IndyCar

The underappreciated aspect of O’Ward’s IndyCar growth

Think Pato O’Ward, think amazing car control and charging race drives. But consistency…? Despite fraught circumstances recently, McLaren’s IndyCar star has quietly made a qualifying approach breakthrough

Formula 1

Ricciardo at a loss to explain large Silverstone gap to Norris

Daniel Ricciardo said there is no “explanation or reason” for why he has trailed McLaren team-mate Lando Norris so much at the British GP

Formula 1

British GP wet-weather underperformers explained

Plenty of F1 underdogs would’ve been delighted when rain just before British GP qualifying – yet many of them would end the day disappointed

Formula E

Winners and losers from Formula E’s Marrakesh E-Prix

The stand-in Marrakesh race yielded yet another championship lead change in this year’s fascinating Formula E title race

Formula 1

Mercedes surprised by rival floor flexing hinted at by FIA

Toto Wolff has expressed surprise that Mercedes’ rival F1 teams have apparently designed their cars’ floors to flex more than the regulations intended to allow

IndyCar

A slump has done IndyCar’s surprise 2022 winner good

After an extraordinary start to his second IndyCar season, Scott McLaughlin’s title bid collapsed with a run of errors. Now he’s back in business. Here are McLaughlin’s thoughts on it, and Josef Newgarden’s thoughts on him

Formula 1

Video: Why Honda’s 2023 F1 ‘return’ helps Red Bull and Porsche

Honda’s not really returning to Formula 1 in 2023 – in a way, it didn’t actually leave – but its name is likely to reappear on an official entry list

Formula 1

Unexpected proof that F1 must let design geniuses loose again

A recent record run by an oddball design made our columnist Jim Wright think Formula 1’s cost cap should actually allow proper creative freedom. Fan cars? Active suspension? Why not…

Prototype Series

Video: Watch Monza European Le Mans race

Watch the four-hour European Le Mans Series race from Monza live as a 42-car sportscar field does battle at the classic Italian venue

Formula E

Porsche reveals reasons for its terrible Marrakesh race

Porsche’s Marrakesh Formula E race performance was bad to an almost bizarre degree, prompting speculation it was trying a wild strategy gamble. Sam Smith found out what really happened

IndyCar

O’Ward gets first IndyCar pole of 2022 as title rivals flounder

Arrow McLaren SP’s Pato O’Ward became IndyCar 2022’s ninth polesitter in nine races at Mid-Ohio, on a day when all three drivers ahead of him in the championship qualified badly

Formula E

Did DS Techeetahs make it ‘too easy’ for Mortara to beat them?

DS Techeetah had two quick cars up front and a strong team plan, yet lost the Marrakesh Formula E race. And that prompted a lot of frustration from Jean-Eric Vergne and Antonio Felix da Costa