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There is a school of thought that George Russell earned his promotion to Mercedes at precisely the wrong time, for it coincided with that team’s plunge from frontrunner to also-ran in the new ground-e

16 December 2021 Whether you’re a Lewis Hamilton fan, Max Verstappen follower or a neutral, it’s hard to argue against the significance of the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Not only did it decide one of

When Lando Norris pulled his McLaren on to the grass in a puff of oil smoke at Zandvoort back in August, all appeared lost. Mechanical retirements in Formula 1 are so rare these days that we feared th

Advantage Elfyn Evans: the Welshman is back at the head of the World Rally Championship with just two rounds to go, following a dramatic hard-surface Central European Rally in October. Evans has a 13-

Amid such Texas staples as cowboy hats and every slow-cooked cut of beef you could imaginably eat, Max Verstappen edged ominously closer to making the unlikely likely. McLaren remains committed to let

In 2016 McLaren was at a low competitive and commercial ebb, locked in a toxic cycle of mutual recrimination with its engine partner, Honda, and struggling to attract high-value sponsors – and retain