Josh Suttill

Formula 1

How Verstappen can seal F1 title in Qatar sprint or GP

Max Verstappen has two opportunities to seal the 2023 Formula 1 World Championship this weekend in Qatar. Here's what he needs to win.

Formula 1

Verstappen on pole, track limits dramas for McLaren and Perez

Max Verstappen took pole position for Formula 1's Qatar Grand Prix, as Mercedes inherited a 2-3 on the grid thanks to McLaren lap deletions

WEC/Le Mans

Vettel considering 2024 racing return with ex-F1 superteam

Four-time Formula 1 champion Sebastien Vettel is considering a return to full-time racing in 2024 and could be a part of an ex-F1 superteam

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Mercedes was right to deny Russell's Hamilton team order wish

George Russell and Lewis Hamilton had multiple team radio disagreements during the Japanese Grand Prix. But in the end, Mercedes intervention was the right one

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Verstappen takes crushing Suzuka pole ahead of Piastri

Max Verstappen and Red Bull are back on top in Formula 1 after crushing the opposition in Japanese Grand Prix qualifying, with McLaren getting closest

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Red Bull has to make sure Lawson is on the 2024 F1 grid

In just three grands prix, Liam Lawson has achieved more than AlphaTauri predecessor Nyck de Vries and fellow rookie Logan Sargeant. If Red Bull doesn't have space for him in its Formula 1 teams in 2024, it can't waste him as a reserve

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Perez/Albon clash makes further mockery of F1 penalty system

Sergio Perez got the same penalty for wrecking Alex Albon’s Singapore Grand Prix as Fernando Alonso got for a minor procedural infringement. That, argues Josh Suttill, tells Formula 1 drivers they’ve got nothing to lose by ramming slower cars out of the way

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Winners and losers from F1’s 2023 Singapore Grand Prix

Red Bull was far from the only loser on the day its 100% 2023 Formula 1 winning streak came to an end – and the driver who toppled it wasn’t the only winner

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Could Mercedes have beaten Sainz? Singapore GP verdict

Just how good was Carlos Sainz’s Singapore Grand Prix victory and did Mercedes do everything it could to stop him? Our writers give their verdict

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Red Bull’s Singapore struggles continue, Ferrari sweeps practice

Carlos Sainz led the final practice session at the Singapore Grand Prix as 2023 dominators Max Verstappen and Red Bull continued to struggle

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Ferraris fastest again in Singapore FP2, Verstappen only eighth

Ferrari continued to lead the times on Friday at the Singapore Grand Prix as 2023 Formula 1 dominator Max Verstappen was only eighth fastest in FP2

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Horner breaks Red Bull Racing’s silence over Marko/Perez saga

Red Bull Racing boss Christian Horner has given the Formula 1 team’s first response to Helmut Marko’s comments that conflated Sergio Perez’s nationality with his erratic qualifying form

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The F1-backed initiative with a host of paddock graduates

This year’s F1 in Schools world finals will feature a record 68 entries full of students looking down the prospective pathway to the Formula 1 paddock

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Bring Back V10s: Ranking the best title-deciders of the era

For the final episode of series eight of BringBackV10s podcast we’re debating the top 10 title-deciding races of the V10 era

IndyCar

Podcast: IndyCar’s new champion Alex Palou on his second title

Freshly-crowned 2023 IndyCar Series champion Alex Palou joins this episode of The Race IndyCar Podcast within hours of sealing his second title

Formula 1

Huge relief for F1 as all 10 teams cleared of cost cap breaches

There will be no repeat of last year’s Formula 1 cost cap saga as the FIA has revealed that all 10 teams complied with the cost cap during the 2022 season

Formula 1

The unseen clash that ended any hope of Sargeant’s first F1 point

While Carlos Sainz was fighting to hold onto a podium in the closing stages of the Italian GP, further back another driver was similarly defensively-minded. But Logan Sargeant wasn’t as successful in his attempts – as an unseen clash cost him a shot at his first F1 points finish

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Winners and losers from F1’s 2023 Italian Grand Prix

Though the final results sheet shows another Max Verstappen victory in another Red Bull 1-2, the Italian Grand Prix was the hardest-fought race of the 2023 Formula 1 season as Ferrari did its best to make things interesting. Here’s who we believe were the biggest winners and losers from the race

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What’s at stake for Ferrari on Verstappen’s big day

Ferrari is starting first and third in front of its home fans at the Italian Grand Prix. But what’s in store for the team in the race and just what’s at stake after such a disappointing season thus far?

IndyCar

Grosjean to exit Andretti, IndyCar options dwindle

Romain Grosjean will leave Andretti Autosport’s IndyCar outfit at the end of the 2023 season as his options to remain in the series for a fourth year dwindle

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What went on in first Italian GP F1 practice at Monza

Max Verstappen led former F1 team-mate Carlos Sainz by half a tenth in the opening Italian GP practice session

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F1’s push for female driver is at the heart of new F2 car

The next-generation Formula 2 car that will be raced from 2024 has been developed with a view to making it far more accessible – including to female drivers. Here’s what that development has focused on, and our verdict on that push

MotoGP

Who we think should get MotoGP’s best satellite bike for 2024

Pramac Ducati incumbent Johann Zarco and VR46’s Marco Bezzecchi have both shunned MotoGP’s best satellite bike – so who should take it instead? The Race’s writers give their verdict

Formula 1

FIA planning new clampdown on flexible F1 wings

The FIA has sent a draft proposal to all Formula 1 teams of a new technical directive aimed at tightening the policing of the flexibility of bodywork following “observations across several cars”. Here’s what it means + Mark Hughes’s take on it

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F1 Tech Show: How 3D printing has taken over F1

When 3D printing technology started to creep into F1 in the late 1980s, nobody would have foreseen how widespread its use would become

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F1 Podcast: Was Dutch GP Verstappen’s best 2023 win yet?

The Race F1 Podcast discusses Max Verstappen’s third Formula 1 victory on home soil and his record-equalling ninth consecutive grand prix victory

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Red Bull’s logic for Verstappen/Perez undercut: Does it stand up?

Is Red Bull’s explanation for why it allowed Max Verstappen to undercut team-mate Sergio Perez in the Dutch GP valid?

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Verstappen equals Vettel’s win record in chaotic Dutch GP

Max Verstappen survived a late-race restart in a chaotic rain-affected Dutch Grand Prix to walk away with his record-equalling ninth successive Formula 1 grand prix win

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Verstappen storms twice red-flagged Q3 to take Dutch GP pole

Max Verstappen took pole position on home turf at the Dutch Grand Prix after triumphing in an incident-packed Q3 shootout that featured two red flags

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Red Bull’s latest F1 rookie has a habit of instant impacts

Making an F1 debut mid-weekend is never an easy challenge, but Daniel Ricciardo stand-in Liam Lawson – who’ll do just that on Saturday at the Dutch GP – has a habit of leaving an immediate impression

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Ricciardo heading to hospital after Dutch GP shunt

Daniel Ricciardo will undergo checks in hospital after his accident in the second Formula 1 practice session for the 2023 Dutch Grand Prix

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F1 rivals’ grim outlook on when Red Bull can be caught

Red Bull’s domination of F1 right now is such that the question of whether it might be caught is no longer confined to 2023 – but rather the remainder of the current rules cycle

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How Ferrari’s ‘next Leclerc’ is shaping up

Given how often Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz are linked with future moves to other Formula 1 teams, now is a good time to be Ferrari’s leading protege. Josh Suttill assesses Ollie Bearman’s rise

Formula 1

Piastri’s old title rival on the slow path to F1

Oscar Piastri and Victor Martins’ careers have been very different since their close 2019 Formula Renault Eurocup title fight. But that doesn’t mean Martins won’t eventually catch his old rival up in F1

MotoGP

Podcast: Marquez/Honda mess and Spanish MotoGP heroes

In the latest of our ‘Toby Talks To’ interview episodes of The Race MotoGP Podcast, host Toby Moody sits down for a chat with legendary Spanish journalist Manuel Pecino

IndyCar

Podcast: Where Palou’s latest contract bombshell came from

How Scott Dixon pulled off a win from crashing on the first lap and the restart of the Alex Palou/Ganassi/McLaren fight headline this The Race IndyCar Podcast episode

Formula 1

The Mercedes F1 protege facing a test of his reinvention

Mercedes junior Frederik Vesti, who will make his F1 weekend debut at Mexico City later this year, prided himself on improved consistency in his second season of Formula 2, so can he bounce back from his first major wobble and convince Mercedes that he needs to be a bigger part of its F1 plans?

Formula 1

Mercedes ‘caution’ shows how badly F1’s new era has spooked it

Mercedes technical director James Allison says the team has spent much of the 2023 Formula 1 season finding out it was “too cautious” in response to rule changes designed to curb bouncing

Formula 1

The key personnel Ferrari wants from the teams it’s losing to

Ferrari’s getting aggressive in its attempt to address a disappointing performance in Formula 1 2023 – but will chasing key personnel from rivals be enough?

MotoGP

Ducati’s blockbuster wildcard continues a great MotoGP ‘what if?’

Ducati’s defending World Superbike champion Alvaro Bautista will return to MotoGP for the first time since 2018 when he makes a wildcard appearance in the premier class at Sepang later this year