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My 10 inspirational drivers – Sam Smith
Sam Smith picks 10 drivers he’s admired either from afar or have been lucky to get to know working in PR and media over the course of his career
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Formula 1
What O’Ward needs to do to impress McLaren’s F1 team
Excited onlookers are keen to see whether Pato O’Ward can do the rarely thinkable and jump from IndyCar to F1. McLaren CEO Zak Brown outlines how the Mexican driver can make a case to be considered
Formula 1
Kvyat urges against ‘unfair’ banning of Russian athletes
Ex-Formula 1 driver Daniil Kvyat has spoken out against the Russia/Ukraine war but urged sports federations such as the FIA to hold back from barring Russian athletes and teams from competing.
IndyCar
Was McLaren’s dire IndyCar opener as bad as it looked?
Arrow McLaren SP’s IndyCar season opener shouldn’t have been the disaster it appeared to be. Plenty worked against the team at St Petersburg, but it can’t afford to make such weekends a habit
Formula 1
The case for giving Andretti an F1 entry
McLaren’s Zak Brown says prospective F1 entrant Andretti could generate enough extra income to offset the impact on each team’s percentage share of revenue
IndyCar
Podcast: The gravity of new IndyCar winner’s first triumph
Falling out of his car in victory lane was just one of the factors that made Scott McLaughlin an endearing first-time winner at St Petersburg. The Race IndyCar podcast looks at the touring-car convert’s journey to victory
Formula 1
Gary Anderson: How Red Bull’s dramatic sidepod design works
The Red Bull sidepod design with the ultra-aggressive undercut at the front has been one of the big technical talking points of the 2022 Formula 1 pre-season so far because it is one of the most visually distinctive designs. Gary Anderson explores it
Formula E
Formula E is on the cusp of solving its feast/famine blight
Formula E should be making hay while other series sleep, but it’s a quarter of a way through an eight-week break after three races in three weekends to start the year. But it’s taking the hit on that in the hope of a long-term gain
MotoGP
Comparing MotoGP’s contenders for 2022 graduate honours
Two of MotoGP’s 2022 rookies looked like sure-fire candidates to be top of the new crop in last year’s post-season Jerez test, but another might have since added himself to the pack. Here’s how the quintet of newcomers are likely to start the season
Formula 1
How fast the 2022 F1 cars really are
Formula 1 pre-season testing has confirmed something that team development curves have been hinting at for a while: the 2022 cars are looking seriously quick
Formula 1
FIA to hold ‘extraordinary’ meeting over Ukraine crisis
The FIA has convened a meeting of the World Motor Sport Council for Tuesday to discuss the crisis in Ukraine in the wake of Russia’s invasion of the country
IndyCar
Did one of best IndyCar rules contribute to Grosjean crash?
One of IndyCar’s qualifying rules gives it a massive advantage over pretty much every other circuit racing series. But implementing it correctly is crucial – with Romain Grosjean’s practice crash at St Petersburg the highest-profile proof of that