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• Williams to miss first test because of car delays

  23-01-2026 15:45 via bbc.com
  Williams will miss next week's first pre-season test in Barcelona following delays completing their new car.
  
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• Hamilton says 2026 rules 'huge challenge' as Ferrari reveal new car

  23-01-2026 15:41 via bbc.com
  Lewis Hamilton described the 2026 Formula 1 season as "a huge challenge" as Ferrari launched their new car.
  
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• Alpine will be competitive in 2026, says Briatore

  23-01-2026 13:24 via bbc.com
  Alpine Formula 1 boss Flavio Briatore says he believes the team "will be competitive" in 2026.
  
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• Fallows joins Racing Bulls as technical director

  23-01-2026 11:52 via bbc.com
  Former Aston Martin technical director Dan Fallows joins Racing Bulls in the same role before the 2026 Formula 1 season.
  
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• F1 movie nominated for best picture at 2026 Oscars

  22-01-2026 18:39 via bbc.com
  The F1 movie starring Brad Pitt and co-produced by seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton is nominated for best picture at the 2026 Oscars.
  
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• Mercedes reveal F1 car for new 2026 rules

  22-01-2026 10:41 via bbc.com
  Mercedes reveal the car they hope will return them to the front of Formula 1 in the sport's new rules era.
  
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• Work for 2026 season 'unprecedented' for McLaren

  22-01-2026 08:01 via bbc.com
  McLaren team principal Andrea Stella says the world champions have faced an "unprecedented" amount of work as he looks ahead to the new season.
  
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• Why is F1 testing so early this year?

  21-01-2026 14:30 via bbc.com
  Our Ask Me Anything team explore why Formula 1 pre-season testing begins so early this year.
  
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• Audi aim to be most successful F1 team in history

  20-01-2026 21:00 via bbc.com
  Audi is entering Formula 1 for the first time in its history this season, having taken over the Swiss-based Sauber team.
  
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• Owen to leave role as Mercedes chief designer

  20-01-2026 10:50 via bbc.com
  Mercedes chief designer John Owen, a key figure in multiple drivers' and constructors' championship wins, is to leave the team later this year.
  
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• Haas first F1 team to reveal images of 2026 car

  19-01-2026 14:00 via bbc.com
  Haas become the first team to reveal their 2026 F1 car for a season in which the sport is introducing its biggest rule change for decades.
  
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• Hamilton's Ferrari race engineer moved to new role

  16-01-2026 18:55 via bbc.com
  Lewis Hamilton's race engineer from the 2025 Formula 1 season has been moved to a new role inside Ferrari.
  
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• Briton Browning secures Williams F1 reserve role

  16-01-2026 14:16 via bbc.com
  Formula 1 team Williams choose Briton Luke Browning as their reserve driver for 2026.
  
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• Red Bull 'will go through struggle but come out on top'

  16-01-2026 08:22 via bbc.com
  Red Bull say it would be "naive" to expect them to be able to compete at the very front in F1 from the beginning of their new engine partnership with Ford.
  
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• Listen: Back At Base returns for series three

  14-01-2026 01:01 via bbc.co.uk
  We’re on board with stars Kimi Antonelli and Ollie Bearman and tour Cadillac’s F1 factory.
  
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• Alpine release reserve driver Doohan

  13-01-2026 10:57 via bbc.com
  Alpine release Australian reserve driver Jack Doohan before the 2026 Formula 1 season.
  
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• Lando Norris: The Making of a World Champion

  06-01-2026 11:08 via bbc.co.uk
  We chart the career of Lando Norris from karting to lifting the F1 Championship.
  
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• Zhou joins Cadillac as F1 reserve driver

  05-01-2026 12:20 via bbc.com
  Chinese driver Zhou Guanyu joins the Cadillac team as reserve driver for their debut season in 2026.
  
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• Courtenay joins McLaren after early Red Bull exit

  05-01-2026 12:08 via bbc.com
  Former Red Bull head of strategy Will Courtenay starts his role as McLaren's sporting director as Formula 1 returns to work after its winter break.
  
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• When are F1 teams launching their 2026 cars?

  05-01-2026 10:42 via bbc.com
  Our Ask Me Anything team explain when Formula 1 teams will launch their cars for the 2026 season.
  
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• The story of a successful British WWII deception operation

  03-01-2026 00:01 via bbc.co.uk
  A mocked idea to feed false plans to the Nazis via a drowned corpse is brought to life.
  
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• Sir David Attenborough explores the surprising wildlife of London

  01-01-2026 07:00 via bbc.co.uk
  Sir David Attenborough explores the surprising wildlife of his hometown – London.
  
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• Jennifer Lawrence stars in this high-stakes dystopian film

  01-01-2026 07:00 via bbc.co.uk
  The 12 districts of Panem must offer up two tributes to fight in the annual Hunger Games
  
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• A classic, nostalgic time-travel adventure

  29-12-2025 17:30 via bbc.co.uk
  Marty McFly is always late - until the day he finds himself 30 years early!
  
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• Spider-Man’s greatest battle spans the multiverse

  23-12-2025 19:00 via bbc.co.uk
  Peter Parker wants people to forget he is Spider-Man, but Dr Strange’s spell goes wrong.
  
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• A rare insight into the papal conclave

  22-12-2025 07:00 via bbc.co.uk
  The story of the conclave that elected Pope Leo XIV, told by the cardinals who were there.
  
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• Christopher Nolan's epic biopic starring Cillian Murphy

  22-12-2025 00:52 via bbc.co.uk
  Watch the multi award-winning film on BBC iPlayer now
  
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• How will our wildlife cope with warmer winters?

  19-12-2025 14:00 via bbc.co.uk
  What will warmer winters mean for the natural world?
  
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• Chequered Flag Season Review

  18-12-2025 07:00 via bbc.co.uk
  Harry Benjamin and the team look back on the 2025 F1 season from McLaren’s HQ.
  
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• Active aero and overtake mode - F1's new terminology

  17-12-2025 14:00 via bbc.com
  Formula 1 reveals the terminology the sport will use to refer to the technical complexities of the new 2026 rules.
  
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• Antonelli goes incognito at Milton Keynes go-kart race

  17-12-2025 08:51 via bbc.com
  The driver gets two penalty points but manages to clock the fastest lap of the session.
  
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• Heartwarming drama based on the best-selling novel

  17-12-2025 07:00 via bbc.co.uk
  A boy, born with facial differences, enters a mainstream school for the first time. Drama.
  
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• Portuguese GP to return to F1 calendar in 2027

  16-12-2025 10:17 via bbc.com
  Portugal will return to the F1 calendar in 2027 and 2028, with a race held at the Algarve International Circuit near Portimao.
  
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• F1 stakeholders sign new Concorde Agreement

  12-12-2025 17:32 via bbc.com
  Formula 1 has finalised a new Concorde Agreement, the legal contract that defines the relationship between the key stakeholders in the sport.
  
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• Unopposed Ben Sulayem re-elected FIA president

  12-12-2025 13:37 via bbc.com
  Mohammed Ben Sulayem has been returned as president of motorsport's governing body the FIA after an election in which he was the only candidate.
  
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• What next after Hamilton's 'nightmare' year?

  11-12-2025 06:49 via bbc.com
  Lewis Hamilton's first year at Ferrari started with positivity but his and Ferrari's struggles took its toll. Is there reason for optimism in 2026?
  
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• When does the 2026 F1 season start?

  10-12-2025 14:41 via bbc.com
  Our Ask Me Anything team explain when the 2026 Formula 1 season begins.
  
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• Biggest rule change ever and Brit teen - what's new in F1 in 2026?

  10-12-2025 09:24 via bbc.com
  BBC Sport runs down the key things to look out for in the 2026 season, including fresh regulations, a new team and a British rookie joining the grid.
  
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• Norris reflects on F1 title triumph - extended interview

  09-12-2025 19:49 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC Sport sits down with new Formula 1 world champion Lando Norris.
  
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• Why Norris has to wait to get his championship trophy

  09-12-2025 18:02 via bbc.com
  Our Ask Me Anything team explore why Lando Norris has to wait to receive his championship trophy.
  
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• Red Bull adviser Marko to leave team after 20 years

  09-12-2025 16:03 via bbc.com
  Red Bull announce motorsport adviser Helmut Marko will leave the team after 20 years at the end of 2025.
  
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• Hamilton's struggles and ranking Verstappen's 2025 - Q&A

  09-12-2025 13:06 via bbc.com
  BBC Sport F1 correspondent Andrew Benson answers your latest questions after McLaren's Lando Norris wins the drivers' championship.
  
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• The parents of Alice, Elsie and Bebe on the love and legacy left behind

  09-12-2025 07:00 via bbc.co.uk
  The parents of Alice, Elsie and Bebe on the love and legacy left behind.
  
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• 'Winning made everything worth it' - Norris on world title triumph

  08-12-2025 19:16 via bbc.com
  Formula 1 world champion Lando Norris speaks to BBC Sport about the pivotal moment that led to him winning his first title.
  
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• Norris keen to 'live a normal few days' and 'forget I drive in F1'

  08-12-2025 18:18 via bbc.com
  Lando Norris reflects on family sacrifices, proving himself wrong and how a lap in Monaco made him cry and "flipped everything".
  
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• Norris is 'only just getting going' - and rank British world champions

  08-12-2025 14:21 via bbc.com
  Lando Norris has joined an illustrious sporting club, and is only just getting going at the very peak of F1, writes Andrew Benson.
  
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• 'That's life' - Verstappen and Piastri react to missing out on title

  08-12-2025 12:38 via bbc.com
  Red Bull driver Max Verstappen and McLaren driver Oscar Piastri react after finishing first and second in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix but missing out on the Formula 1 world title.
  
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• 'This is not my world championship, this is ours'

  08-12-2025 11:20 via bbc.com
  McLaren driver Lando Norris says he "wouldn't be here without my parents. The sacrifices they've done" after winning his first Formula 1 world title.
  
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• How Norris achieved his lifetime's ambition by 'winning it my way'

  07-12-2025 22:02 via bbc.com
  There were bumps in the road but Lando Norris has secured his first F1 drivers' title and says he is proud "because I feel like I made a lot of other people happy".
  
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• Somerset sport

  07-12-2025 19:18 via bbc.co.uk
  We chart the career of Lando Norris from karting to lifting the F1 Championship.
  
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