Josh Suttill

Formula 1

Baku stewards investigating FIA staff for Ocon pitlane near-miss

The Azerbaijan Grand Prix stewards are investigating FIA personnel for blocking the pitlane after Esteban Ocon had to take avoiding action to narrowly miss a gaggle of personnel at the start of the pitlane

Formula 1

Verdict: Perez’s most significant F1 win against Verstappen yet?

Sergio Perez’s second grand prix victory of the 2023 Formula 1 season brings him to within six points of Max Verstappen’s championship lead. But was it his best F1 win yet against Verstappen and does it make him more of a genuine title contender?

Formula 1

Video: The key to Red Bull’s speed that F1 rivals missed

Sergio Perez’s Baku sprint victory made it four wins from four races for Red Bull’s RB19 – but what makes it so dominant? Our video explains a key factor

Formula 1

Verstappen steps up F1 sprint criticism: ‘Scrap the whole thing’

Max Verstappen’s view of Formula 1’s sprint weekend format tweaks is that the series should “scrap the whole thing”

Formula 1

Where the real value of F1’s new all-female series lies

F1 Academy may not be broadcast live – for now – but its teams and participants are looking at much more than expanding the female drivers’ profiles with the new series

Formula 1

Who’s under most pressure as F1 resumes in Baku

As Formula 1 finally resumes after a four-week break, certain drivers and teams will be more under pressure than others. Here are our picks of those under the greatest scrutiny

Formula 1

F1’s new all-female series won’t be broadcast live

The opening rounds of Formula 1’s all-female racing series F1 Academy won’t be broadcast live. There is logic behind this, but it still feels like an own goal

IndyCar

Podcast: IndyCar’s newest winner Kirkwood on his dramatic rise

IndyCar’s latest race winner Kyle Kirkwood joins this week’s The Race IndyCar Podcast to discuss his remarkable rise

Formula 1

Our verdict on AlphaTauri’s first ever F1 team boss change

The second-longest serving Formula 1 team boss Franz Tost will leave his position at the end of the 2023 season – but how will that impact AlphaTauri and is Laurent Mekies a good choice as his successor? Our writers give their verdict

Formula 1

Ferrari’s Mekies to replace Tost as AlphaTauri F1 team boss

Franz Tost will leave his role as AlphaTauri team principal at the end of 2023, with the team snagging Ferrari’s Laurent Mekies as his replacement and also adding ex-FIA/F1 exec Peter Bayer

Formula 1

Video: How Red Bull’s other team built F1 2023’s slowest car

While one of Red Bull’s teams has built a stunningly fast car already looking nailed on to win both titles yet again in 2023, its other team is faring a lot worse

Formula 1

Podcast Q&A: Will Ricciardo return to racing in F1?

We answer your questions in the latest edition of The Race F1 Podcast ahead of Formula 1’s return to action in Azerbaijan

Formula E

Formula E Podcast: Berlin review with McLaren’s new star

Jake Hughes joins this week’s episode of The Race Formula E podcast to explain his and McLaren’s troubled Berlin weekend

Formula 1

F1’s backmarker extinction is vital to its 2023 show

The stereotypical F1 backmarker isn’t really a thing in 2023. F1 should be delighted

Formula E

Frijns leads shock Abt Formula E front row lockout in Berlin

Robin Frijns led an unlikely Abt Cupra one-two in qualifying for the second Formula E race of the Berlin double-header

Formula 1

Editor sacked and apology issued over Schumacher ‘AI interview’

The editor responsible for presenting an artificial intelligence-generated article as an interview with seven-time Formula 1 world champion Michael Schumacher, has been sacked with the publication offering an apology to Schumacher’s family

Formula E

Evans wins crazy Berlin Formula E opener after 23 lead changes

Mitch Evans claimed his second successive Formula E victory after emerging victorious from a frenetic first Berlin E-Prix of the double-header weekend that featured 23 lead changes

Formula E

Formula E has its first repeat polesitter of 2023 in Berlin

For the first time in the 2023 Formula E season, qualifying produced a repeat polesitter in the form of Sebastien Buemi

Formula 1

F1 Podcast: Is Mercedes’ reshuffle an admission of failure?

The Race F1 Podcast asks if Mercedes’ major technical change is an admission that Mike Elliott has failed in this role

Formula 1

Ricciardo’s 2023 Red Bull F1 duties include a Nordschleife run

Daniel Ricciardo will pilot a Red Bull Formula 1 car on the legendary Nordschleife circuit later this year as part of his duties as the team’s 2023 reserve driver

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WEC’s next round at Spa features record-breaking Hypercar entry

The TotalEnergies 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps will feature the biggest entry of the World Endurance Championship’s premier Hypercar class so far

Formula 1

Bad timing: F1 drivers who left before a big leap forward

How good would Sebastian Vettel’s start to the 2023 season had been if he’d stuck around in Formula 1 for Aston Martin’s big leap forward? We take a look at the other drivers who left – or were ejected from – a team just as it came good

IndyCar

McLaren unveils ‘Triple Crown’-themed Indy 500 livery set

McLaren’s IndyCar team has unveiled a set of three liveries it will use at this year’s Indianapolis 500 that are each inspired by the team’s victories in triple crown events

Formula 1

Date set to review Ferrari’s case for overturning Sainz penalty

The FIA has announced the date of a hearing to decide whether to reinvestigate Carlos Sainz’s penalty in the Australian Grand Prix following the Ferrari Formula 1 team’s petition for a review.

Formula E

F1 reserves Drugovich and Shwartzman to join FE rookie test

Formula 1 reserve drivers Felipe Drugovich and Robert Shwartzman will drive for Maserati and DS Penske respectively in the Berlin Formula E rookie test later this month

Formula 1

The sacrifice Williams will make for its long-term F1 goals

Williams is more of a threat than it expected to be so far in 2023 – but it won’t hesitate to sacrifice some of that F1 progress to make sure it’s a “step more competitive” in each of the next two seasons

Formula 1

F1 Podcast: 10 things we’ve learned from 2023 so far

We discuss the key things we’ve learned about F1 2023 so far during the three-race ‘mini-season’ that kicked off the season in the latest edition of The Race F1 Podcast

WEC/Le Mans

Kvyat joins Grosjean in Lamborghini LMDh line-up

Daniil Kvyat will join fellow Formula 1 podium finisher Romain Grosjean in the factory Lamborghini prototype racing line-up next year

Formula 1

F1 podcast: Could Ferrari really overturn Sainz’s penalty?

We ask whether Carlos Sainz’s Australian Grand Prix five-second penalty could be rescinded given Ferrari has petitioned for the right to review the stewards’ decision in the latest edition of The Race F1 Podcast

Formula 1

Who benefits and suffers from F1’s unplanned gap? Our verdict

The cancellation of the Chinese GP left a four-week gap in F1’s 2023 schedule – but which teams benefit and which suffer from it? Here’s our verdict

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World Endurance Championship’s new era continues at Portimao

The World Endurance Championship’s new era continues later this month with the high-octane Portimao circuit holding the second round of the 2023 season on April 14-16

Formula 1

What’s more alarming for Perez than his costly points loss

Qualifying crash aside, in Melbourne Sergio Perez simply had the kind of F1 weekend Max Verstappen never really does. That’s a problem

Formula 1

F1 Podcast: Can Hamilton’s cockpit position concerns be solved?

On this week’s episode host Edd Straw and former F1 technical director Gary Anderson dive into the meaty topic of Mercedes’ cockpit position, after Lewis Hamilton’s recent criticism of how his W14 is laid out. What’s causing the seven-time world champion’s discomfort, and what – if anything – can be

Formula 1

The baffling F1 inaction made worse by Sainz penalty

Logan Sargeant ploughing into the back of fellow F1 rookie Nyck de Vries on an Australian GP restart seemed a sure penalty. That there was inaction from the stewards seems particularly baffling in light of Carlos Sainz’s punishment

Formula 1

Gasly doesn’t deserve race ban, but probably should’ve got one

Pierre Gasly isn’t a driver who deserves an F1 race ban. But the penalty points system isn’t subjective – so he’s lucky he didn’t receive one for his Australian GP clash with team-mate Esteban Ocon

Formula 1

Australian GP Podcast: Does F1’s restart procedure need a rethink?

Mark Hughes and Scott Mitchell-Malm join Edd Straw to review the Australian Grand Prix, not only in terms of how it played out on track but also the red flag and restart controversies that led to a late finish for the stewards

Formula 1

Winners and losers from F1’s 2023 Australian Grand Prix

Formula 1’s wild and controversial Australian Grand Prix unsurprisingly produced a variety of winners and losers. Here are our writers picks

Formula 1

Gasly avoids F1 race ban as stewards rule on Alpine shunt

The FIA stewards have decided the Australian GP collision between Alpine team-mates Pierre Gasly and Esteban Ocon warrants no further action

Formula 1

Verstappen leads F1 driver discontent over red flag calls

Australian Grand Prix winner Max Verstappen said the Formula 1 officials’ red flag decisions turned the race into “a bit of a mess” and directly led to the crashes at the final standing restart

Formula 1

Alpine drivers summoned over clash, with Gasly close to ban

Alpine Formula 1 drivers Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly have been summoned to see the stewards following their clash at the end of the Australian Grand Prix – an ominous prospect for Gasly given his proximity to a race ban under the penalty points system