Formula 1

Mark Hughes: What pole fight reveals about Ferrari and Red Bull

Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen’s Bahrain Grand Prix qualifying laps speak volumes about Ferrari and Red Bull’s relative strengths and the potential 2022 Formula 1 title rivals’ driving styles

Formula 1

Faith in upgrade made Mercedes realise problems ‘much too late’

Mercedes realised the problems with its 2022 Formula 1 car “much too late” because it was relying too much on its Bahrain test upgrade, according to Toto Wolff

IndyCar

Rosenqvist claims first IndyCar pole for McLaren at Texas

Felix Rosenqvist took his second IndyCar pole position and his first for Arrow McLaren SP, as championship leader and Penske’s Scott McLaughlin was just 0.003s slower over two laps in Texas

Formula 1

Aston Martin losing over half a second to porpoising

Aston Martin admits its 2022 Formula 1 car is losing a huge amount of pace to porpoising and the compromises it’s forcing, after its Q1 exit at the Bahrain Grand Prix

Formula 1

Why Russell’s first 2022 Mercedes qualifying hour went so badly

George Russell has waited for a long time for his first qualifying session as a full-time Mercedes Formula 1 driver. Unfortunately, it went far worse than he could have anticipated as he stumbled to ninth on the grid for the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix

Formula 1

Leclerc beats Verstappen to Bahrain pole for 2022 F1 opener

Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc beat reigning world champion Max Verstappen to take pole position in the first qualifying of Formula 1’s new era in Bahrain

Formula 1

How a new F1 set-up inspired by Abu Dhabi review will work

The FIA’s new remote race control support set-up will essentially remove time-consuming, non-urgent tasks from the race director during Formula 1 races

Formula 1

Our verdict on the FIA’s Abu Dhabi 2021 report

The FIA finally released a summary of its Abu Dhabi 2021 report on the eve of Bahrain 2022 qualifying. Here are our writers’ takes on what was said, what wasn’t, and the timing

Formula 1

F1 evaluating ‘virtual unlapping’ after Abu Dhabi controversy

Formula 1 will evaluate the possibility of introducing a “virtual unlapping procedure” next season as one of the recommendations of the FIA report into the handling of last year’s Abu Dhabi season finale

MotoGP

‘Unfair’ change has hurt Honda and lifted Ducati – Espargaro

A “pissed off” Pol Espargaro says Michelin’s decision to bring a stiffer-construction rear tyre to Mandalika has ripped up the form book

Formula 1

FIA admits ‘human error’ but says Masi acted ‘in good faith’

The FIA’s executive summary of its report claims ex-race director Michael Masi acted “in good faith” in the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix but “human error” impacted how lapped cars were handled

Formula 1

FIA releases ‘executive summary’ of Abu Dhabi GP report

The FIA has released what it calls an “executive summary” of the findings of its report into the controversial finish to the 2021 Formula 1 world championship at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix