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EYES ON THE PRIZE • Quick? Yes. Uncompromising? You better believe it. When your family sold their house so you could go racing, you’re not the kind of kid who gives up easily – especially when there’s a Mercedes drive in the wind. That’s why, when we visited Esteban Ocon in the off-season, we didn’t find him lounging on the beach…

ALPINE A521 • An unlikely winner until Esteban Ocon seized the moment…

TRAIN. EAT. REPEAT • For young drivers aiming to make that final leap from the top feeder categories to Formula 1, there’s a price to be paid – in sweat…

10 THINGS I LOVE • RB’s Japanese racer on his love of saunas, good coffee and – well, food, of course

JUST WHAT I ALWAYS WANTED • The most successful driver of all time is moving to one of Formula 1’s most evocative teams – on paper, a highly auspicious partnership. Lewis Hamilton describes it as the fruition of a childhood dream. But challenges lie in the nuance: the clock is ticking on Hamilton’s career and Ferrari hasn’t won a constructors’ title since 2008. What does each party want – need – from this arrangement?

IN CONVERSATION WITH AYAO KOMATSU • Haas F1 has been synonymous with the figure of Guenther Steiner for a decade. But the colourful Tyrolean is no longer in charge, and it’s his former right-hand man, Ayao Komatsu, who’s been tasked with elevating the team from last place in the standings. How has he done so far?

RICCIARDO’S ROAD BACK • Daniel Ricciardo has a prime opportunity to stake his claim to the second Red Bull drive alongside Max Verstappen. But why go back when it didn’t work out first time around? Should ‘New Dan’, the consummate professional, see out his F1 career as a safe pair of hands in the second team? Decisions, decisions…

KEEP YOUR LID ON • Schuberth helmet technician Sven Krieter on the science of keeping F1 drivers’ headgear in tip-top shape

MY HALF CENTURY • 50 years ago Tim Wright decided that designing nuclear boilers and ejector seats wasn’t for him – and went to work for race car manufacturer March Engineering. Back then, cars were drawn on paper and team hospitality amounted to a round of takeaway pizzas. Five decades later, having race-engineered Alain Prost, Gerhard Berger, Johnny Herbert and others in F1, plus a Le Mans 24 Hours victory for Peugeot, Tim reflects on how F1 has grown from a backwater sport into a multi-billion-pound enterprise…

ALTERNATIVE VIEW • Strange as it may seem, a leading British driver heading to Ferrari hasn’t always been deemed front-page news material…

BRITS AT FERRARI • Lewis Hamilton’s surprise move to the Scuderia for 2025 means he will join a very exclusive club

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