Matt Beer

MotoGP

How quick will Marquez be on his MotoGP return? Our verdict

He’s back. At last. But will Marc Marquez be straight on the pace when he returns to MotoGP at Portimao next weekend, or will it be a tentative version of the six-time champion? Our writers give their thoughts

Formula E

Rome Formula E first practice ends with huge three-car crash

The opening Rome Formula E session ended with a massive crash involving Jean-Eric Vergne, Oliver Turvey and Jake Dennis during practice starts

Formula 1

Video: The ex-VW superteam tasked with Williams’s F1 revival

The shape of the Williams Formula 1 team’s new era is gradually emerging – and there’s a clear theme developing, as our new video explains

Formula 1

Should (and will) Hulkenberg get another F1 chance?

Nico Hulkenberg’s official appointment as Aston Martin’s 2021 reserve driver has attracted a lot of interest. Does he deserve another shot at Formula 1, and could he realistically get one? Our writers have their say

Formula 1

Super-sub Hulkenberg gets formal Aston Martin F1 2021 role

Nico Hulkenberg will be Aston Martin’s reserve and development driver during the 2021 Formula 1 season

IndyCar

The Race launches new IndyCar podcast for 2021

IndyCar podium finisher and Indy Lights champion JR Hildebrand has joined The Race to co-host its new IndyCar podcast in 2021

Formula 1

The F1 game features we want to see (in F1 2021 or later)

As Codemasters gears up to unveil F1 2021, here’s our list of features and tweaks that we’d like to see in F1’s official game franchise

Formula 1

Aston Martin’s ‘bonus’ season is now a lot more complicated

Instead of relishing an unexpected second chance at running a Mercedes-like F1 car, Aston Martin now risks a slog of a season

MotoGP

Miller won’t be ‘100%’ in next MotoGP race after surgery

Pre-season MotoGP title favourite Jack Miller has undergone arm pump surgery following last weekend’s Doha Grand Prix

Formula 1

Video: How much ground has Ferrari really made up for 2021?

In our latest video, Edd Straw assesses the step forward Ferrari has made with its Formula 1 car for 2021 after signs of hope at the Bahrain Grand Prix

MotoGP

Will a ‘disgusting’ result precede a shock MotoGP title bid?

A “disgusting” result but “outstanding” pace in the Doha Grand Prix has given Honda’s new MotoGP signing Pol Espargaro a firm belief that he’s in for a big 2021 season

Formula 1

Podcast: Why Mercedes is stuck with its 2021 F1 rake problem

How much are Formula 1’s rule changes hurting Mercedes and Aston Martin’s low-rake design concept, can they do anything about it, and are claims the new rules were designed just to upset the order fair? Gary Anderson, Mark Hughes and Edd Straw give their takes

WRC/Rally/Raid

Rosberg’s team wins fraught inaugural Extreme E event

Nico Rosberg’s Rosberg X Racing team took a dominant victory in the first Extreme E round in AlUla in Saudi Arabia with drivers Johan Kristoffersson and Molly Taylor

Formula 1

Mercedes exit plan should be Bottas’s 2021 priority

The 2021 Formula 1 season is set to be a changing of the guard – and there’s one driver in particular who needs to spend the year setting up his next move

MotoGP

New chassis a ray of light amid KTM’s Qatar gloom

KTM rider Danilo Petrucci is hopeful that a new chassis will bring good news for the MotoGP team on its return to the Losail Circuit, where it has struggled since pre-season testing

Formula E

Podcast: Mahindra’s Formula E future and that Diriyah crash

Mahindra boss Dilbagh Gill talks Alex Lynn’s horrific crash, Gen3 and hopes for an Indian E-Prix in our latest Formula E podcast

MotoGP

The Ducati questions that will decide MotoGP’s Qatar re-run

MotoGP is back at Qatar this weekend, can Ducati go one better and capitalise on the extraordinary glimpses of pace it showed to secure a victory? There’s plenty of questions to answer first

Formula E

Lynn gets all-new Mahindra chassis for Rome Formula E race

Alex Lynn will not get a chance to try his new Mahindra chassis until the shakedown session for the Rome E-Prix next Friday evening

Formula E

New NIO333 partnership hints at long-term Formula E plans

The NIO333 team has given a hint that it will continue to race in the ABB Formula E Championship beyond the 2021-22 season after announcing a new technical partnership with China-based company GUSTO Group

Formula 1

Full extent of Australian GP track changes revealed

Australian Grand Prix organisers have revealed the full extent of the changes being made to Melbourne’s Albert Park circuit for its 2021 Formula 1 race

Formula 1

Alice Powell: F4 is consistent on track limits, why isn’t F1?

In the first W Series column of the year, Alice Powell gives her take on the Max Verstappen/Lewis Hamilton Bahrain battle and why Formula 1 needs to sharpen up on track limits before it overshadows a classic title fight

Formula 1

Bring Back V10s season finale: We answer your questions

Our Bring Back V10s classic F1 podcast returns to see out series three with the first episode from our double-header finale

Formula 1

Video: Why has the FIA introduced new secret car checks?

The FIA will carry out deeper technical checks on one car drawn at random at every grand prix in 2021, with Valtteri Bottas’s Mercedes the first car called up at the Bahrain Grand Prix

Formula E

Mercedes yet to confirm Formula E future as Gen3 deadline passes

Mercedes is yet to confirm its long-term future to Formula E and has missed the Gen 3 registration deadline, which is today

MotoGP

Why MotoGP’s pre-season hero has ‘big smile’ despite regression

Aleix Espargaro went into the Qatar MotoGP weekend as the favourite after an impressive pre-season showing. Things didn’t go as planned at Losail, but there’s still plenty for Aprilia to be cheerful about

Formula 1

How ‘easiest’ part of McLaren debut caught Ricciardo out

Daniel Ricciardo admitted he expected the Bahrain Grand Prix to be the easiest part of his first Formula 1 weekend with McLaren, “but it was probably the opposite”

Formula 1

Gary Anderson’s verdict on Bahrain F1 stars and controversies

With the first grand prix of the season done and dusted, Gary Anderson gives his verdict on all the dramatic goings-on from Bahrain and which team has its work cut out ahead of Imola in three weeks time

MotoGP

Is this finally Yamaha’s year again in MotoGP? Our verdict

Yamaha started the 2021 MotoGP season with an impressive win – but that’s the third time in five years it’s done that, and its last two title bids collapsed. Will this year be different? Here are our writers’ thoughts

WRC/Rally/Raid

Button partners with Lotus Engineering for his Extreme E team

Jenson Button’s JBXE Extreme E team has enlisted Lotus Engineering – part of long-time Formula 1 entrant Group Lotus – as a “technical partner”

Formula 1

Perez made big statement after being seconds from a non-start

A disappointing qualifying and a near-disaster before the Bahrain Grand Prix had even begun couldn’t stop Sergio Perez from showing exactly why the second Red Bull Formula 1 seat belongs to him for 2021

Formula 1

Bahrain GP podcast: Our verdict on Mercedes vs Red Bull round 1

The 2021 Formula 1 season-opener was everything we could’ve hoped for, as the dream of a proper Max Verstappen vs Lewis Hamilton battle came true in the Bahrain Grand Prix. We assess how Red Bull and Mercedes stacked up against each other

Formula 1

Wolff: F1’s ‘Shakespeare novel’ rules need simplifying

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has called for Formula 1’s track limits regulations to be clearer, despite his driver Lewis Hamilton being the beneficiary when Max Verstappen was deemed to have infringed them with what could’ve been the Bahrain Grand Prix winning move

Formula 1

Red Bull frustrated by ‘shades of grey’ in rules after Bahrain defeat

Red Bull Formula 1 team principal Christian Horner accepts the race control call that forced Max Verstappen to let Lewis Hamilton past for Bahrain Grand Prix victory was technically correct, but is annoyed by the “shades of grey” in rules enforcement

Formula 1

Verdict: Was race control’s Verstappen, Hamilton call right?

Was race control’s order for Max Verstappen to let Lewis Hamilton back past at the end of the Bahrain Grand Prix the right one? Our writers have their say

Formula 1

Hamilton let through by Verstappen for unlikely Bahrain GP win

Lewis Hamilton took an against-the-odds Bahrain GP victory after Max Verstappen was asked to let his rival back through in a late battle

Formula 1

Our 10 favourite F1 season-opener surprises

Miracle wins, shock underdog performances, and wild shunts that changed everything – here are our 10 favourite Formula 1 season-opener surprises

Gaming

Team Redline wins second iRacing 12 Hours of Sebring

Team Redline won its second iRacing special event in a row as a superior strategy got the team a 1-2 overall finish in the iRacing 12 Hours of Sebring

Formula 1

Hamilton: Mercedes expected ‘double the gap’ to Red Bull

Lewis Hamilton says he and Mercedes expected to trail Red Bull by “double the gap” that they ended up seeing in the first qualifying of the Formula 1 season in Bahrain

Formula 1

Alonso surprised himself with Q3 having lacked confidence

Fernando Alonso admitted that he hadn’t expected to reach Q3 on his Formula 1 return because he had lacked confidence with his Alpine all through Bahrain Grand Prix practice

Formula 1

Verstappen beats Hamilton to Bahrain GP pole

Max Verstappen won a qualifying duel with Lewis Hamilton to give Red Bull-Honda pole for Formula 1’s 2021 season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix