Formula 1 Is Williams’ new signing now America’s best F1 hope? The collapse of the Andretti/Sauber deal means F1’s hopes of getting an American driver have suffered a setback – but Williams might be picking up the slack
MotoGP Yamaha couldn’t ‘truly enjoy’ its last MotoGP title before 2021 Yamaha’s return to MotoGP glory with Fabio Quartararo in 2021 is made sweeter by the fact it “was never able to truly enjoy” its previous riders’ championship success
Formula 1 Was Alonso’s pantomime F1 act needlessly self-compromising? Fernando Alonso’s act of self-sabotage in Formula 1’s US Grand Prix proved a point, but was it worth it? Valentin Khorounzhiy explores
MotoGP Why Dovizioso sees Quartararo’s season as ‘something crazy’ Now that he’s joined Fabio Quartararo at Yamaha and seen the data, Andrea Dovizioso believes Quartararo’s 2021 campaign is “something crazy”
MotoGP MotoGP outcast Lecuona secures factory Honda Superbike ride Tech3 KTM MotoGP rider Iker Lecuona will make the switch to the World Superbike series next year, securing a factory Honda ride
MotoGP The unseen one-two punch that dampened Honda’s perfect race While the factory Honda team celebrated its first 1-2 since 2017, the works-spec bikes of its partner LCR went nowhere fast
MotoGP Why crash left mentor Rossi ‘a little bit angry’ with Bagnaia Valentino Rossi says he is “a little bit angry” with protege Francesco Bagnaia, who he believes could and should have kept the MotoGP title race going into Portimao
MotoGP Yamaha finally escapes its cycle of MotoGP self-destruction The day Yamaha’s MotoGP title drought ended felt a lot like the day it began. In the years in between, the team had been a fraught shadow of its best self
MotoGP Marquez leads Honda 1-2 while Quartararo seals MotoGP title Fabio Quartararo became Yamaha’s first MotoGP champion since 2015, sealing the title with two races to spare after Francesco Bagnaia crashed from the lead at Misano, while Marc Marquez took a second straight win
MotoGP Mir apologises after bike hits camera tower in MotoGP crash Reigning MotoGP champion Joan Mir has offered his apologies after his Suzuki hit a camera tower at the final corner at Misano in qualifying
MotoGP Bagnaia on Misano pole, career-worst qualifying for Quartararo Ducati’s MotoGP title contender Francesco Bagnaia took his fourth successive pole in qualifying at Misano, as championship leader Fabio Quartararo mustered only 15th
MotoGP Quartararo and Bagnaia to Q1 after wet third Misano practice MotoGP’s two 2021 title contenders Fabio Quartararo and Francesco Bagnaia will both contest Q1 after struggling in a wet FP3 at Misano
Formula 1 Alpine F1 chief Brivio’s rumoured MotoGP return explained Could Davide Brivio really end his Alpine stint and return to Suzuki after one year? Here’s our latest intel from the F1 and MotoGP paddocks.
MotoGP All you need to know about second MotoGP Misano practice Ducati MotoGP rider Jack Miller led the second wet practice session ahead of the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Misano
MotoGP What happened in wet first MotoGP practice at Misano Pramac Ducati rider Johann Zarco led the way in a wet-weather opening MotoGP practice session at Misano
Formula 1 Vettel set for US GP engine change grid penalty Sebastian Vettel will become the latest Mercedes engine runner to take a grid penalty, when he changes components on his Aston Martin at this weekend’s United States Grand Prix
Formula 1 Andretti: Americans will only get fair F1 shot with a US team American drivers will only be taken seriously in Formula 1 if they’re with an American team, reckons potential F1 entrant Michael Andretti
Formula 1 F1 should take heed of Verstappen’s Netflix snub Red Bull driver Max Verstappen has explained that he “decided to not be a part of” Netflix’s docuseries Formula 1: Drive to Survive because he disapproves of it “faking rivalries”. He has a point
MotoGP Is MotoGP 2021’s biggest rider puzzle finally resolved? After a terrible start to the 2021 MotoGP season, KTM’s Miguel Oliveira briefly became a title contender. Then it all went terrible again. It’s now becoming clearer why
Formula 1 Alpine F1 junior Lundgaard signs multi-year IndyCar deal Alpine Formula 1 junior Christian Lundgaard will make a full-time switch to IndyCar next year after signing a multi-year deal with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
Formula 1 Horner: Wolff under new pressure at ‘Brawn-built’ Mercedes Red Bull team principal Christian Horner believes rival Formula 1 team boss Toto Wolff is facing “a different type of pressure now” given how close Red Bull has run Wolff’s Mercedes team this season
MotoGP Six MotoGP battles to watch now title fight looks settled Fabio Quartararo is almost certainly going to be 2021 MotoGP champion. So here are the things to watch in the season’s remaining three grands prix
Formula 1 Dubious crashes and team tactics: When title deciders go wrong Inspired by the 2021 DTM finale, our writers come together to reminisce on some of the most unsatisfying and least fondly-remembered title deciders in history
MotoGP Ducati’s not-so-secret MotoGP weapon There’s not a lot Ducati can do to deny Yamaha’s Fabio Quartararo the 2021 MotoGP title now. But it could carry a big advantage into 2022
IndyCar Podcast: The ex-Ferrari F1 man steering Honda’s IndyCar project The Race IndyCar Podcast is joined this week by David Salters, the ex-Ferrari Formula 1 engineer now masterminding Honda’s American motorsports division
MotoGP How does Mir’s failed MotoGP title defence stack up? Joan Mir’s MotoGP title defence never really got going. But how does his winless campaign compare to other title defences?
MotoGP Why Ducati’s MotoGP odd man out is being left behind Luca Marini has struggled to match his fellow Ducati MotoGP rookies Jorge Martin and Enea Bastianini but he’s got a plan to start producing the headline-grabbing results that his ex-Moto2 rivals have this year
Formula 1 Mercedes ‘reassured’ it has car quick enough to beat Red Bull Mercedes says it’s “really reassuring” to know that it still has a Formula 1 car capable of beating Red Bull to the championship this season
Formula 1 Webber hopes Alfa ‘shenanigans’ get Piastri on 2022 F1 grid Ex-Formula 1 driver Mark Webber has hinted his protege Oscar Piastri could yet end up on the 2022 grid if F1’s current “shenanigans” play out in his favour
MotoGP Petrucci’s ‘cycle’ illustrates MotoGP’s incredible evolution As he edges towards his MotoGP exit, series veteran Danilo Petrucci is back to square one – but only in one very specific aspect
GT DTM finale was an offensively unjust way to decide a title Collisions between title contenders and team orders are nothing new in championship deciders. But the way the first season of the DTM’s new era finished was ridiculous
Formula 1 Bottas dominates wet Turkish GP, Hamilton fifth Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas took an assured first victory of the F1 season in a wet Turkish GP, with team-mate Lewis Hamilton’s podium challenge ending in fifth place
Formula 1 F1 needs to follow MotoGP’s lead on phantom poles Yet again, the fastest driver in a Formula 1 qualifying session won’t get the pole position on their historical statistics. That bothers Valentin Khorounzhiy
Formula 1 Penalised Hamilton tops Turkish GP qualifying, Bottas on pole Valtteri Bottas has taken pole position for Formula 1’s Turkish Grand Prix, with his Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton quickest in qualifying but forced to serve a penalty
Formula 1 Gasly tops wet final Turkish GP practice, Hamilton P18 AlphaTauri driver Pierre Gasly topped the wet-weather third Formula 1 practice for the Turkish Grand Prix
Formula 1 Turkish GP FP2: Everything you need to know F1 points leader Lewis Hamilton led Charles Leclerc in the second Turkish GP practice session, with rival Max Verstappen only fifth
IndyCar Podcast: An IndyCar legend’s revealing new book This week’s The Race IndyCar Podcast features a frank and honest interview with Al Unser Jr following the release of his new book
Formula 1 Video: The 10 biggest F1 driver moves of the 2000s F1 drivers swapping from one championship-calibre car to another feels like a very rare occurrence these days, but some of the true blockbuster deals of the 2000-2009 period were exactly that
MotoGP MotoGP podcast: The many controversies of the COTA weekend The post-Grand Prix of the Americas edition of The Race MotoGP podcast delves into the controversies that dominated the COTA weekend
MotoGP Moto3 rider handed two-race ban for causing horror COTA crash Moto3 rider Deniz Oncu has received a two-race ban for triggering a terrifying multi-bike incident during the category’s race at the Circuit of the Americas