Formula 1

Just how genuine was Sainz’s apparent Ferrari breakthrough?

Carlos Sainz enjoyed his most competitive showing of what has been a difficult sophomore F1 year with Ferrari. But is the breakthrough a sign he’s turned things around or simply a one-off?

Formula 1

Podcast: What FIA’s technical directive on bouncing really means

The Race F1 Tech Show digs into the FIA’s controversial initial attempt to combat the widespread bouncing of this year’s F1 cars

MotoGP

Abysmal German GP may set tone for rest of Honda’s season

The German GP was a nadir for Honda in MotoGP, as it failed to score a single point. But it may be yet to reach its 2022 rock bottom

Formula E

The backmarker playing its part in Formula E’s wild silly season

They might not be the most desirable seats on the 2023 Formula E grid, but there’s plenty of interest in NIO 333’s Gen3 line-up as Sam Smith explains

Formula 1

The weakness that’s left Stroll struggling to run with Vettel

Lance Stroll wasn’t a million miles away from his four-time world champion team-mate in 2021, but he’s struggling to match him this year, and as Edd Straw explains, that’s partly down to a weakness of Stroll’s F1 career so far

MotoGP

Ducati’s most doubted rider adds to its year of breakthroughs

Ducati probably won’t claim its long-awaited riders’ title this year – but it can now say all eight of its riders have started delivering on their potential

Formula 1

A warning for Max Verstappen’s 2022 F1 rivals

Despite only starting from pole position twice, Max Verstappen has won six races and has a 46-point lead in 2022, and that’s something that should worry his title rivals, says Scott Mitchell

Formula 1

Red Bull suspends F1 junior Vips for using racial slur

Formula 2 race winner Juri Vips has been suspended from Red Bull’s junior programme and will face a “full investigation” after a video emerged of him using a racial slur on a Twitch stream

Motorcycle racing

The positives amid a bleak 2022 Isle of Man TT

Overshadowed by a particularly harrowing edition of the historic event, there was still a key positive to take from the 2022 Isle of Man TT as event boss Paul Phillips tells Simon Patterson

Formula 1

Mazepin says he’s suing Haas F1 over unpaid 2022 salary

Former Haas Formula 1 driver Nikita Mazepin is suing the team over “salary arrears” he says are owed to him for the 2022 season

Formula 1

Gary Anderson: Two quickfire changes for F1’s bouncing crisis

As the FIA and the teams continue to row over bouncing, ex-F1 technical director Gary Anderson highlights a couple of problems and some solutions

IndyCar

Podcast: Newgarden on his wild 2022 IndyCar season so far

Penske driver Josef Newgarden joins The Race IndyCar Podcast to discuss the highs and lows of a 2022 season in which he’s won three times yet is still 30-plus points off the championship lead