Josh Suttill

Formula 1

Video: Why Mercedes should already be worried about 2024 F1 car

How concerned should Mercedes be about its lack of understanding of the reasons for its Miami struggles – and what does it mean for 2024? Our latest video investigates

MotoGP

Podcast: Razgatlioglu’s team boss on his MotoGP switch chances

In the latest episode of our series of in-depth conversations with paddock people, host Toby Moody sits down for a wide-ranging chat with former Suzuki MotoGP team principal (and current team principal of the Yamaha factory World Superbike squad) Paul Denning

Formula 1

Alpine CEO makes Szafnauer demand and threatens changes

Alpine CEO Laurent Rossi says “he won’t wait until the end of the year” to make changes if Alpine’s Formula 1 team keeps underdelivering in 2023

Formula 1

Contentious Miami F1 driver intros will be used at other races

Formula 1’s controversial pre-race driver introduction ceremony that debuted at the Miami Grand Prix is set to feature at more grands prix this year, even outside of the three American races

Formula 1

‘No other sport does this’ – Miami pre-race show irks F1 drivers

A number of Formula 1 drivers have criticised elements of the pre-Miami Grand Prix proceedings that included a driver-by-driver introduction 20 minutes before the start of the race

Formula 1

‘Like last year’s car’ – Hamilton’s latest Mercedes gut-kick

Lewis Hamilton’s 2023 Formula 1 season so far has been one of discontent and ‘disconnection’ with his Mercedes car. That doesn’t seem to have changed at the Miami Grand Prix

Formula 1

‘Incredibly difficult’ to fit new team in F1 paddock – Horner

Red Bull Formula 1 boss Christian Horner says it would be logistically “very difficult” to house potential new teams within the paddock given the championship’s growth

Formula 1

Russell leads Mercedes 1-2 with late Miami GP FP1 improvements

George Russell led a Mercedes one-two in the opening Formula 1 practice session at the Miami Grand Prix as Nico Hulkenberg caused a red flag when he crashed his Haas at Turn 3

Formula 1

Horner’s ‘proper circuits’ Perez wish is blunt but spot on

Was Red Bull boss Christian Horner’s remark about Sergio Perez needing to win on “proper” circuits a throwaway comment – or will it reflect the factor that decides who gets the 2023 Formula 1 crown?

MotoGP

MotoGP Podcast: Why are there so many crashes in 2023?

With red flags for scary pile-ups in both races, another rider injured and others lucky not to be, the MotoGP field had another bruising weekend at Jerez

Formula 1

Red Bull’s only Baku F1 order to Perez and Verstappen

The Azerbaijan GP was an underwhelming one, but thankfully the two dominant cars were able to go head-to-head with no orders – except one

Formula 1

Baku Podcast: Is Perez now a genuine 2023 F1 title contender?

Scott Mitchell-Malm and Mark Hughes join Edd Straw to review the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, the first of F1’s modified sprint weekends

Formula 1

Winners and losers from F1’s 2023 Azerbaijan Grand Prix

The fourth round of the 2023 Formula 1 season didn’t produce the kind of chaos the Baku City Circuit has previously thrown up but it did produce a real mix of winners and losers

Formula 1

Red Bull explains Verstappen’s badly-timed pitstop

Red Bull team boss Christian Horner has outlined the sequence of events that led to Max Verstappen’s awfully-timed pitstop in Baku

Formula 1

Baku stewards investigating FIA staff for Ocon pitlane near-miss

The Azerbaijan Grand Prix stewards are investigating FIA personnel for blocking the pitlane after Esteban Ocon had to take avoiding action to narrowly miss a gaggle of personnel at the start of the pitlane

Formula 1

Verdict: Perez’s most significant F1 win against Verstappen yet?

Sergio Perez’s second grand prix victory of the 2023 Formula 1 season brings him to within six points of Max Verstappen’s championship lead. But was it his best F1 win yet against Verstappen and does it make him more of a genuine title contender?

Formula 1

Video: The key to Red Bull’s speed that F1 rivals missed

Sergio Perez’s Baku sprint victory made it four wins from four races for Red Bull’s RB19 – but what makes it so dominant? Our video explains a key factor

Formula 1

Verstappen steps up F1 sprint criticism: ‘Scrap the whole thing’

Max Verstappen’s view of Formula 1’s sprint weekend format tweaks is that the series should “scrap the whole thing”

Formula 1

Where the real value of F1’s new all-female series lies

F1 Academy may not be broadcast live – for now – but its teams and participants are looking at much more than expanding the female drivers’ profiles with the new series

Formula 1

Who’s under most pressure as F1 resumes in Baku

As Formula 1 finally resumes after a four-week break, certain drivers and teams will be more under pressure than others. Here are our picks of those under the greatest scrutiny

Formula 1

F1’s new all-female series won’t be broadcast live

The opening rounds of Formula 1’s all-female racing series F1 Academy won’t be broadcast live. There is logic behind this, but it still feels like an own goal

IndyCar

Podcast: IndyCar’s newest winner Kirkwood on his dramatic rise

IndyCar’s latest race winner Kyle Kirkwood joins this week’s The Race IndyCar Podcast to discuss his remarkable rise

Formula 1

Our verdict on AlphaTauri’s first ever F1 team boss change

The second-longest serving Formula 1 team boss Franz Tost will leave his position at the end of the 2023 season – but how will that impact AlphaTauri and is Laurent Mekies a good choice as his successor? Our writers give their verdict

Formula 1

Ferrari’s Mekies to replace Tost as AlphaTauri F1 team boss

Franz Tost will leave his role as AlphaTauri team principal at the end of 2023, with the team snagging Ferrari’s Laurent Mekies as his replacement and also adding ex-FIA/F1 exec Peter Bayer

Formula 1

Video: How Red Bull’s other team built F1 2023’s slowest car

While one of Red Bull’s teams has built a stunningly fast car already looking nailed on to win both titles yet again in 2023, its other team is faring a lot worse

Formula 1

Podcast Q&A: Will Ricciardo return to racing in F1?

We answer your questions in the latest edition of The Race F1 Podcast ahead of Formula 1’s return to action in Azerbaijan

Formula E

Formula E Podcast: Berlin review with McLaren’s new star

Jake Hughes joins this week’s episode of The Race Formula E podcast to explain his and McLaren’s troubled Berlin weekend

Formula 1

F1’s backmarker extinction is vital to its 2023 show

The stereotypical F1 backmarker isn’t really a thing in 2023. F1 should be delighted

Formula E

Frijns leads shock Abt Formula E front row lockout in Berlin

Robin Frijns led an unlikely Abt Cupra one-two in qualifying for the second Formula E race of the Berlin double-header

Formula 1

Editor sacked and apology issued over Schumacher ‘AI interview’

The editor responsible for presenting an artificial intelligence-generated article as an interview with seven-time Formula 1 world champion Michael Schumacher, has been sacked with the publication offering an apology to Schumacher’s family

Formula E

Evans wins crazy Berlin Formula E opener after 23 lead changes

Mitch Evans claimed his second successive Formula E victory after emerging victorious from a frenetic first Berlin E-Prix of the double-header weekend that featured 23 lead changes

Formula E

Formula E has its first repeat polesitter of 2023 in Berlin

For the first time in the 2023 Formula E season, qualifying produced a repeat polesitter in the form of Sebastien Buemi

Formula 1

F1 Podcast: Is Mercedes’ reshuffle an admission of failure?

The Race F1 Podcast asks if Mercedes’ major technical change is an admission that Mike Elliott has failed in this role

Formula 1

Ricciardo’s 2023 Red Bull F1 duties include a Nordschleife run

Daniel Ricciardo will pilot a Red Bull Formula 1 car on the legendary Nordschleife circuit later this year as part of his duties as the team’s 2023 reserve driver

Promoted

WEC’s next round at Spa features record-breaking Hypercar entry

The TotalEnergies 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps will feature the biggest entry of the World Endurance Championship’s premier Hypercar class so far

Formula 1

Bad timing: F1 drivers who left before a big leap forward

How good would Sebastian Vettel’s start to the 2023 season had been if he’d stuck around in Formula 1 for Aston Martin’s big leap forward? We take a look at the other drivers who left – or were ejected from – a team just as it came good

IndyCar

McLaren unveils ‘Triple Crown’-themed Indy 500 livery set

McLaren’s IndyCar team has unveiled a set of three liveries it will use at this year’s Indianapolis 500 that are each inspired by the team’s victories in triple crown events

Formula 1

Date set to review Ferrari’s case for overturning Sainz penalty

The FIA has announced the date of a hearing to decide whether to reinvestigate Carlos Sainz’s penalty in the Australian Grand Prix following the Ferrari Formula 1 team’s petition for a review.

Formula E

F1 reserves Drugovich and Shwartzman to join FE rookie test

Formula 1 reserve drivers Felipe Drugovich and Robert Shwartzman will drive for Maserati and DS Penske respectively in the Berlin Formula E rookie test later this month

Formula 1

The sacrifice Williams will make for its long-term F1 goals

Williams is more of a threat than it expected to be so far in 2023 – but it won’t hesitate to sacrifice some of that F1 progress to make sure it’s a “step more competitive” in each of the next two seasons