IndyCar The vision guiding McLaren IndyCar team’s new ex-F1 boss Gavin Ward has worked with Team Penske’s IndyCar outfit and Red Bull in Formula 1, but he’s keen to do things his own way as he’s effectively promoted to McLaren’s new IndyCar team leader
IndyCar McLaren’s IndyCar team rebranding will be the end of an era A minor branding change for McLaren’s IndyCar programme for 2023 won’t affect how the team runs, but has sentimental significance for long-time fans
Formula 1 This F1 exile would fit perfectly with an IndyCar underdog Marcus Armstrong taking the Ganassi IndyCar drive that was long-rumoured for ousted Williams Formula 1 driver Nicholas Latifi doesn’t mean there isn’t another attractive option for Latifi to pursue in IndyCar
IndyCar Why IndyCar engine U-turn happened – and what it should do next The news that IndyCar is now sticking with its 2.2-litre engine for 2024, rather than introducing a new one, is a blow – even if it was the right call to prioritise introducing hybrid. How did it end up here, and what are the implications?
IndyCar IndyCar drops new engine for 2024, will still become hybrid IndyCar will not introduce its new 2.4-litre engine for 2024, and will add the new hybrid unit to the current 2.2-litre engine instead
IndyCar Grosjean adds Lamborghini LMDh role alongside IndyCar drive Romain Grosjean has taken one step closer to returning to the Le Mans 24 Hours after adding a sportscars programme with Lamborghini to his 2023 schedule
IndyCar Newgarden and McLaughlin to make top-level sportscars debut Josef Newgarden will get his first taste of a top-level sportscar race when he joins current Penske IndyCar team-mate Scott McLaughlin in the LMP2 category of the Daytona 24 Hours
IndyCar Why Power’s IndyCar crew was so desperate for another title Will Power felt he owed his Penske crew another IndyCar title. His crew felt just as emphatically that Power was owed one too. David Faustino – Power’s engineer since 2007! – explains what changed, and what didn’t, to make the 2022 championship possible
NASCAR Seven international tracks NASCAR should race on NASCAR appears more willing than it has in recent memory to take the Cup Series outside of the US. So, if it chose to do so, where should it go? The Race has some suggestions
IndyCar IndyCar champion Power broke ribs in karting roll Reigning IndyCar champion Will Power has revealed he suffered broken ribs in a recent karting crash
IndyCar Ganassi adds F2 race winner Armstrong to IndyCar line-up Marcus Armstrong will drive the fourth Chip Ganassi Racing IndyCar entry on the road and street courses in 2023
Formula 1 The Piastri fallback? McLaren’s F1 reserve choice explained McLaren has signed IndyCar champion Alex Palou to be its reserve driver for the 2023 Formula 1 season, but just how significant is the announcement? Is it a bargaining tool for its hopes of Palou racing for its IndyCar team or is McLaren preparing its backup if rookie Oscar Piastri fails to deliver?
IndyCar F1 junior Chadwick to race in IndyCar’s rebadged feeder series Three-time W Series champion and Williams Formula 1 junior Jamie Chadwick will race in America next season for Andretti Autosport in the IndyCar feeder series formerly known as Indy Lights
Formula 1 F1 podcast: Binotto Ferrari exit reaction, and what’s next We discuss the consequences of Mattia Binotto’s resignation as Ferrari team principal in the latest edition of The Race F1 Podcast
Formula 1 Is Binotto exit really what’s best for Ferrari? – Our verdict Mattia Binotto’s stint as Ferrari’s Formula 1 team boss is over. Is that the right outcome? Here are our writers’ thoughts
Formula 1 This F1 reserve would leave for IndyCar in a heartbeat Pietro Fittipaldi has been getting plenty of mileage as Haas’s test and reserve driver in F1, but IndyCar’s where he really wants to be
Formula 1 F1’s last American on Sargeant and the two sides to Herta snub Formula 1’s last American driver Alexander Rossi gives his take on how Logan Sargeant got to F1, and how halting IndyCar drivers like Colton Herta from switching to F1 is both right and wrong
IndyCar Another Indy 500 entry is in. What’s the field looking like? It’s November, and there are already 31 entries for next year’s Indianapolis 500 now that Dreyer & Reinbold Racing has partnered with Cusick Motorsports to field Stefan Wilson. Who else could join the field?
Formula 1 Is Haas right to drop Schumacher for Hulkenberg? Our verdict Our writers debate whether Nico Hulkenberg really is Haas’s best 2023 Formula 1 driver option, plus the wider implications of the signing on the championship, the driver he replaces and the team he joins
Formula 1 O’Ward’s F1 practice bow the least his bittersweet year deserved Pato O’Ward hasn’t had the easiest 2022 but he will cap it off in style by making his Formula 1 practice debut with McLaren. O’Ward tells our American Editor about his bittersweet year, his ‘rivalry” with Palou and his dream F1 weekend bow
Formula 1 F1 Tech Podcast: How Mercedes turned around its problematic W13 Host Edd Straw and former F1 technical director Gary Anderson discuss how Mercedes has been able to turn its problematic W13 into a grand prix winner on this week’s The Race F1 Tech Show
IndyCar IndyCar team targets 2025 seat for 16-year-old LMP2 star Ed Carpenter Racing has signed 16-year-old Josh Pierson to a driver development programme with the mutual goal of an IndyCar seat in 2025
Formula 1 Mercedes didn’t tell Russell about potential race-ending leak George Russell had a water leak that threatened his Brazilian Grand Prix victory – and the Mercedes Formula 1 driver didn’t even know about it during the race
Formula 1 FIA explains bizarre Tsunoda safety car unlapping anomaly Yuki Tsunoda ended up stuck a lap down when all other lapped cars were allowed through ahead of the Brazilian Grand Prix restart. This is why
Formula 1 Ricciardo gets grid penalty for his final McLaren race Daniel Ricciardo has a three-place grid penalty for what might be his final Formula 1 race, thanks to his Brazilian Grand Prix collision with Kevin Magnussen
Formula 1 Alpine laments ‘882 toxic’ social media comments after sprint Alpine says it received ‘882 toxic comments’ on its social media channels and has threatened action against those committing online abuse
Formula 1 Hamilton and others escape start penalties for unusual reason Mercedes’ first front row sweep of the 2022 Formula 1 season has been saved after Lewis Hamilton and other drivers under investigation escaped a penalty for a start violation which the FIA has put down to the small Interlagos grid boxes
Formula 1 Sainz handed grid penalty for F1’s Brazilian GP Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz will take a five-place grid penalty for the Brazilian Grand Prix
IndyCar An upturned IndyCar duel that really deserves more buzz This many years into the IndyCar engine cycle, it is still throwing up surprises within a Chevrolet-Honda duel that should be a bigger deal
Formula 1 IndyCar’s F1-testing duo see a superlicence ‘blockage’ It’s not just drivers from IndyCar backgrounds that Formula 1’s superlicence system hampers. Anyone whose career has deviated from the F2/F3 norm is up against it, whether their path has been “diverse” or “insane”, reckons Pato O’Ward
Formula 1 McLaren star’s new attitude towards his F1 dream McLaren’s best driver outside of Formula 1 will make his FP1 debut in Abu Dhabi – and his attitude has changed since he drove there last year as Jack Benyon explains
IndyCar Another Indy Lights revamp as series rebranded Indy NXT Indy Lights has been renamed and will be known as the Indy NXT Series, pronounced ‘next’, going forwards
IndyCar McLaren lands key Ganassi sponsor + Kanaan for Indy 500 McLaren has committed to running a fourth car at the Indianapolis 500 in 2023 and will field Tony Kanaan, who along with key sponsor NTT Data has been poached from Ganassi
IndyCar Winners and losers from a wild year in IndyCar’s junior series The main three championships that provide a pathway to IndyCar will hand out around $1.5million in scholarships. but the champions of some series on the Road To Indy have faired better than others with sorting 2023 plans
Formula 1 F1 Tech Show: The dark art of F1 paint and its impact on aero The complicated world of how F1 paint affects aerodynamics and McLaren’s new groundbreaking screen tech to demonstrate sponsors are key topics on this week’s The Race F1 Tech Show
IndyCar Former AlphaTauri F1 target Herta extends Andretti deal to 2027 Colton Herta has agreed a new contract with Andretti Autosport to race for the IndyCar team through the 2027 season
Formula 1 Eight things F1 needs to know about Palou Alex Palou makes his Formula 1 grand prix weekend debut with McLaren at Austin. Here’s why the 2021 IndyCar champion is so highly-rated, and might suit F1 well
Formula 1 Why driving Senna’s McLaren left O’Ward feeling ‘mad’ IndyCar star Pato O’Ward is a pretty excitable character. But his excitement over the experience of driving Ayrton Senna’s 1990 McLaren Formula 1 car was another level
IndyCar Major changes for IndyCar’s Force Indy diversity project The Force Indy team that aims to encourage African American participation in IndyCar and its supporting series has undergone a major reshuffle for 2023
IndyCar What IndyCar’s latest convert can learn from a fellow ex-F1 junior With Marcus Armstrong looking likely to nab the second seat at Dale Coyne Racing with HMD, three ace Formula 2 drivers will have switched to IndyCar over the last three consecutive years. What can Armstrong learn from the last F2 driver to switch?