IndyCar The drivers we couldn’t agree on in mid-year IndyCar rankings There was plenty of disagreement between co-hosts in The Race IndyCar Podcast’s mid-season rankings of their top 10 drivers (outside of Alex Palou)
Formula 1 Aston’s 2023 nadir sets up test of its true F1 status After one of its worst weekends of the 2023 F1 season, Aston Martin now needs to prove it is not being outdeveloped by its rivals
Formula 1 What left Ferrari too ‘scared’ to push in British GP Ferrari was hurt by being too “scared” to push in the British Grand Prix rather than by its pitstop strategy calls, according to team principal Fred Vasseur
Formula 1 Is format variety the saviour amid F1 calendar saturation fears? F1 drivers haven’t shown much in the way of enthusiasm for a record schedule of 24 grands prix in 2024 – particularly on behalf of the crews they feel obliged to represent. Does the increase in format varieties – however slight – make it at all tolerable?
Formula 1 Hamilton urging Mercedes to heed McLaren ‘wake-up call’ Lewis Hamilton says McLaren’s British GP pace is a “wake-up call” but also unsurprising as it is “very similar down the side” to the Red Bull
Formula 1 Key findings from major report on racing’s pervasive gender gap How well does the emerging fanbase think women are represented in motorsport? What support is there for female-only series? Does an equipment bias exist? Those are some of the questions answered in the More than Equal initiative’s ‘exploring the gender gap in motorsport’ report
Formula 1 McLaren’s F1 upgrade plan impacted by new ‘race against time’ McLaren is facing another “race against time” to have the second part of its significant Formula 1 upgrade ready in time for both cars at this weekend’s British Grand Prix
Formula 1 Real or ‘Lando specific’? McLaren’s view of its huge F1 step McLaren and its star driver Lando Norris like the Red Bull Ring. But even they didn’t expect just how well their 2023 Austrian Grand Prix would go
Formula 1 Sainz’s ire at strategy Ferrari was ‘convinced’ was right Carlos Sainz feels his Austrian GP never recovered from a Ferrari pitstop call he disagreed with, which he says contributed to his penalties
Formula 1 De Vries’ driving shows his F1 career desperation – Magnussen Kevin Magnussen suggested Nyck de Vries’ driving in their latest Formula 1 clash in the Austrian Grand Prix showed he is in a “desperate situation” and clearly “racing for his future”
Formula 1 Haas’s F1 trend-breaker won’t last – but could be invaluable The Haas VF-23 remains a dubious package in race trim, but the points swing in Austria’s sprint improves its F1 2023 outlook
Formula 1 Ferrari ‘lack of communication’ blamed as Leclerc gets penalty Charles Leclerc will start ninth rather than sixth in the Austrian Grand Prix sprint race after he was found to have impeded McLaren Formula 1 driver Oscar Piastri
Formula 1 Verstappen cleared of impeding Magnussen and keeps Austria pole Max Verstappen has kept his Austrian Grand Prix pole position after he was cleared of allegedly impeding Kevin Magnussen in Formula 1 qualifying
Formula 1 Verstappen’s Austria pole at risk as he’s summoned to stewards F1 championship leader Max Verstappen could lose his Austria pole as he’s being investigated for having potentially impeded Kevin Magnussen
Formula 1 Ricciardo ‘extremely competitive’ on sim ahead of Red Bull test Christian Horner is keen to see if Daniel Ricciardo’s “extremely competitive” pace on Red Bull’s F1 sim translates in an upcoming test
Formula 1 Is Ferrari now genuinely closer to ending year-long F1 drought? Ferrari’s impressive 2022 Austrian GP triumph is now a distant memory – but is the Scuderia now over the worst of its subsequent F1 slump?
Formula 1 Hamilton: F1 should stop teams working on next year’s car early Lewis Hamilton wants to see restrictions on when Formula 1 teams can switch focus to their next car – in order to curb cycles of dominance
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Formula 1 An IndyCar-F1 switch that makes more sense than Red Bull’s bid Colton Herta came agonisingly close to a Red-Bull backed F1 switch for 2023, but he’s shown nothing like the form Alex Palou is in right now. Josh Suttill says grand prix teams really should consider swooping for IndyCar’s elite driver
Formula 1 The Red Bull F1 wins that mattered most Max Verstappen’s 2023 Canadian Grand Prix victory was Red Bull Racing’s 100th win in Formula 1. Here’s our choice of the victories that were most important in its story – from starting trends to changing title fights, to the race that divided F1 and its fanbase
MotoGP Marc Marquez attempting Assen return but Mir’s absence continues Factory Honda rider Joan Mir will miss a second consecutive MotoGP weekend through injury but team-mate Marc Marquez will return to action at Assen after withdrawing from last weekend’s German Grand Prix
Formula 1 Should Red Bull put Verstappen in Perez’s car to benchmark it? ‘With all the problems that Sergio Perez is having, can Max Verstappen jump in his car and see what speed is really in it?’ That was a question Javier Gutierrez from the Members’ Club asked. Mark Hughes answered.
Formula 1 W Series failed on track but its legacy’s bigger than it seems W Series’ demise is now official. It was a flawed product and it failed in its aims. But it succeeded in ways it might not have anticipated
Formula 1 ‘You’re not doing that’ – Verstappen denied Nordschleife F1 run Reigning Formula 1 world champion Max Verstappen says he wanted to join Sebastian Vettel and Daniel Ricciardo in driving an F1 car around the Nordschleife but was blocked by Red Bull motorsport advisor Helmut Marko
Formula 1 Giovinazzi’s post-F1 redemption arc recalls prospect he once was A (main-class) debut Le Mans 24 Hours win is a story beat befitting of a former can’t miss Ferrari F1 prospect
Formula 1 New F1 game’s driver ratings show EA has learned some lessons The often-divisive driver ratings have been revealed for the upcoming F1 2023 game. While the system has clearly been improved for the latest edition, previous flaws still linger
MotoGP MotoGP Podcast: Marquez’s Honda ire and Bagnaia’s domination Pecco Bagnaia dominated on the track during MotoGP’s Italian Grand Prix at Mugello, but Marc Marquez generated most of the headlines off it
Formula 1 F1 points system doesn’t do its least predictable battle justice Formula 1’s top-10 points system is no longer fit for purpose and is leaving one of the grid’s tightest battles in an unrepresentative order in the championship. And that’s not just because cars are now more reliable. Josh Suttill suggests an alternative
WEC/Le Mans Toyota down to one car at Le Mans after bizarre pile-up Defending Le Mans 24 Hours winner Toyota is down to just one car after the #7 Toyota piloted by ex-Formula 1 driver Kamui Kobayashi was struck by an LMGTE Am Ferrari
Gaming New F1 Manager 2023 game now available for pre-order It’s less than two months until F1 Manager 2023, Frontier Development’s second officially licensed Formula 1 management game, launches digitally with a physical release for console versions coming at a later date
WEC/Le Mans Alpine LMDh design, hydrogen Toyota among major WEC reveals Alpine has revealed the LMDh machine it will use upon its return to the World Endurance Championship’s premier class in 2024 while Toyota has shared the latest concept of its proposed hydrogen-powered 2026 Hypercar
Formula 1 Verstappen just replicated an underrated Hamilton masterclass The 2020 and 2023 Spanish Grands Prix both looked like dominant cruises for Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen respectively but were so much more, and deserve due appreciation
Formula 1 Tsunoda’s fury at ‘pretending’ Zhou and ‘ridiculous’ penalty Yuki Tsunoda is thoroughly unimpressed with his points-erasing Spanish GP penalty – and Zhou Guanyu’s role in it
Formula 1 Winners and losers from F1’s 2023 Spanish Grand Prix Who were the biggest winners and losers from Formula 1’s 2023 Spanish Grand Prix? Here’s our writers’ take:
Formula 1 Ferrari weaknesses ‘came alive’ in Spanish GP despite upgrade Carlos Sainz says the “weaknesses of the car came alive at a circuit like this” after a torrid Spanish Grand Prix for Ferrari
Formula 1 Verstappen takes dominant 40th F1 win, Mercedes fills podium Max Verstappen was untouchable in the Spanish Grand Prix as he claimed his 40th Formula 1 win, while Lewis Hamilton came out on top of a less predictable battle to be best of the rest
Formula E Maserati claims first Formula E win with Guenther in Jakarta Maximilian Guenther bolted clear at the end of the second Jakarta E-Prix to deliver Maserati its first victory in Formula E
Formula 1 Everything that happened in rain-hit final Spain F1 practice Rain and a crash for Williams’s Logan Sargeant limited running in final Spanish Grand Prix Formula 1 practice, but didn’t interrupt Max Verstappen’s dominance
Formula E ‘We can’t protest Porsche’ – Rare dilemma amid FE title fight Jake Dennis slammed Pascal Wehrlein’s defensive move in the Jakarta E-Prix as “ridiculous” after coming off second-best in their battle for victory, and expressed his frustration that his Andretti team feels it can’t protest its supplier Porsche
Formula E Win revives Wehrlein’s Formula E title bid, Jaguars clash again Porsche’s Pascal Wehrlein picked up his third win of the 2023 Formula E season in the first Jakarta E-Prix as the Jaguar drivers once again collided
