Formula 1

Haas needs morale boost and to show head-start wasn’t wasted

Even putting the Nikita Mazepin/Uralkali upheaval aside, Haas needs a good final 2022 pre-season Formula 1 test having only managed one decent day from three at Barcelona. And given it wrote off its 2021 season to focus on getting 2022 right, that’s not ideal

Formula 1

Test two F1 cars could be very different – especially Mercedes

Whether it’s down to just the nature of development and build cycles, or in reaction to Barcelona problems, many Formula 1 teams are expected to have very different cars in Bahrain for this week’s final pre-season test. And will Mercedes repeat its trick of 2017 and ’19?

IndyCar

The unsung hero behind two IndyCar prodigies

Josef Newgarden and Colton Herta are arguably America’s top two IndyCar talents of the last decade. And the same man engineered them for their first steps in the series. Nathan O’Rourke reveals a few secrets

NASCAR

Ex-F1 driver Tarso Marques makes comeback in NASCAR Cup

Former Formula 1 racer Tarso Marques will make a surprise top-level motorsport comeback with a part-time NASCAR Cup programme in 2022

Formula 1

When F1 management games had their surreal ‘golden era’

Following the announcement of F1 Manager 2022, we look back at the brief and distant history of Formula 1 management games

Formula 1

Why F1 is so much more of an ‘efficiency race’ in 2022

Formula 1’s development battle in 2022 is “an efficiency race” given the impact of the cost cap and aerodynamic testing restrictions, according to Williams team boss Jost Capito

MotoGP

Podcast: The many storylines of MotoGP’s brilliant 2022 opener

Ducati’s fantastically mixed outing and the rest of the surprising storylines are discussed in the post-Qatar GP edition of our MotoGP podcast

MotoGP

‘Worried’ Quartararo’s deadline for a Yamaha MotoGP turnaround

Fabio Quartararo has hinted at a fresh deadline for Yamaha after a disappointing opening round to the 2022 MotoGP season

Formula E

Formula E teams split as rookie test is likely to be axed again

It looks like there won’t be a Formula E rookie test for a second straight year in 2022, and some teams think more should be done to salvage it

MotoGP

‘Riding like monkeys’ – MotoGP 2022’s unseen first rookie scrap

It may not have earned as much TV coverage as the lead battle but the fight for the last point in MotoGP’s Qatar season-opener was enthralling and left the victor frustrated

Formula 1

New F1 cars already close to predicted end-of-2022 performance

The performance of the 2022 Formula 1 cars is already close to what teams expected to have by the end of the season, according to Pirelli

Formula 1

The ‘aggressive’ dark horse of F1 testing so far

With admiring glances from rivals for a tidy car and a relatively untroubled start to 2022, AlphaTauri could be on course to continue to mix it with the manufacturers