Matt Beer

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?

Formula 1

Red Bull’s 100th F1 win: The exclusive club it joins

Red Bull has become only the fifth team in Formula 1 history to secure 100 grand prix wins. Here’s how Ferrari, McLaren, Williams and Mercedes did it

Formula 1

Villeneuve clarifies Leclerc tribute helmet issue after ‘insults’

Jacques Villeneuve gave his side of a controversy over Charles Leclerc’s use of his father Gilles’ helmet design in a Canadian GP tribute

Formula 1

Stroll shows why father’s ambitious Aston target must wait

Aston Martin Formula 1 team co-owner Lawrence Stroll’s ambition to “hopefully get two cars on the podium” at his home grand prix in Canada this weekend wasn’t an outlandish goal considering the AMR23’s pace this year. But after qualifying it seems like the longest of long shots

Formula 1

Provisional Canadian Grand Prix starting grid after four penalties

The provisional starting grid for Formula 1’s Canadian Grand Prix features four changes to the order caused by penalties

Formula 1

Sainz gets grid drop for incident Gasly felt was ban-worthy

Ferrari Formula 1 driver Carlos Sainz will be demoted three places on the Canadian Grand Prix grid for impeding Pierre Gasly during Montreal qualifying

Formula 1

Hulkenberg’s Montreal P2 at risk over potential red flag breach

Nico Hulkenberg’s shock Canadian Grand Prix qualifying result for the Haas Formula 1 team could be in doubt over a red flag procedure infringement

Formula 1

Everything that happened in final Montreal F1 practice

Max Verstappen led a rain-affected final Formula 1 practice session ahead of Canadian Grand Prix qualifying

Formula 1

Our verdict on prospect of Bridgestone replacing Pirelli in F1

Bridgestone is reportedly making a serious effort to reclaim the Formula 1 tyre supplier role from Pirelli. But is Pirelli really to blame for the problems that have exasperated F1 drivers for years?

Formula 1

Bridgestone to replace Pirelli in F1? Official bid reported

Pirelli appears set for serious opposition from Bridgestone for the role of F1’s control tyre supplier beyond 2024

Formula 1

Hamilton leads Mercedes 1-2 in second Canadian GP practice

Lewis Hamilton led a Mercedes one-two in an extended second practice session at the Canadian Grand Prix that featured two red flags and a heavy rain shower at the end of the session

IndyCar

A former star’s mission for his surprise IndyCar ‘threequel’

The book on Ryan Hunter-Reay’s IndyCar career has suddenly been re-opened – and he could yet add another meaningful line to his legacy

Formula 1

Bottas’ feel-good F1 reinvention is now stalling badly

Valtteri Bottas and Alfa Romeo’s partnership began like a fairytale – now they risk sliding into midfield anonymity after a tricky start to 2023

MotoGP

MotoGP’s most interesting rivalry is now a 2024 rehearsal

Any hopes of an explosive battle for the MotoGP title between Pecco Bagnaia and Enea Bastianini proved short-lived. But now Bastianini’s back from injury, he can make himself a fearsome 2024 prospect if he uses the second half of this season the right way

Formula 1

Podcast: How Newey’s become F1’s dominant designer again

We explain what makes Red Bull Formula 1 design mastermind Adrian Newey so successful in the latest edition of The Race F1 Podcast

WEC/Le Mans

Back at its best or contrived? Our Le Mans 24 Hours verdict

The 2023 Le Mans 24 Hours was a superb race with an incredible winner, as Ferrari triumphed in its first attempt since joining the World Endurance Championship’s hypercar class. But did Balance of Performance rules play too big a part? Here are our writers’ thoughts

Formula 1

F1 once needed Hamilton to quit Mercedes. Now it’s the opposite

Lewis Hamilton leaving Mercedes was for so long a mouthwatering prospect for neutrals – but now him staying put has the potential to be just as box office

Formula 1

Mercedes’ Montreal pessimism is familiar but valid

Mercedes likes to play down its chances after a good F1 result, but this time that mild pessimism has more validity – there are solid reasons why Montreal may be less kind to Mercedes than Barcelona was

IndyCar

Carpenter recruits past IndyCar champion as Daly’s replacement

Ed Carpenter Racing has recruited 2012 IndyCar Series champion and 2014 Indianapolis 500 winner Ryan Hunter-Reay as its replacement for Conor Daly from next weekend’s Road America round

MotoGP

Iannone redemption story is tempting – but only if he’s contrite

Andrea Iannone has served a hell of a punishment for failing a drugs test, one that’s wrecked the MotoGP element of his career for good. But it can’t be forgotten that it was deserved. What this needs to be a proper second chance is contrition and humility

Formula 1

Schumacher’s a hit at Mercedes but could get stuck on its bench

Mick Schumacher had his first proper Mercedes Formula 1 test this week, fresh from making a game-changing off-track contribution to its breakthrough Spanish Grand Prix. But his options for actually getting back on the F1 grid are reducing

WEC/Le Mans

Ferrari 1-2 in first Le Mans 24 Hours qualifying

Ferrari took early qualifying honours at the 2023 Le Mans 24 Hours, going 1-2 in the session that decided the field for Thursday evening’s pole shootout

Formula 1

Podcast: F1’s latest surprise tech director switch explained

Former McLaren technical chief James Key is rejoining his old colleague Andreas Seidl at the Sauber-run Alfa Romeo Formula 1 team that’s on the way to becoming Audi. Is he the right signing? The Race F1 Podcast debates it

NASCAR

Kobayashi latest ex-F1 driver to NASCAR with Indianapolis drive

Kamui Kobayashi will become the latest in a fast-growing list of ex-Formula 1 drivers to try NASCAR with a one-off outing in the Indianapolis road course Cup Series race in August

IndyCar

IndyCar Podcast: Can anyone stop Palou now?

A thrilling new street course venue in Detroit and a dominant win by runaway points leader Alex Palou give the hosts plenty to discuss on this week’s The Race IndyCar Podcast

Formula 1

Video: The real state of play in the battle behind Red Bull

Mercedes has momentum but Aston Martin’s had the strongest season overall, and Ferrari’s peaks are high – we dig into the battle in Red Bull’s wake

MotoGP

Podcast: A World Superbike star who deserved more from MotoGP

Chaz Davies went from being teenage junior racing rival of Casey Stoner and Cal Crutchlow to a World Supersport title and 32 World Superbike race wins, via an incredibly short-notice and daunting MotoGP debut and then a career-relaunching stint in America. He relives it all with Toby Moody on The Ra

Formula 1

Alonso’s generosity to Stroll wasn’t what it might’ve seemed

“Tell Lance not to worry, I just want to build a gap with the cars behind” was the message Fernando Alonso told Aston Martin during the Spanish Grand Prix. Alonso’s logic for doing so extends far beyond an act of generosity

Formula 1

The forgotten elements of Verstappen’s original Spain stunner

Max Verstappen’s milestone 40th Formula 1 grand prix win came at the scene of his first, when expectations were very different

Formula 1

F1 Podcast: Why Verstappen’s Spain advantage was so colossal

The Spanish Grand Prix felt like the weekend when Max Verstappen show the true extent of his dominance over the 2023 Formula 1 season, winning by a margin that could have been anything he pleased

Formula 1

Is Mercedes now Red Bull’s closest F1 rival? Our verdict

Mercedes achieved its first double podium of the 2023 Formula 1 season in the Spanish Grand Prix and even held off a Red Bull. A sign it’s now best of the rest or even able to set sights on Red Bull soon? Or a deceptive one-off as others struggled? Here are our writers’ thoughts

Formula 1

‘Just completely slow’ – Leclerc perplexed after Q1 exit

Charles Leclerc hopes and expects Ferrari to find an issue with his SF-23 as he “nearly lost it” during a red flag before his Q1 exit in Spain