Matt Beer

Formula 1

Bring Back V10s: The day Red Bull nearly squandered first title

Just when Red Bull looked set to win its first Formula 1 title in 2010, a catastrophic day in a bizarre race at a new circuit that was barely completed seemed to knock it right off course. Bring Back V10s (or maybe V8s) heads for the first Korean Grand Prix

MotoGP

MotoGP Podcast: A Honda great on its plight and his best days

The frank conversation ranges from some of Honda’s greatest days in motorcycle racing premier’s class to its current nadir as 1987 500cc world champion Wayne Gardner joins Toby Moody on The Race MotoGP Podcast this week

Formula 1

All 10 F1 teams will be represented on 2024 F1 Academy grid

All 10 Formula 1 teams will nominate a driver to represent them on the grid for the second season of all-female development series F1 Academy in 2024

Formula 1

Hamilton beats Verstappen to Hungarian GP F1 pole by 0.003s

Lewis Hamilton claimed his and Mercedes’ first pole position of the 2023 Formula 1 season in Hungarian Grand Prix qualifying, beating Max Verstappen and Lando Norris

Formula 1

Hamilton upstages Red Bulls in busy final Hungarian GP practice

Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes upstaged Red Bull with the fastest time in final Hungarian Grand Prix practice

Formula 1

Video: The big McLaren deja vu risk in Ricciardo’s comeback

How likely is it that Daniel Ricciardo will struggle with AlphaTauri’s uncompetitive 2023 Formula 1 car just as he struggled with the quirky McLarens? That’s the question we tackle in this video

Formula 1

Five things to expect from Ricciardo’s F1 comeback

Any mid-season Formula 1 driver line-up change is attention grabbing. All the implications and back story of Daniel Ricciardo’s sudden return with AlphaTauri make his reappearance on the grid for the Hungarian Grand Prix even bigger. Here’s what he and F1 should expect

Formula 1

Horner’s blunt stance on ‘stopgap’ De Vries’s F1 exit timing

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner’s blunt dismissal of the notion that it might have been nice for AlphaTauri to at least keep Nyck de Vries until his home grand prix in late August said all you needed to know about Horner’s stance on De Vries’s brief time in the Red Bull F1 system

Formula 1

F1 Podcast: The real reasons Red Bull has become so dominant

With Max Verstappen and Red Bull so dominant in the 2023 Formula 1 season but the battle behind them so eventful, we don’t tend to actually talk much about the runaway championship leader. The latest The Race F1 Podcast puts that right

Formula E

Dennis wins after title rivals collide in second Rome E-Prix

Jake Dennis takes a 24-point Formula E world championship lead into the season-closing London double-header after main rivals Nick Cassidy and Mitch Evans collided in his wake in Rome race two

Formula 1

Three things Ricciardo’s first F1 comeback interview revealed

Daniel Ricciardo’s first interview since securing a Formula 1 comeback with AlphaTauri showed how mentally revitalised he is and that he knows the bigger-picture Red Bull possibilities in play. But will the AlphaTauri’s vices be problematic?

Formula E

Big qualifying crash rules McLaren’s Hughes out of Rome opener

McLaren will be down to one car for the first Rome Formula E race on Saturday afternoon due to Jake Hughes’ heavy qualifying crash

Formula E

Jaguar’s eventful route to a likely Formula E title boost

Jaguar has a chance to surge back into Formula E title contention after taking a front-row sweep in Rome – via a yellow flag infringement argument, a stewards’ U-turn and a hint of team orders

Formula 1

F1 tech podcast: Gary Anderson on McLaren’s rapid resurgence

Gary Anderson gives his take on McLaren’s surge back up the Formula 1 order and Aston Martin’s new factory in The Race F1 Tech Show

Formula 1

Podcast: All the implications of Ricciardo’s F1 comeback

Nyck de Vries being dropped from the AlphaTauri Formula 1 line-up has been on the cards for months. But Red Bull ousting him for Daniel Ricciardo rather than Liam Lawson has big implications

Formula 1

Video: The real reason Ricciardo is back on the F1 grid

Daniel Ricciardo’s surprise mid-season Formula 1 comeback is initially at Nyck de Vries’ expense at AlphaTauri, but the bigger picture has to be ascertaining whether he’s a longer-term Red Bull Racing option if Sergio Perez’s troubles continue

IndyCar

Pagenaud still sidelined, 2024 IndyCar contender gets debut

Simon Pagenaud will miss another IndyCar race in Toronto this weekend, and his stand-in will be a preview of an increasingly likely 2024 driver move

Formula 1

Valvoline™ Global Operations becomes part of Aston Martin’s F1 future

The legendary Valvoline brand is back on the Formula 1 grid as part of a new strategic partnership with the Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant Formula One® Team that begins at the 2023 Aramco British Grand Prix

Formula 1

How F2, F3 and Aramco are helping develop a vital F1 innovation

The high-end Formula 2 and Formula 3 racing platforms are well-known proving grounds for future Formula 1 stars, but they also have a crucial pioneering role in technological advancements

Formula 1

F1 Podcast: Making sense of the British GP performance swings

While the identity of the 2023 British Grand Prix winner might have been obvious, everything else that happened in the Formula 1 pack at Silverstone was far from predictable

Formula 1

British GP practice one: Albon stars behind Red Bulls

Formula 1 world championship leader Max Verstappen took his customary first place in opening British Grand Prix practice at Silverstone, with Williams a shock closest challenger to Red Bull

Formula 1

Podcast: What we learned on a pre-British GP F1 road trip

The Race F1 Podcast hits the road for a very different episode on the eve of the British Grand Prix, visiting the Alpine and Williams Formula 1 team factories

Formula 1

Video: What’s really behind Red Bull’s scathing F1 2026 stance?

Is Red Bull and Max Verstappen’s criticism of the 2026 rules motivated by the good of Formula 1 or self-interest? Here’s our video guide to the row already brewing

Formula 1

Bring Back V10s: How Red Bull arrived in a sceptical F1

We’re now very used to Red Bull dominating Formula 1, but when it first arrived on the grid in 2005 expectations were much lower. Bring Back V10s goes back to the days of the ‘party team’ getting a lot of sceptical glances

Formula 1

Schumacher’s McLaren chance evokes a great F1 ‘what if’

If Mick Schumacher gets the chance to race a McLaren Formula 1 car, he’ll complete the tale of the team’s fruitless pursuit of his father Michael and dalliance with his uncle Ralf

Formula 1

Video: Our take on how Red Bull pair handled their near-miss

Max Verstappen jokingly but fairly firmly told us his opening-lap incidents with Red Bull Formula 1 team-mate Sergio Perez at the Austrian Grand Prix sprint needn’t be a story. We weren’t so sure

Formula 1

Video: Why Austrian GP broke F1’s track limits policing system

Formula 1’s revamped track limits policing procedures ended up completely overwhelmed at the Austrian Grand Prix. Here’s our video guide to what went wrong

Formula 1

F1 Podcast: How to tackle Austria track limits mess

How did Formula 1 end up in its Austrian Grand Prix track limits penalty mess and what should be done to prevent a repeat? The Race F1 Podcast gets stuck in

Formula 1

Our verdict on F1’s Austrian Grand Prix penalty chaos

Over 1200 track limits offences to review, 12 belated penalties spread across eight drivers, changing the positions of 14 of the 19 finishers in a decision announced five hours after the finish – the Austrian Grand Prix descended into farce after the chequered flag. Here’s what we made of it all

Formula 1

Verstappen wins Austrian GP, Perez third after great Sainz fight

Max Verstappen gave Red Bull yet another routine 2023 Formula 1 race win at the Austrian Grand Prix, while Ferrari produced its strongest performance of the season so far in his wake

NASCAR

Button eighth on NASCAR grid, but he’s not the top guest star

Jenson Button will start eighth for NASCAR’s first ever street race in Chicago but fellow guest star Shane van Gisbergen did even better

Formula 1

Stroll: Spa must change before F1 race after Van’t Hoff’s death

Lance Stroll says Spa-Francorchamps’ Eau Rouge/Raidillon complex must be changed before Formula 1’s Belgian Grand Prix at the end of July following teenage Formula Regional European Championship driver Dilano van’t Hoff’s death in a crash at the track on Saturday morning

Formula 1

Verstappen wins wild Austria sprint after Perez start tussle

Max Verstappen outduelled Red Bull Formula 1 team-mate Sergio Perez in a tense first-lap battle and then blitzed the field to win a wet-dry Austrian Grand Prix sprint race by 21 seconds

Formula 1

F1 hopeful Hitech goes public with 2026 entry bid

While the FIA’s evaluation of prospective new F1 entrants continues, F2/F3 outfit Hitech has gone public with its bid

Formula 1

Now Tsunoda’s getting Nordschleife chance, Verstappen must too

As Red Bull’s handing Yuki Tsunoda a Nordschleife run, it feels like a no-brainer to get its F1 standard-bearer Max Verstappen involved, too

Formula 1

F1 Podcast: Is Lance Stroll holding Aston Martin back?

We ask if Lance Stroll’s performances are good enough for the Aston Martin Formula 1 team in the latest edition of The Race F1 Podcast

Formula E

Cassidy wins one of Formula E’s strangest races yet

Nick Cassidy moved back to within one point of the Formula E world championship lead with victory in a wild and bizarre Portland E-Prix

Formula 1

Ex-F1 comms chief Matt Bishop launches new agency

Former Aston Martin Formula 1 communications chief Matt Bishop is launching a new agency named Diagonal Communications

Formula 1

Misleading problem lured Aston into needless Alonso orders

Fernando Alonso’s battle to stay ahead of Lewis Hamilton for second in the Canadian Grand Prix was made harder by the Aston Martin Formula 1 team thinking it had a fuel system problem that turned out to be fictitious

Formula 1

Winners and losers from F1’s 2023 Canadian Grand Prix

Max Verstappen and Red Bull had yet more Formula 1 milestones to celebrate at the Canadian Grand Prix, but who else can head home happy and who should be kicking themselves?