Anna Duxbury

Anna Duxbury

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Ranking the stars that made WRC 2018 spectacular
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Ranking the stars that made WRC 2018 spectacular

In the end it didn’t go down to the final powerstage. But the fact that it looked for a while that it would highlights just how competitive the World Rally Championship has been in 2018. From the outside it looks like nothing has changed. Sebastien Ogier has won his sixth straight title and Thierry Neuville […]

Hamilton takes fourth Yas Marina pole
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Hamilton takes fourth Yas Marina pole

Lewis Hamilton has put his Mercedes on pole for the 2018 Formula 1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, his fourth at the Yas Marina circuit. Hamilton first revealed his pace with a lap time of 1m35.6s in Q2, considerably faster than the rest of the grid. The reigning world champion went on to improve his time […]

Ogier clinches sixth title as Latvala takes Rally Australia win
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Ogier clinches sixth title as Latvala takes Rally Australia win

Sebastien Ogier has snatched his sixth World Rally Championship title in six years by surviving the tricky wet stages of Rally Australia. The championship was Ogier’s to lose on his last day with the M-Sport team and the Frenchman was the last man standing in the title battle in what was rapidly becoming a mud […]

The strategy F1’s fallen giants are relying on for 2019
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The strategy F1’s fallen giants are relying on for 2019

It has become unremarkable that McLaren and Williams are loitering at the back of the Formula 1 field. Younger fans won’t remember the teams as anything but backmarkers and while historically they are massively successful teams, the only performance that counts in F1 is that of today. For 2019 both teams have gone for the […]

Loeb takes ninth Rally Spain win
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Loeb takes ninth Rally Spain win

Sebastien Loeb has taken his ninth Rally Spain victory in a dramatic ending to the penultimate 2018 World Rally Championship event. The nine-time world champion took the lead on Sunday morning after Jari-Matti Latvala suffered his second puncture of the weekend and dropped to sixth. Loeb appeared to have a problem that caused his C3 […]

Schumacher takes F3 title victory
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Schumacher takes F3 title victory

Mick Schumacher has taken 2018 European Formula 3 championship victory, with the Prema driver finishing second behind race winner Juri Vips in the second race of the Hockenheim weekend. Schumacher has taken the title with one race still to go, after winning eight races over the course of the year and dominating the second half […]

Zhou gets race 1 pole with title contenders at bottom end of top 10
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Zhou gets race 1 pole with title contenders at bottom end of top 10

Guanyu Zhou has qualified on pole for the opening race of the final European Formula 3 weekend in Hockenheim, with all three title contenders at the bottom end of the top 10. Zhou set the fastest time of 1m32.335s, ahead of Hitech’s Alex Palou who will also start on the front row of the grid. […]

Schumacher F3 domination continues with race 2 and 3 poles
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Schumacher F3 domination continues with race 2 and 3 poles

Mick Schumacher has taken pole position for the second race of the European Formula 3 weekend at Spielberg, 0.087 seconds ahead of Prema team-mate Marcus Armstrong. Schumacher held pole for the weekend’s opening race and went on to take victory which makes it four consecutive wins for the German who now sits at the top […]

Tanak makes it a hat-trick at gruelling Rally Turkey
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Tanak makes it a hat-trick at gruelling Rally Turkey

Ott Tanak has made it three consecutive World Rally Championship wins in 2018 with an unexpected victory at Rally Turkey while title-rivals Thierry Neuville and Sebastien Ogier encountered misfortune. Tanak finished the event +22.3 seconds ahead of second-placed Toyota team-mate Jari-Matti Latvala, making Toyota the new manufacturers’ championship leader and Tanak’s 27 points allowed him […]

Why Tanak shouldn’t be discounted from the title fight
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Why Tanak shouldn’t be discounted from the title fight

Ott Tanak’s comeback has been remarkable. Two rallies ago he sat almost 50 points behind Sebastien Ogier, clinging onto a distant third in his clearly struggling Yaris. Two dominant wins later and Tanak has nestled himself firmly back in as a title contender. Yes, these were two rallies that clearly suited Tanak and Toyota. Yes, […]

Stroll: Williams performed ‘above and beyond’ in Italian GP
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Stroll: Williams performed ‘above and beyond’ in Italian GP

Lance Stroll believes that Williams performed “above and beyond” during the Formula 1 Italian Grand Prix weekend, allowing him to take his second points-scoring finish of 2018. Stroll crossed the line in 10th place, before a disqualification for Romain Grosjean moved the Canadian up to ninth and gave team-mate Sergey Sirotkin his first point of […]

Vandoorne will not drive for McLaren in 2019
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Vandoorne will not drive for McLaren in 2019

McLaren has announced that Stoffel Vandoorne will not be driving for the team for the 2019 Formula 1 season. Vandoorne has had two seasons with McLaren alongside team-mate Fernando Alonso, with a best finishing position of seventh. His replacement is yet to be confirmed, with Esteban Ocon, Sergio Perez, Lando Norris and Kimi Raikkonen all […]

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