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BADASS BOTTAS • Released from the corporate leash, Valtteri Bottas has rediscovered the fun factor in his racing. But that doesn’t mean he’s afraid of breaking a sweat these days…

IN CONVERSATION WITH OSCAR PIASTRI • McLaren’s new Australian star spent a year on the sidelines as Alpine’s reserve driver after winning the 2021 Formula 2 championship. No wonder he’s so keen to go racing again…

RIGHT SAID FRED • Ferrari seemed to be on an upward trajectory last season but still team principal Mattia Binotto lost his job. New boss Frédéric Vasseur has wasted little time in making major changes to the operation. What was going so wrong under Binotto – and just how long has Vasseur got to fix it?

NO ROOM FOR SECOND BEST • The message from Ferrari’s top brass over the winter has been clear: runner-up spot isn’t enough. The Scuderia had the second-best car and what is considered to be the second-best driver line-up on the grid… what will it take to go one better?

IN CONVERSATION WITH MATT HARMAN • Alpine is one of the few teams not to have copied Red Bull’s car design in its push to get ahead of the midfield pack. The team’s technical director explains why it’s happy to pursue its own design direction – including a new weight-saving rear suspension concept

IT’S NOT ABOUT THE CAR • For Williams, welded to the bottom of the constructors’ championship for the past five seasons, designing a fast car is only part of a bigger challenge. New team principal James Vowles has lots of problems to solve, from years of under-investment to unstable leadership – and a working culture set in its ways. As Mark Gallagher explains, these issues have already foxed much more experienced team bosses…

WHEN FORD GETS F1 RIGHT… AND WRONG • As Ford announces its Formula 1 comeback with Red Bull for 2026, we look at the lessons the blue oval can learn from its own up-and-down history in F1. From democratising the formula with a reliable, affordable engine to lending tacit support to struggling teams and ensuring key drivers got in the right seats, Ford’s influence was far-reaching for decades – until it tried to run its own team…

ALL THE GEAR, NO IDEA: THE JAGUAR FIASCO

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ALTERNATIVE VIEW • Following the news Ferrari has filed patents in the US to augment the noise of high-performance electric motors, we bring a special report from the Scuderia’s HQ

THE WORST F1 CARS • For every McLaren MP4/4 or Ferrari F2004, there’s an Andrea Moda or Life. These are some of F1’s flops…

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