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Ben Anderson

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Nevada, United States

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Past articles by Ben:

How McLaren’s GT3 ‘single-seater’ defies expectations

Time in a thoroughbred racer leaves you searching for time in yourself, especially when the rewards for total commitment are so high, as our man discovered at Snetterton → Read More

Vettel: F1 Bahrain GP spin in Hamilton battle not due to pressure

Sebastian Vettel has denied his spin in battle with Lewis Hamilton in Formula 1's Bahrain Grand Prix was related to mounting pressure following multiple mistakes he made last season → Read More

Stoffel Vandoorne to lose McLaren seat after 2018 Formula 1 season

Stoffel Vandoorne will lose his McLaren Formula 1 drive at the end of the 2018 season → Read More

Mercedes believes it has made breakthrough with key F1 weakness

The Mercedes Formula 1 team is buoyant it has made progress with its weakness in high temperatures and will fare better in warmer races in the future → Read More

The chief victim of F1's renewed civil war

Carlos Sainz Jr's deal to join Renault on loan from Red Bull appeared at first to have given him control over his own destiny. But is he now next in line to be shuffled out of the door in Renault's relentless pursuit of progress? → Read More

Toro Rosso Formula 1 team confused by latest upgrade at British GP

Pierre Gasly says the upgrade Toro Rosso introduced for the Austrian Grand Prix has confused the team and not yet delivered any boost in performance to its Formula 1 car → Read More

Triple-header race sequence unlikely to return on 2019 F1 calendar

Formula 1 teams do not expect a repeat of this season's triple-header in 2019 → Read More

Four-time MotoGP champion Marc Marquez tests Toro Rosso F1 car

Four-time MotoGP champion Marc Marquez drove a Formula 1 car for the first time at the Red Bull Ring on Tuesday → Read More

The Formula 1 championship Alonso is winning

With hopes of a third world championship out of sight, Fernando Alonso has spoken at length in 2018 about F1's predictability. But there's a version of events in which five drivers have won the first five races, and the Spaniard is F1's top dog once again → Read More

Why the Verstappen bubble has finally burst

Max Verstappen has not been the most willing to front up to his mistakes in the past, but after having a problem at each race of the 2018 Formula 1 season so far does he need to change his approach? → Read More

Why Mercedes' enemies will rue their 2017 failure

Mercedes was vulnerable in Formula 1 last year, yet still walked away with both world championship titles. It might not have reinvented the wheel for 2018, but its collection of marginal improvements already mark it out as favourite → Read More

Renault aims to beat Formula 1 rivals at 85% of their size

Renault intends to beat top Formula 1 teams Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull to the world championship with "85% of their capability and resources", according to team boss Cyril Abiteboul → Read More

Will F1's most volatile rivalry explode in 2018?

Recipe for Formula 1 inter-team trouble: pairing an established driver searching for his last chance at a big break with a hungry youngster burdened with the expectations of Formula 1's most successful team → Read More

Formula 1's billion-dollar problem

Formula 1's rulemakers, movers and shakers are meeting again to discuss its future engine direction - trouble is, keeping the old guard happy while tempting in new competitors is proving a very difficult task → Read More

Mercedes Formula 1 team always 'at the edge' with reliability

The Mercedes Formula 1 team says its engine will always be pushed to the limit of reliability, even as rules on power unit use become more restrictive in 2018 → Read More

Renault 'played with fire' chasing F1 engine gains in 2017

Renault admits it "played with fire" by chasing extra performance from its 2017 Formula 1 engine through the season, at the expense of reliability → Read More

The design flaws that killed McLaren-Honda

Three seasons and nothing to show for it beyond some mud-slinging and plenty of expensive rebuilds - McLaren-Honda's divorce was drawn out in full public view, with fundamental design flaws at the heart of the problem → Read More

The top 10 Formula 1 drivers of 2017

Five different winners, new faces in new places and a non-Mercedes monopoly on the title battle - the 2017 Formula 1 season was fun, but who were the star performers? → Read More

The chronic weaknesses that decided the Brazilian GP

Ferrari's three-month Formula 1 victory drought ending in the Brazilian Grand Prix was mostly down to two Mercedes shortcomings - one in the cockpit, one in the car - that have been plain to see all season → Read More

Brazilian Grand Prix driver ratings

Several drivers came very close to perfection during the Brazilian Grand Prix weekend, but they all let themselves down at some point at Interlagos → Read More