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Steve Slater on Formula One: Crunch time in Texas

As the Formula One circus arrived at Austin in Texas, it seemed bizarrely at one point, that one of the front-running teams in the 2013 championship was struggling to find a driver for one of its cars.…

Steve Slater on Formula One: Boring? No. Just enjoy history being made

As Sebastian Vettel celebrated his seventh win in succession in Abu Dhabi last weekend, some people have, unsurprisingly, described his domination of the second half of the 2013 Formula One world championship season as boring. I disagree.…

Steve Slater on F1’s Sebastian Vettel: Still chasing Schumacher’s success

Last weekend, in the heat and the dust of the Buddh International Circuit, Sebastian Vettel did much more than become Formula One world champion for the fourth year in succession. He did it in style, coolly dominating…

Vettel the last star of India? Steve Slater’s Formula One preview

One should never make predictions in Formula One, but this weekend the odds are stacked firmly in favor of Sebastian Vettel to become Formula One world champion for the fourth year in succession. If he does, he…

Formula One: Steve Slater’s Japanese Grand Prix report

Sebastian Vettel may not have been able to celebrate his fourth world championship title last weekend in Suzuka, but the way in which he stamped his authority on the Japanese Grand Prix marked him as a worthy…

Steve Slater’s Japanese Grand Prix preview

There really couldn’t have been a greater contrast between the preceding race, the buzzing Singapore Grand Prix and last weekend’s Korean event. Compared with the dynamic city-state and its  urban backdrop, the Yeongam track’s isolated location, more…

F1 2014: New sounds, old faces? Steve Slater sees Barrichello return

It is amazing to think that that we now just have a handful of races left in which to savour the shriek of the 2.4 litre V8 engines singing their way up to 18,000 rpm. When Formula…

Marina Bay Reflections: Steve Slater’s Singapore F1 Grand Prix recap

It takes a bit to overshadow Sebastian Vettel’s third consecutive victory on the Marina Bay circuit, yet team-mate Mark Webber nearly succeeded in the aftermath to the 2013 Singapore Grand Prix.  The Aussie, whose Red Bull had…