Formula 1 Mercedes reveals new five-year plan for greater diversity Mercedes has revealed details of a five-year programme called Accelerate 25 that will formalise a range of initiatives introduced to increase the Formula 1 team’s diversity and inclusivity
Formula 1 Russell on Mercedes media duty as team waits on Hamilton George Russell will conduct media duties for the Mercedes Formula 1 team on Thursday ahead of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix as Lewis Hamilton’s return remains subject to question marks
Formula 1 Gary Anderson podcast: Why is the Red Bull so hard to drive? Gary Anderson explains why the Red Bull RB16 is tricky to drive and the potential benefits to the team of fixing its peaky characteristics for 2021 in the latest edition of his weekly Formula 1 podcast
IndyCar Montoya joins Arrow McLaren SP for 2021 Indy 500 Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Juan Pablo Montoya will race for the Arrow McLaren SP team in the 2021 Indianapolis 500
Formula 1 No ‘common sense’ as FIA blocks more exceptions like Alonso Ferrari cannot run Carlos Sainz Jr in Formula 1’s post-season Abu Dhabi test after the FIA decided not to make exceptions beyond the controversial one letting Fernando Alonso participate
Formula 1 Every last-to-first win in Formula 1 history One of the greatest elements of Sergio Perez’s Sakhir Grand Prix win was that he came through from last place. That’s a very, very rare achievement in Formula 1. Here are the handful of other examples
Formula 1 How close is Ocon to Ricciardo in Renault team-mate fight? Esteban Ocon scored a podium in Bahrain, but it wasn’t just down to good fortune. Edd Straw explains how Ocon is still improving
MotoGP Podcast: Reviewing MotoGP’s year of madness Join Toby Moody and Simon Patterson for The Race’s 2020 MotoGP season review podcast, looking back on an unforgettable year of madness that will go down in history
MotoGP Marquez absence a tragedy despite thrill of a wide open MotoGP It’s fair to revel in the wide-open 2020 (and maybe 2021) after years of Marc Marquez MotoGP domination – but his absence is a tragedy and a price too steep
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Formula 1 Video: What Russell’s performance has done for his Mercedes future Our latest video explains how George Russell has boosted his Formula 1 credentials after a dream Mercedes debut
Formula 1 Mick Schumacher’s messy F2 decider reminded Brawn of Michael Mick Schumacher’s scruffy Formula 2 title-clinching weekend gave Ross Brawn “deja vu” for the way Michael clinched a particular F1 crown. We explain the race he’s thinking of
Formula 1 Bottas aware he may have looked like a ‘fool’ vs Russell Valtteri Bottas admits that ill-informed viewers may think he looked like “a complete **** or a fool” against Mercedes Formula 1 debutant George Russell in the Sakhir Grand Prix
Formula 1 Britain faced a post-Hamilton F1 chasm. Not anymore George Russell’s stunning weekend hasn’t just made Mercedes’ future look brighter, it’s a great sign for British Formula 1 interest levels after Lewis Hamilton, says Alice Powell
Formula 1 Lawrence Stroll hopes Red Bull signs Perez for 2021 Racing Point co-owner Lawrence Stroll says he wants to see his Sakhir Grand Prix winning driver Sergio Perez secure the second Red Bull seat for the 2021 Formula 1 season
Formula 1 Sakhir GP Podcast: The race that blew the rest of 2020 away Mark Hughes, Scott Mitchell and Edd Straw dissect an incredible Sakhir Grand Prix, from Sergio Perez and George Russell’s heroics to Alex Albon and Valtteri Bottas’s woes
Formula 1 Mercedes’ ‘colossal f***-up’ and lenient penalty explained Mercedes’ pitstop nightmare in the Sakhir Grand Prix was a “colossal f*** up” that began with a radio failure and ended with Valtteri Bottas’s front tyres being fitted to George Russell’s car
Formula 1 Should Mercedes swap Russell and Bottas for 2021? Our verdict George Russell’s Mercedes debut couldn’t have made it clearer that he is the driver for the next generation – but will his Sakhir Grand Prix performance prompt an earlier driver change than planned? Our writers have their say
Formula 1 Perez takes first F1 win amid heartbreak for Russell Sergio Perez took his first F1 win in a Sakhir GP that looked destined to go to George Russell before a Mercedes pit error and a puncture
Formula 1 Five ways the Sakhir GP will be uncharted territory for F1 Formula 1 will race on the Bahrain Outer circuit for the first – and maybe only – time. Our writers tackle the big questions ahead of the race
Formula 1 Why one of 2020’s best qualifying laps will probably be futile All five of Charles Leclerc’s top-five starts in the 2020 Formula 1 season have been minor miracles given Ferrari’s current situation. But the manner of his fourth place on the Sakhir Grand Prix grid was something else again
Formula 1 How Russell impressed but didn’t surprise in ‘alien’ Mercedes The Mercedes Formula 1 team was “impressed, but not surprised” by George Russell’s Sakhir Grand Prix qualifying performance, where he was 0.026 seconds off the pole time set by Valtteri Bottas
Formula 1 Albon totally thrown by car change on softs in qualifying Alex Albon put his Q2 elimination in Sakhir Grand Prix qualifying down to failing to cope with the way his Red Bull Formula 1 car’s behaviour changed on soft tyres
Formula 1 Should Bottas be worried? Our verdict on Russell’s Sakhir qualifying Valtteri Bottas took pole for the Sakhir Grand Prix but temporary team-mate – and Mercedes’ next-in-line – George Russell wasn’t far behind. How worried should Bottas be for his future? Our writers have their say
Formula 1 Alonso ‘happy rivals are so worried’ about his Renault test Fernando Alonso says he’s “happy that rival teams are so worried” about him participating in the Formula 1 ‘young driver’ test with Renault. Is he being typically mischievous, and has F1 missed a trick with this test?
Gaming Jajovski and Rogers triumph in BMW’s 2020 esports finale Erhan Jajovski and Josh Rogers were victorious in the final races in BMW’s rFactor 2 and iRacing competitions respectively
Formula 1 Bottas fends off Russell and Verstappen for Sakhir GP pole Valtteri Bottas won a very tight fight with Mercedes team-mate George Russell and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen to take Sakhir Grand Prix pole, as Charles Leclerc starred
Formula 1 Five other worst-car-to-best-car F1 driver moves George Russell has gone from F1’s bottom team to its champion squad in the space of a week. He’s not the first driver to experience a sudden dramatic switch like that
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Formula 1 Racing Point now keen to get Vettel into ‘young driver’ test Racing Point could push for Sebastian Vettel to take part in Formula 1’s end of season ‘young driver’ test now that Renault has dispensation to run Fernando Alonso there
MotoGP Podcast: What we know so far about Marquez’s latest blow The latest episode of The Race MotoGP Podcast looks at all the news around Marc Marquez’s bid to be fit for the 2021 season following his latest operation
Formula 1 Video: The answers F1 needs from Grosjean crash investigation While Formula 1’s safety measures saved Romain Grosjean’s life last weekend, there is also significant unease over many aspects of his Bahrain Grand Prix crash
Formula 1 Can Russell actually win the Sakhir GP? Our verdict Can George Russell spring a surprise win on his Mercedes race debut at the Sakhir GP? Charles Leclerc thinks so, and so do some of our writers
Formula 1 Grosjean’s wife’s backing validated Ricciardo’s replay anger Daniel Ricciardo says he stands by his strong criticism of how Formula 1 handled replays of Romain Grosjean’s Bahrain Grand Prix crash, especially after being backed by Grosjean’s wife Marion
Formula 1 Vandoorne: Losing out on Mercedes race chance ‘hurts’ Mercedes Formula 1 reserve Stoffel Vandoorne has admitted being overlooked in favour of George Russell for the role of Lewis Hamilton’s stand-in this weekend “hurts”
Formula 1 Magnussen picks Ganassi IMSA seat for 2021 Outgoing Haas Formula 1 driver Kevin Magnussen will head to American sportscar racing for the first step of his post-F1 career
MotoGP Debate: Would a healthy Marquez have won the 2020 MotoGP title? It’s maybe one of the biggest “what ifs?” of 2020 – but would years of MotoGP dominance really have come to an end for Marc Marquez without his Jerez injury? Our MotoGP riders have two very opposing views
Formula 1 Join our F1 writer Q&A at 12pm Join The Race’s Formula 1 writers in a live Q&A from 12pm, answering all your biggest questions ahead of the Sakhir Grand Prix
Formula 1 Everything you need to know about Bahrain Outer ‘wacky’ race Formula 1 tackles new ground with its race on the Bahrain Outer circuit this weekend, with lap times of under a minute expected. Edd Straw takes you through everything you need to know about this ‘oval’ race
Formula 1 The drivers under most pressure in Hamilton’s absence It’s all change on the Formula 1 grid for the second weekend in Bahrain with Lewis Hamilton missing the race after a positive COVID-19 result – and some drivers will be feeling the glare of his absence more than others