Valentin Khorounzhiy

Formula 1

F1-hopeful Portimao has held closed-doors trial

Portugal’s Algarve International Circuit believes it is “probably in the best position in Europe to hold a race”, and is keen to have Formula 1 at the venue among other series.

Formula 1

Allison predicts ‘explosion of creativity’ from Mercedes

Mercedes technical director James Allison suspects there will be an “explosion of creative effort” in the Formula 1 team once the crisis-enforced shutdown ends

Formula 1

The human aspects behind F1’s impregnable facade

The seemingly unstoppable Mercedes Formula 1 team can often come off as clinical in its successes – but, as James Allison’s story reminds us, the outfit is not short of humanity

NASCAR

Ganassi names Kenseth as Larson replacement

NASCAR Cup Series champion Matt Kenseth will join Chip Ganassi Racing as the replacement for Kyle Larson, who was fired for using a racial slur during an online race earlier this month.

Formula 1

IndyCar bow proved Norris is racing’s most important driver

The virtual IndyCar race at COTA was another showcase for the mass appeal that makes McLaren Formula 1 driver Lando Norris so important

Touring Car

BTCC reveals August-November calendar for nine-round season

The British Touring Car Championship has announced a plan to fit its 2020 season across August to November

Formula 1

F1 reveals new 2020 calendar plan with July start

Formula 1 has outlined a compact schedule of races for a 2020 season that will begin with a run of spectator-free grands prix in Europe, starting in Austria

Formula E

Every Formula E driver ranked: 20-1

From the young upstarts to the veteran champions, we round out our complete ranking of all Formula E drivers ever with the top 20

Formula 1

F1 teams’ junior driver rosters ranked

Formula 1 teams are always on the lookout for the next generation of talent to sign up and keep in the fold until they are ready to graduate to the top-tier of single-seater formula – but which team has snapped up the most promising future line-up so far?

Gaming

How a sewing machine spring kept an IndyCar driver racing

IndyCar’s iRacing Challenge is fought over in thousand-dollar equipment and with feedback from real engineers – but there’s still an element of DIY. Just ask Zach Veach.

Formula E

Formula E announces surprise new multi-year Rome deal

Rome is set to retain a Formula E race in the city until 2025 after Formula E announced an extraordinary surprise new deal

Gaming

Three-way tie among pros sets up All-Star Cup title showdown

BMW Formula E racer Maximilian Guenther will be level with Mike Epps and Gabby Chaves heading into the All-Star Cup decider for Pro competitors

Formula 1

F1 gains $1bn in liquidity, advances team payments

Formula 1 has gained more than $1billion in liquidity and awarded advance payments to some teams in its bid to secure the championship’s financial health amid the global health crisis

Formula 1

Podcast: When Ferrari’s F1 empire began to crumble

Ferrari’s disastrous 2005 Formula 1 season is the subject of the latest episode of our Bring Back V10s podcast.

Formula 1

The ‘real’ Leclerc: An unexpected new side to F1’s darling

Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc’s streaming exploits – which he says may be “the closest that you can get to the real me” – have been a true highlight of the current hiatus

Gaming

Dixon trying to avoid iRacing ‘slippery slope’

Four-time IndyCar champion Scott Dixon says he wants to avoid a “slippery slope’ of playing for hours on his sim, as he competes in the series’ iRacing Challenge

Formula 1

Why the GP F1 nearly lost could be its 2020 saviour

Its place on the Formula 1 calendar was in major doubt just some months ago, yet the latest events have reinforced Silverstone’s status as F1’s “rock”

Formula 1

Steiner: Haas will stay in F1, crisis response will help

Guenther Steiner believes the Haas team is “here to stay” in Formula 1 and that the championship’s response to the current crisis will help combat owner Gene Haas’s long-standing reservations

Gaming

The ‘lack of respect’ IndyCar can avoid with iRacing lessons

Crashes in the IndyCar’s iRacing Challenge have led to concerns over a “lack of respect” having “pretty bad” consequences when real-world racing resumes – yet drivers also suggested that the esports series could help teach newcomers in a safe environment. The debate has peaked over the last two roun

Formula 1

F1 tracks willing to host midweek GPs to help season start

The Red Bull Ring and Silverstone are willing to host consecutive grands prix, including midweek races, if that is what Formula 1 needs to start its season in July

MotoGP

Who can Ducati sign for 2021?

Ducati is thought to be eager for a MotoGP line-up shake-up for 2021 – but with Rins joining Quartararo and Vinales on the list of contenders committing elsewhere, who’s left for it to turn to?

Formula 1

Vettel: F1 must help small teams against existential threat

Four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel has urged Formula 1 to “look out for each other” because small teams’ “existence is in question” amid the current global crisis

Gaming

IndyCar’s Power to join Supercars online series for Bathurst

IndyCar champion and Indianapolis 500 winner Will Power will follow in Red Bull Formula 1 driver Max Verstappen’s footsteps in taking on this week’s Australian Supercars esports event

Formula 1

Podcast: How an F1 career impacts racing commentary

Karun Chandhok joins the The Race Formula 1 Podcast for an in-depth discussion on how his racing career impacts his work as a Formula 1 pundit

Formula 1

Van der Linde wins Redline races, Verstappen bags two podiums

Kelvin van der Linde won both races of the Team Redline follow-up series’ round at Oulton Park, as Red Bull Formula 1 driver Max Verstappen bagged a pair of podiums

Formula 1

F1 driver charity series raises over $70k, is won by Leclerc

Formula 1 drivers raised over $70 thousand in their Race for the World charity series, in which Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc was declared the winner

Gaming

“Night and day” difference between sim work and esports

The first World’s Fastest Gamer winner Rudy van Buren says the difference between racing in esports at home and professional sim work for real-life teams is a “night and day”

Formula 1

F1 Revisited: Will Hill quit after his home GP?

As part of our ‘F1 revisited’ series, we look back at the events leading up to the 1999 British GP – which many expected to be Damon Hill’s F1 swansong

Formula 1

How Vettel’s new Ferrari contract has been complicated

One of the biggest stories of the Formula 1 season remains whether Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari will continue their partnership beyond 2020, but how has the lockdown affected things?

Formula 1

Sainz, Correa and Immobile join F1 Virtual GP grid

Carlos Sainz Jr, Juan Manuel Correa and Ciro Immobile will join the Formula 1 Virtual GP grid for this weekend’s Shanghai race, run in place of the postponed real-life Chinese Grand Prix

Formula 1

Podcast: How Jordan nearly showed up McLaren, Ferrari in 1999

Jordan’s unlikely assault on the Formula 1 world championship in 1999 is the subject of our latest Bring Back V10s podcast. With just a handful of races left in the ’99 season, Jordan driver Heinz-Harald Frentzen found himself on the verge of a championship challenge against McLaren’s Mika Hakkinen

Formula 1

McLaren dismisses Ferrari idea amid ‘final wake-up call’

McLaren team boss Andreas Seidl has dismissed Ferrari’s proposal of different budget caps for Formula 1 teams

Formula 1

F1 2020 game gets release date, new ‘driver-manager’ mode

The 2020 edition of the official Formula 1 video game will be released July 10 this year, developer Codemasters has announced

Formula E

Formula E online series launched with elimination race format

Formula E has launched its own esports series to be held over the coming nine weeks – the ABB FIA Formula E Race at Home Challenge

Formula 1

Podcast: Why F1 car size and weight have spiralled

The latest edition of The Gary Anderson F1 Show podcasts asks if anything can be done to make Formula 1 cars smaller and lighter

Formula 1

The F1 rulebook clues to how race weekends may change in 2020

The FIA’s step to waive the unanimity requirement to change specific parts of the Formula 1 rulebook offers clues on what grand prix weekends could look like in 2020

Formula 1

Podcast: The qualities that made Moss a great racing driver

The outpouring of tributes following the death of Sir Stirling Moss shows how beloved he was, but what made him so great a racing driver?

Gaming

Has Larson’s racial slur use cost NASCAR a future champion?

Kyle Larson’s regrettable use of a racial slur leaves him facing an uphill battle to live up to his widely-recognised potential as a future NASCAR great

Gaming

Pagenaud ‘training five hours a day’ for virtual IndyCar races

The IndyCar iRacing Challenge’s latest winner Simon Pagenaud says he has been practicing “five hours minimum” per day to get up to speed in the simracing series for Team Penske

Formula 1

Video: The rise and fall of Fernando Alonso in F1

Two-time world champion Fernando Alonso’s turbulent Formula 1 career is charted in our latest F1 history video