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Formula 1 analysis, features & blogs

How qualifying builds the grid

Qualifying · Analysis

How qualifying builds the grid

Three knockout sessions compress a weekend of pace into a single ordered list, and that order shapes almost everything that follows.

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Why track position dominates

Race strategy · Analysis

Why track position dominates

Overtaking has always been hard in single-seater racing, and that difficulty is the quiet force behind most strategic decisions teams make.

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Tyre degradation and the logic of pit windows

Race strategy · Analysis

Tyre degradation and the logic of pit windows

A tyre's decline is not a straight line, and understanding its curve explains why teams stop when they do rather than earlier or later.

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The undercut versus the overcut

Race strategy · Feature

The undercut versus the overcut

Two rival ways of using a pit stop to gain track position, each betting on a different reading of the tyres and the traffic ahead.

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The DRS trade-off

Regulations · Analysis

The DRS trade-off

A rear wing that opens to reduce drag was designed to fix a specific problem, and it solved it by creating trade-offs of its own.

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Ground effect, explained simply

Car design · Feature

Ground effect, explained simply

Some of the most important downforce a modern F1 car makes is generated not by its wings but by the shaped floor underneath it.

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The logic of the cost cap

Regulations · Analysis

The logic of the cost cap

Limiting how much teams can spend was framed as a fairness measure, but it also reshaped how teams compete for engineering talent and time.

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Sprint weekends, and what they actually change

Format · Feature

Sprint weekends, and what they actually change

A shorter Saturday race adds a second competitive session to a weekend, and with it a different set of incentives than a normal Grand Prix.

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Driver versus constructor incentives

Championships · Analysis

Driver versus constructor incentives

Two championships run in parallel with the same results, yet they can pull a team's decisions in genuinely different directions.

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Team orders and the ethics of asking a driver to yield

Team orders · Blog

Team orders and the ethics of asking a driver to yield

Few decisions in the sport generate as much argument as a team asking one driver to let a teammate through.

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Safety cars and race luck

Race strategy · Analysis

Safety cars and race luck

A safety car compresses the field and can hand a cheap pit stop to whoever happens to be due one, which is why timing matters so much.

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Street circuits versus permanent tracks

Circuits · Feature

Street circuits versus permanent tracks

Racing through a city and racing on a purpose-built circuit test cars and drivers in genuinely different ways, beyond simple scenery.

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