferrari

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Hungarian GP: Big chance for McLaren?

July 26, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

The Hungarian Grand Prix could be one of the biggest chances for McLaren-Honda to score some points and start to catch up the midfield. But while the focus is on track performance, the big question remains if the long-suffering British-Japanese alliance will be still competing together in 2018.

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The Cosworth Option

July 24, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

With the recent news that Cosworth could be set for a return to Formula 1 in 2021 alongside the new engine rules and regulations I’ve decided to take a look at who could possibly be the benefactors of this move. As ever nothing is confirmed yet and these are only a few possibilities of what could happen.

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Kubica confirmed to test for Renault in Hungary

July 24, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

After much speculation, today Renault Sport F1 team confirmed that Robert Kubica will be driving the R.S. 17 in Hungary on August 2nd as part of the two days of mid-season testing for the teams.

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Hungarian Grand Prix Retrospective, 1997. So close for Damon Hill and Arrows-Yamaha.

July 24, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

Let me take you back in time. In 1997, the reigning F1 champion was Damon Hill. He’d won the title when driving for Williams-Renault, but had lost his seat to Heinz-Harald Frentzen at the end of 1996. Nineteen ninety-seven was tough for Damon

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Will Haas’ power play force Ferrari’s hand?

July 23, 2017 David Martin-Janiak

With Formula 1’s annual silly season looming just on the horizon, Gene Haas of the eponymous team has fired the first shot, announcing that his team will be retaining their current line-up of Romain Grosjean and Kevin Magnussen for the 2018 season.