Formula 1

Gary Anderson: Red Bull sidepods show likely Mercedes flaw

The 2022 F1 cars may have a variety of concepts, but it’s the small details that matter. Examining those leaves Gary Anderson with questions about the consistency of airflow the Mercedes can deliver to its underfloor

MotoGP

Fresh freight delays could disrupt MotoGP’s Austin weekend

The 2022 MotoGP world championship is set to face fresh logistical hurdles for the second weekend in a row, after new problems in moving freight from the last round at Argentina’s Termas de Rio Hondo circuit to the Circuit of the Americas in Texas

Formula 1

What Ferrari must avoid repeating from recent F1 title failures

Ferrari looks to be back in Formula 1 title contention for the first time since 2018. Now it must avoid a repeat of the errors that cost it so dearly then, as Scott Mitchell explains

MotoGP

Marquez to make MotoGP return in Austin after vision problems

Honda rider Marc Marquez is set to return to MotoGP action at the Circuit of the Americas after having missed two races due to diplopia

Formula 1

Track changes Ricciardo aided will mean ‘totally different’ GP

Daniel Ricciardo reckons the new Australian Grand Prix track layout will mean a “totally different” race, after assisting in the process of the Melbourne circuit’s redesign

MotoGP

Mir’s title-making MotoGP trump card might be back

Joan Mir is yet to stand on the MotoGP podium in 2022, but he may have rediscovered “that feeling that made me be so strong in 2020”

Formula 1

F1’s expansion exposes its flawed ‘positive messaging’ defence

Opinion: Formula 1’s strategy of deflecting criticism about where it races it to talk up the benefits it can bring to those territories, but that one-size-fits-all defence is too hit and hope, and only a vague admission that it doesn’t like some aspects of the places it sometimes visits

Formula 1

F1 drivers’ early 2022 feedback blighted by familiar concern

A concern heard regularly before Formula 1’s rules overhaul for 2022 has emerged in the early feedback from drivers on changes designed to improve the quality of racing

IndyCar

IndyCar shouldn’t fear F1’s US expansion, but can’t sit idly by

Drivers in the US have spoken with caution about the impacts on IndyCar of F1’s expansion in America. If anything there’s a chance for the domestic single-seater series will gain from this – but it can’t sit back and do nothing

MotoGP

MotoGP podcast: Aprilia completes its incredible transformation

A landmark MotoGP win for Aprilia and Aleix Espargaro takes centre stage in the latest episode of The Race MotoGP Podcast

Formula 1

How unprecedented four DRS zones will impact F1’s Australian GP

Four DRS zones in Australia may seem a bizarre choice after how the 2022 season started, but Melbourne is a very different type of F1 circuit

Formula 1

Steiner: F1 car upgrades can be ‘overrated’

While Haas is back to developing its F1 car after hitting pause in 2021, Guenther Steiner warns that upgrades are “a bit overrated sometimes”