MotoGP Eight Ducatis can help the racing – but hurt the title fight Ducati was the best bike on the MotoGP grid by late 2021. In 2022, there will be eight of them. Will that spoil the title battle?
Formula 1 New Aston Martin F1 boss needs Whitmarsh to be his ‘umbrella’ A high-profile former colleague of Mike Krack’s backs him to succeed at Aston Martin – but says he will need Martin Whitmarsh to “take away the noise”
Formula 1 F1 2022 car launch and testing dates Here’s when F1 teams will launch their next-generation 2022 cars, and when pre-season testing will be held
MotoGP The troubled season that preceded a MotoGP rookie’s breakout Valentino Rossi protege Marco Bezzecchi enters MotoGP after two fine years in Moto2. To get to that stage, though, he had to overcome the troubles of a campaign that yielded a lowly 23rd in the points
MotoGP MotoGP podcast: Marquez’s breakthrough, Rossi picks Audi Marc Marquez’s optimistic injury update and return to bikes take centre stage in the latest edition of The Race MotoGP Podcast
Formula 1 Video: The big test still facing Aston’s Mercedes experiment After two years of leaning on a Mercedes design, Aston Martin doesn’t have that luxury in 2022. But it’s not exactly restarting from scratch
MotoGP MotoGP quiz: Name each of Rossi’s runners-up Valentino Rossi was not far off reaching triple digits for 500cc/MotoGP wins – and for each win, there was obviously someone to take second
Formula 1 Aston Martin signs BMW motorsport boss as F1 team principal Aston Martin has appointed BMW’s motorsport boss Mike Krack as its Formula 1 team principal in place of Otmar Szafnauer
Formula 1 Red Bull to have five F1 juniors on 2022 F2 grid Red Bull will have five juniors represent it in Formula 1’s main feeder series Formula 2 in 2022, with two at leading team Prema
WRC/Rally/Raid Al-Attiyah wins 2022 Dakar, four stage wins for electric Audi Qatari driver Nasser Al-Attiyah claimed his fourth Dakar win in the 2022 edition of the marathon, as Audi’s new electric challenger proved ultra-competitive right away
GT Team and series announced for MotoGP legend Rossi’s GT switch Retired seven-time MotoGP champion Valentino Rossi will drive an Audi in the GT World Challenge Europe series this year
Formula 1 What Ferrari’s revealed about its future F1 driver strategy Ferrari’s announcement of its 2022 plans for its juniors hinted at its longer-term thinking around its Formula 1 driver line-up
Formula 1 The best seasons by F1 title fight losers Lewis Hamilton’s 2021 campaign has to go down in Formula 1 history as one of the greatest seasons by a driver who lost the title fight. But there are plenty of contenders for that crown
Formula 1 F1 podcast: Honda’s journey from ‘minus’ to title glory The turnaround accomplished by Honda’s latest F1 project is the subject of the latest edition of The Race F1 Podcast
MotoGP Podcast: Predicting the next MotoGP rider moves While MotoGP gears up for the 2022 seasons, riders and teams will already be talking about contracts for 2023
Formula 1 Huge loss or needed jolt? Our verdict on Aston’s big F1 departure Otmar Szafnauer’s exit marks a rare departure within a seemingly ever-expanding Aston Martin F1 team. Our writers share their views on the first big news of the 2022 season
Formula 1 F1 quiz: Drivers who shared podiums with Raikkonen How well can you do in this F1 quiz centred around the drivers who joined Raikkonen for his 103 podium finishes?
MotoGP Are MotoGP’s two newest champions really on the market? MotoGP’s 2020 and ’21 champions have openly talked about the possibility of switching manufacturers in the near future. But just how likely a prospect is it?
Formula 1 F1 podcast: The biggest questions of the 2022 season To mark the new year, the first episode of The Race F1 Podcast of 2022 addresses the big questions about the new season
Formula 1 F1’s brilliant and tarnished 2021 is a lesson in perspective Valentin Khorounzhiy explains how his own experiences as a Chelsea fan helped him empathise with outraged Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen fans after the 2021 Formula 1 season
MotoGP What we got right and wrong about the 2021 MotoGP season We made a fair few guesses about how the 2021 MotoGP season would pan out. Now that it’s over, how much did we get right?
IndyCar Quiz: How well do you remember the 2021 IndyCar season? The 2021 IndyCar season concluded three months ago, which feels like a lifetime. How well do you remember it?
Formula 1 F1 quiz: Team-mates of every champion since 1981 Can you name every driver who had their F1 team-mate become world drivers’ champion for every season since 1981?
Formula 1 How F1’s 2021 controversies should change its rules for 2022 F1 could use to shore up the rulebook and its implementation. Here are our writers’ suggestions, informed by specific 2021 flashpoints
Formula 1 Newey’s recovery from severe mid-2021 injuries ‘miraculous’ Red Bull F1 tech chief Adrian Newey’s cycling incident in mid-2021 was potentially life-threatening and caused “multiple skull fractures”
MotoGP Quiz: Name every Repsol Honda MotoGP rider Can you name every rider to compete for Honda’s Repsol-badged 500cc/MotoGP factory team since the deal with the Spanish oil giant began?
MotoGP Blazing bikes and no hope – MotoGP backmarker life in 2004 Almost every team on the MotoGP grid now has a shot at winning. When Neil Hodgson tried to break into the premier class, that was emphatically not the case
Formula 1 F1 quiz: Most grand prix wins by birth year Can you name the most prolific Formula 1 grand prix winner born in each year of those provided in this quiz?
Formula 1 Quiz: Name the F1 drivers with most failures to qualify How well do you know F1’s backmarker history? See if you can name every driver to fail to qualify/pre-qualify 10 times or more in our quiz
MotoGP The trio gunning for Rossi’s ‘Sunday man’ MotoGP mantle With Valentino Rossi moving on from MotoGP, we look at the riders who appear most likely to claim his tag as a ‘Sunday man’ who races better then he qualifies
Formula 1 Why F1’s most improved car had a poor season No F1 team took a bigger step forward in performance in 2021 than Alfa Romeo, yet the Hinwil-based outfit has little to show for it
Formula 1 Mercedes feels legal win was ‘almost guaranteed’ outside ICA Toto Wolff said dropping Mercedes’ planned F1 title decider appeal was “tremendously hard” as he felt “almost guaranteed” a legal win
Formula 1 Video: Why F1’s team boss radio ban plan is so necessary After Toto Wolff and Christian Horner were ever-present in Michael Masi’s ears during F1’s 2021 disputed finale, F1 is looking to crack down
Formula 1 Alonso: 2021 warranted ‘split’ F1 title more than any other year Fernando Alonso believes the 2021 Formula 1 season would’ve warranted a “split” title – between Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton – more than any previous season of the world championship
Formula 1 Apologetic Latifi has nothing to be sorry for The abuse Nicholas Latifi has received for unwittingly setting up the circumstances of how the 2021 Formula 1 world championship was settled is extreme and misguided even by social media standards
MotoGP MotoGP podcast: The logic behind KTM’s big signing KTM’s re-recruitment of Pramac Ducati’s Francesco Guidotti is the topic of this year’s penultimate edition of The Race MotoGP Podcast
Formula 1 De Vries tops first day of Abu Dhabi F1 test for Mercedes Mercedes led the way in the opening day of Abu Dhabi’s post-season F1 test with Formula E champion Nyck de Vries as a number of junior and reserve drivers got a taste of the action
Formula 1 F1 could block team bosses on FIA radio Following the contentious Abu Dhabi finale, F1 plans to stop team bosses directly contacting the race director during grands prix from 2022
Formula 1 Marko: Mercedes made a mistake and must accept defeat Mercedes needs to just accept defeat in the 2021 Formula 1 world championship, and should’ve just pitted Lewis Hamilton when Max Verstappen did – says Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko
Formula 1 Should Mercedes push on with its F1 finale appeal? A debate Our F1 writers discuss what Mercedes could gain from either proceeding with or dropping its appeal against the Abu Dhabi GP results