MotoGP Podcast: 2023 MotoGP season preview and predictions The Race MotoGP Podcast – with special guest Amy Reynolds – previews the 2023 season and the sprint race revolution, and makes some bold predictions
Formula 1 Hamilton won’t be Mercedes’ lead driver until F1 car changes Each race offers different circumstances, but Lewis Hamilton looks unlikely to lead Mercedes until fundamental issues with its F1 car that clash with his driving style are remedied
Formula 1 Our verdict on the intra-team angst in Red Bull’s easy win Red Bull had no trouble getting a Saudi Arabian Grand Prix 1-2 even with one car starting only 15th. But the rumbles of discord between Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez hint at something that might end up defining the 2023 Formula 1 season. Here are our writers’ thoughts on it
Formula 1 Alonso ‘feels sorry’ for Russell over inherited Saudi GP podium Fernando Alonso says he feels sorry for George Russell and Mercedes that they didn’t get to celebrate the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix podium they inherited from his penalty – but is also sure that he’d have still beaten Russell if he’d been told of the penalty by the FIA in time
WEC/Le Mans Ferrari starts new WEC era on podium but Toyotas still ominous Ferrari began its return to sportscar racing’s top level with a podium in the World Endurance Championship’s Sebring season-opener to follow up its pole position – but the Toyotas were two laps ahead
Formula 1 Video: Is Aston Martin F1 car really just a green Red Bull? Red Bull hasn’t wasted a chance to joke about possible similarities between Aston Martin’s very competitive new 2023 Formula 1 car and its own title-winning 2022 design. Is that fair?
Formula 1 Podcast: Top 10 team-mate pairings of F1’s V10 era For the penultimate episode of the current series of our Bring Back V10s podcast, we’ve challenged ourselves to rank the best 10 team-mate pairings of Formula 1’s V10 era
IndyCar Indy 500 gets full field as 2014 winner secures seat The final current vacancy on the 2023 Indianapolis 500 grid has been filled by 2014 event winner and 2012 IndyCar champion Ryan Hunter-Reay
Formula 1 The discord unfolding behind Red Bull’s dominant F1 start Red Bull is absolutely nailing it on track in F1, but Helmut Marko’s blunt latest comments suggest some turmoil to be navigated off-track
Formula 1 The discord unfolding behind Red Bull’s dominant F1 start Red Bull is absolutely nailing it on track in F1, but Helmut Marko’s blunt latest comments suggest some turmoil to be navigated off-track
Formula 1 F1 Podcast: Is there any hope for Ferrari’s 2023 title bid? Ferrari at least thought it had addressed some of last year’s weaknesses going into the 2023 Formula 1 season, but it didn’t look that way in Bahrain. The Race F1 Podcast looks at why, and whether the tone for Ferrari’s year is already set
MotoGP Six things to watch at MotoGP’s final winter test MotoGP factories have just two days of running left to sign off on their 2023 specs – but can anyone respond to Ducati’s ominous form?
Formula 1 F1 Podcast: Mercedes’ big problems and Hamilton’s criticism As Mercedes admits its car concept is wrong and Lewis Hamilton complains he wasn’t listened to, The Race F1 Podcast examines what’s gone wrong and what Hamilton’s comments really mean
Formula 1 Mercedes hints at imminent ‘visible changes’ to 2023 F1 car “Visible changes” to Mercedes’ 2023 Formula 1 car are likely within the next few grands prix, but the mooted “bigger departures and more radical changes” remain some way off
Formula 1 What Hamilton saying Mercedes ‘didn’t listen’ to him means It’s not hard to see why Lewis Hamilton’s suggestion Mercedes “didn’t listen” to his complaints about its 2022 F1 car will prompt questions about his future. But it doesn’t mean there’s a game-changing element to those comments
Formula 1 Video: Mercedes needs drastic action after its big F1 mistake Mercedes admitting at the very first race of the 2023 Formula 1 season that it was wrong to persist with last year’s car design concept and needs a complete rethink was a shock development. Where does it go from here?
Formula 1 Alfa’s Alpine-foiling tactic was impressively ruthless Alfa Romeo started 2023 how it ended 2022 – with clever tactics to prevent a Formula 1 rival from scoring extra points
Formula 1 Video: How Aston Martin embarrassed its F1 rivals Aston Martin’s brilliant start to the 2023 Formula 1 season hasn’t just embarrassed Ferrari and Mercedes, it’s also raised questions over why McLaren and Alpine haven’t managed to do the same
Formula 1 F1 Podcast: Why Red Bull’s rivals were so bad in Bahrain GP There was little doubt who was going to win the 2023 Bahrain Grand Prix, but the reasons behind Max Verstappen and Red Bull’s domination of the Formula 1 season-opener provide plenty for The Race F1 Podcast to dig into
IndyCar Grosjean deserved better than IndyCar lead battle collision Romain Grosjean looked set for his long-awaited first IndyCar win until a collision with Scott McLaughlin left him out of the race and raging. Jack Benyon gives his verdict on the clash
Formula 1 How three-penalty Ocon’s Bahrain GP ‘spiralled out of control’ The bizarre array of penalties that Esteban Ocon incurred during the Bahrain Grand Prix is something the Alpine Formula 1 team is adamant will “never happen again” and Ocon himself reckons is unjust
Formula 1 Winners and losers from F1’s 2023 Bahrain Grand Prix The disparity between the drivers and teams who had a good 2023 Bahrain Grand Prix and those who had a terrible one was pretty enormous. Here’s our pick of the winners and losers
Formula 1 How bad an omen is Bahrain GP for 2023 F1 season? Our verdict The manner in which Max Verstappen won the 2023 Formula 1 season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix suggested he could realistically win the next 22 races too. What does that mean for F1? Here are our writers’ thoughts
Formula 1 ‘A second off’ – Leclerc despondent at poor Ferrari pace and DNF A failure coupled with being “very far” on pace anyway meant Charles Leclerc was in no mood for finding positives in Ferrari’s Bahrain GP
Formula 1 Verstappen dominates F1’s Bahrain GP opener, podium for Alonso Max Verstappen led a Red Bull 1-2 in the first race of the 2023 F1 season in Bahrain, as a Ferrari failure helped Fernando Alonso to a podium on his Aston Martin debut
Formula 1 Haas team-mate disparity one of biggest early-2023 F1 surprises The Haas intra-team battle isn’t expected to be one-sided in 2023 – but Kevin Magnussen finds himself in an early hole versus Nico Hulkenberg
Formula 1 Why Gasly’s starting his new F1 life from last place Pierre Gasly couldn’t have predicted he’d start his new life at Alpine from last place – here’s what he had to say after a woeful qualifying in Bahrain:
Formula 1 The battle to avoid being last in F1 has taken a twist Rather than Williams being cut adrift at the back of the Formula 1 field, it appears to be in a three-team fight at the Bahrain Grand Prix – and a team that starred on Friday is in its sights for Sunday. And things are looking up (slightly) at McLaren
Formula 1 Verstappen looks vulnerable but his main rivals look worse Max Verstappen’s latest Formula 1 title defence got off to a slightly shaky start in Bahrain Grand Prix Friday practice. But can anyone actually take advantage if his problems continue?
Formula 1 F1 Podcast: Our take on all the Bahrain GP Friday surprises We evaluate the shockwaves sent through Formula 1 by Aston Martin’s performance in the Bahrain Grand Prix weekend so far in the latest edition of The Race F1 Podcast
Formula 1 Red Bull and McLaren explain their 2026 F1 engine deal talks McLaren and Red Bull have confirmed that they have held talks about a 2026 Formula 1 engine supply deal, as first revealed by The Race
Formula 1 We answer the big F1 2023 questions Is Aston Martin as good as it looks? Is McLaren as bad as it looks? Here are our writers’ takes on the biggest questions going into F1 2023, including some of yours
IndyCar Our 2023 IndyCar season predictions IndyCar is never a predictable championship. But that hasn’t stopped us taking a shot at predicting who will be the champion, stars and flops of its 2023 season
Formula 1 Hamilton knew Mercedes was still adrift when he first tried W14 Lewis Hamilton says he knew from his very first laps in the Mercedes W14 that it was not going to be quick enough at the start of the season
Formula 1 Last but a better last – Albon’s pessimistic Williams assessment Williams will start the 2023 F1 season bottom of the pile and its main aim at present is to be a less distant last. That’s the “bit more pessimistic than optimistic” opinion of Alex Albon ahead of the Bahrain GP season opener
Formula 1 Bring Back V10s: The mystery of Frentzen’s Williams failure Williams had so much faith in Heinz-Harald Frentzen it sacked 1996 world champion Damon Hill to make way for him – but he flopped. Bring Back V10s looks at why
Formula 1 Haas’s big decision looks a success – but ‘stress test’ awaits The seamless way Nico Hulkenberg has slotted back into F1, with Haas, is impressive. But we’ll need to wait for the “honeymoon phase” – to use his words – to finish to properly judge that relationship
Formula 1 Susie Wolff appointed head of F1’s new all-female series Former Williams Formula 1 test driver, Venturi Formula E team boss and Dare to be Different creator Susie Wolff has become managing director of the new all-female F1 Academy series
Formula 1 AlphaTauri: Red Bull has ruled out F1 sale Red Bull has ruled out selling AlphaTauri and “will continue supporting” its second Formula 1 team in the future, according to AlphaTauri team principal Franz Tost
Formula 1 Alfa Romeo’s biggest F1 problem is 50% solved for 2023 Even when Alfa Romeo was a bona fide front-of-the-midfield force in 2022, there was one an instability impeding its performance. But this year’s C43 Formula 1 car looks confidence-inspiring
