Jack Cozens

Formula 1

Piquet to pay heavy fine for offensive Hamilton remarks

Nelson Piquet has been ordered to pay the equivalent of £780,000 by a Brazilian court for racist and homophobic comments about Lewis Hamilton

Formula 1

‘We can’t be happy with this’ – Alpine’s blunt self-appraisal

Alpine is well aware its step forward in F1 2023 hasn’t been enough – as Esteban Ocon and Alpine sporting director Alan Permane explain

Formula 1

Bring Back V10s Q&A special: Senna/Ferrari, Adelaide ’94 and more

Questions about Ayrton Senna, Jacques Villeneuve and an alternate 1994 F1 title decider in the season finale of the Bring Back V10s podcast

Formula 1

Video: Vulnerabilities threatening Red Bull’s perfect start

Red Bull has enjoyed a dominant start to the 2023 Formula 1 season. Could anything jeopardise that? We take a look at the areas of vulnerability it will have to manage

Formula 1

Podcast: Has Porsche lost best chance of properly taking on F1?

Now Porsche’s aspirations of joining F1 have come to nothing, the latest edition of The Race F1 Podcast explains why that’s happened and asks whether, given its patchy history, Porsche has missed its best chance to take on grand prix racing ‘properly’

Formula 1

Video: The F1 rule contradiction that saved Alonso’s podium

Confused about why Fernando Alonso was stripped of his Saudi Arabian GP podium, only to be reinstated? Here’s our video guide to why there was such a delay in awarding the penalty and the F1 rules contradiction that meant it was later annulled

Formula 1

Alonso splits Red Bulls in second Saudi Arabian GP practice

Max Verstappen remained at the head of the order in second practice for the 2023 Formula 1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, with Fernando Alonso’s Aston Martin splitting the Red Bulls of Verstappen and Sergio Perez as the Ferraris again made little impression

Formula 1

Hamilton ‘didn’t pick best words’ – but Mercedes ‘needs a kick’

Lewis Hamilton says his comments about Mercedes failing to heed his comments about its 2022 Formula 1 car’s concept “wasn’t necessarily the best choice of words” but believes “we all need a kick”

IndyCar

IndyCar podcast: In-depth with two 2023 fast starters

A bumper edition of The Race IndyCar Podcast features interviews from both St Petersburg race winner Marcus Ericsson and early second-season standout Callum Ilott

Formula 1

What forthright response says about Vasseur’s Ferrari leadership

From performance to reliability, and departures to dysfunction, Ferrari has faced plenty of questions early in the 2023 Formula 1 season. New team principal Fred Vasseur’s wasted little time answering them

Formula 1

‘Not the final car’ – What’s the ceiling for Aston and Alonso?

The AMR23 looked stronger than Aston Martin could’ve hoped for in Bahrain. And, to hear Fernando Alonso say it, it’s nowhere near optimised. So how good might the rest of his season – and the years beyond that – get?

MotoGP

MotoGP podcast: Your 2023 questions + penalty proposal

The final winter test before the 2023 MotoGP season is this weekend. In anticipation, The Race MotoGP Podcast answers listeners’ 2023 questions and much more – including a proposal for a restructuring of MotoGP’s penalty and stewarding system!

Formula 1

F1 Tech Show: How Aston leapt from midfield to podium so quickly

The Race F1 Tech Show returns, kicking off with one of the biggest talking points from the Bahrain GP: Aston Martin and its leap from the midfield to podium contention

IndyCar

Podcast: Biggest storylines from wild start to IndyCar 2023

There was so much to unpick from the IndyCar season opener in St Petersburg – including two airborne crashes, plenty of other incidents, and two drivers’ legitimate claims that victory was stolen from them. The Race IndyCar Podcast covers all that ground and more

Formula 1

Verstappen certain Alonso and Aston will win 2023 F1 races

Reigning Formula 1 world champion Max Verstappen believes “race wins are definitely on the table” for Fernando Alonso and Aston Martin on the evidence of the AMR23’s performance in the 2023 season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix

Formula 1

Alonso quickest in surprise-filled second Bahrain GP practice

Fernando Alonso beat the Red Bulls to the fastest time in second practice for the Bahrain Grand Prix as the hype surrounding Aston Martin’s 2023 Formula 1 car persisted

Formula E

Podcast: How da Costa pulled off remarkable Cape Town pass

Hear first-hand from Antonio Felix da Costa about the overtake that earned him victory in the first Cape Town E-Prix – a move that will go down in Formula E legend – on The Race Formula E Podcast

Formula 1

Vowles reflects Williams’s tough reality with aero head gone too

Williams has a new team principal, but no technical director or head of aero right now. James Vowles isn’t sugar-coating the reality of the challenge he’s taking on

Formula 1

Ferrari leads as 2023 F1 testing hits halfway point

Ferrari hit the front at the midway point in 2023 Formula 1 testing as Carlos Sainz pipped the soft tyre-shod Williams of Logan Sargeant to the fastest time in the day two morning session in Bahrain

Formula 1

Bring Back V10s: How Button and Brawn nearly let title slip

In this V8 era detour, Bring Back V10s revisits a 2009 Belgian GP weekend where Jenson Button’s once huge F1 points lead was being whittled down and that almost gave Force India a famous win

Formula 1

Verstappen fastest in first 2023 F1 testing session

World champion Max Verstappen put Red Bull and its much-anticipated RB19 at the top of the times on the opening morning of 2023 Formula 1 testing in Bahrain

Formula 1

Pirelli has replacement for maligned ‘safety car’ wet F1 tyre

A new wet-weather Pirelli Formula 1 tyre will be introduced in 2023 that is “much more performant” than the specification it replaces – which has jokingly been referred to as “the safety car tyre” in some quarters previously

Formula 1

‘Race-ready’ A523 makes Alpine’s 2022 car look ‘like a toy’

Emboldened by a “spot on” shakedown with “perfect correlation”, Esteban Ocon is ready to declare the new Alpine F1 car a huge step forward

Formula 1

We rank teams’ 2023 F1 launches from worst to best

This felt like an F1 launch season of two distinct halves. There may be no competitive repercussions, but a launch is still an important thing to get right while the fanbase is growing. Which teams managed that, and who fell flat?

Formula 1

Alpine unveils new A523 at final 2023 F1 car launch

Alpine has become the final team to host its launch ahead of the 2023 Formula 1 season, revealing its A523 car at an event in London

Formula E

Podcast: How the Formula E form book has been torn up

How did Jean-Eric Vergne and DS Penske tear up the Formula E form book? What’s the fallout from Jaguar’s disaster? And how was points leader Pascal Wehrlein feeling after a whirlwind 24 hours in Hyderabad? All that and more on The Race Formula E Podcast

Formula 1

Mercedes has hit F1 car weight limit goal amid livery change

Mercedes says it is on the minimum weight limit with its W14 Formula 1 car – having been overweight all last season – and has been able to achieve this in part thanks to its return to a black colour scheme for 2023

Formula 1

Mercedes hints sidepods could change with its F1 2023 upgrades

Toto Wolff has offered a first suggestion that Mercedes will revise its ‘zero sidepod’ concept during the 2023 Formula 1 season

Formula 1

Podcast: The quiet confidence for 2023 that Ferrari can’t hide

The latest edition of The Race F1 Podcast takes a look at Ferrari, and why it’s feeling quietly confident about the 2023 F1 season after launching the SF-23

Formula 1

Video: 2023 Ferrari is both evolution and ‘complete redesign’

Ferrari is describing the SF-23 its introduced as a ‘complete redesign’. If it’s built on the strengths of last year’s template, could it be a genuine F1 title contender?

Formula 1

Norris has pushed for fundamental McLaren F1 philosophy changes

Lando Norris says he has “pushed hard” for his McLaren team to address fundamental shortcomings rather than simply pursue peak performance

Formula 1

McLaren debuts 2023 F1 car with Red Bull-style sidepod

McLaren has revealed its 2023 Formula 1 car, with a Red Bull-inspired sidepod solution the most visually striking part of its design

Formula E

Vergne wins India Formula E thriller, Jaguars collide

Jean-Eric Vergne put up an improbable defence of the lead to win the inaugural Hyderabad E-Prix, as the works Jaguar Formula E team’s race imploded when Sam Bird took out his polesitting team-mate Mitch Evans.

Formula 1

F1 Podcast: Secrets of the first 2023 F1 car

A first look at a 2023 F1 car, courtesy of Alfa Romeo, means a first bit of technical analysis of the year on The Race F1 Podcast – which delves into what was revealed by both the physical model on display and renders of the car that were issued

Formula 1

Video: The F1 design cues Alfa’s taken from Red Bull and Ferrari

A striking new livery stands out on the 2023 Alfa Romeo F1 car, but looking beyond the scheme reveals where the design of the C43 has been influenced by top teams Red Bull and Ferrari

Formula 1

Kvyat gets WEC shot after all for ace single-seater squad Prema

Former Red Bull Formula 1 driver Daniil Kvyat will make a switch to the World Endurance Championship after all, having landed a seat with single-seater giant Prema in the LMP2 class

NASCAR

Button, Johnson to drive NASCAR’s 2023 Le Mans entry

Respective F1 and NASCAR champions Jenson Button and Jimmie Johnson will be among the drivers that contest the Le Mans 24 Hours in a Next Gen Chevrolet Camaro ZL1

Formula E

Guenther DNS adds to Maserati’s miserable Formula E start

The latest setback in Maserati’s miserable start to the Formula E season will involve Maximilian Guenther sitting out Friday evening’s opening Diriyah race following his crash in the group stages of qualifying

Formula E

Buemi denies McLaren to end four-year pole drought

Sebastien Buemi defeated McLaren’s Jake Hughes in a thrilling qualifying shootout for the first Diriyah Formula E race to claim his first pole position since 2019, as the DS-powered teams’ woes continued

Formula 1

Podcast: What will Vasseur’s Ferrari look like?

Now new Ferrari team boss Frederic Vasseur has given his first media interview since taking the job, The Race F1 Podcast asks what direction the team’s likely to take under his leadership