W Series failed on track but its legacy’s bigger than it seems
W Series’ demise is now official. It was a flawed product and it failed in its aims. But it succeeded in ways it might not have anticipated
Ferrari’s unresolved Q1 exit mystery leaves Leclerc worried
Charles Leclerc was convinced his awful Spanish Grand Prix qualifying form was due to a car problem, but Ferrari’s post-race inspections found nothing wrong with it. So what happened? Scott Mitchell-Malm has some theories
‘You’re not doing that’ – Verstappen denied Nordschleife F1 run
Reigning Formula 1 world champion Max Verstappen says he wanted to join Sebastian Vettel and Daniel Ricciardo in driving an F1 car around the Nordschleife but was blocked by Red Bull motorsport advisor Helmut Marko
Does Le Mans make up for Ferrari’s F1 pain – or underline it?
The Ferrari 499P’s debut Le Mans 24 Hours win is a huge triumph for the Prancing Horse, but how does it reflect on its flagship F1 programme?
Aston Martin’s past progress is new Mercedes’ real benchmark
Mercedes’ major in-season shift in concept is reminiscent of what Aston Martin did last year. And if Mercedes can match Aston’s rate, it’s properly back in business
Podcast: Are other exploits helping or hindering Ferrari in F1?
Does Ferrari’s success in its first assault on the Le Mans 24 Hours since returning to sportscar racing’s top class put pressure on its F1 team? That’s asked on The Race F1 Podcast
Why Red Bull has copied F1’s slowest car
Every little helps in Formula 1 and, for Red Bull, that even means interrogating design ideas pioneered by the team that’s been slowest for most of the ground effect era so far – Williams – and finding a use for them in its all-conquering RB19
Podcast: Why hasn’t cost cap penalty caused Red Bull more pain?
This week’s episode of The Race F1 Tech Show podcast explains how Red Bull has mitigated the impact of the aero testing restrictions imposed on it for breaching the F1 cost cap – and why its rivals haven’t taken advantage
Vettel to be reunited with title-winning Red Bull at Nurburgring
Sebastian Vettel will be reunited with the Red Bull RB7 with which he won the 2011 Formula 1 drivers’ championship at the Red Bull Formula Nurburgring festival in September
How Vettel reached his towering best in F1 with Red Bull
Sebastian Vettel’s brilliance was era-defining during his title-winning years. His upcoming reunion with one of the Red Bull F1 cars he was so dominant with should be a reminder of that
