Formula 1
Quiz: Name the F1 drivers with most failures to qualify
How well do you know F1’s backmarker history? See if you can name every driver to fail to qualify/pre-qualify 10 times or more in our quiz
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IndyCar
From Indy 500 wins to personal turmoil: Unser Jr’s story told
Al Unser Jr’s career came with titles and Indy 500 wins but also arrests and personal unrest. His new book tells never before heard stories of his personal and racing life
Formula 1
The first signs of F1’s blockbuster season
In the first of our writers 2021 reflection columns, Edd Straw remembers F1 pre-season testing in Bahrain and the foundations of the sensational title fight
Formula 1
Nine midfielders who changed the course of F1 title deciders
Nicholas Latifi’s late Abu Dhabi Grand Prix crash put the Williams driver into an odd pantheon of Formula 1 midfielders who unwittingly swung the course of a world championship decider. As this list shows, he’s not the first, and he surely won’t be the last
Formula 1
Does F1 need to end racing’s accepted evil – and how?
Wheel-to-wheel combat rules in Formula 1 have long been complex and inconsistent. But one rule, in particular, caused controversy in Austria. Edd Straw assesses if the rule is fit for purpose and if not, what needs to change
MotoGP
Why it’s time to scrap Moto3’s strange age limit
Moto3’s maximum age limit was designed to make sure riders moved up through the MotoGP classes. But is it working as intended?
Formula 1
Car or driver? Inside Red Bull’s F1 title-winning 2021 gains
Red Bull became the first F1 team in the hybrid era to produce a car capable of battling – and beating – Mercedes throughout a season. Mark Hughes examines how the team and Honda pulled it off, and if the RB16B deserves more praise than it sometimes got from its own team boss late in the year
MotoGP
What is arm pump? The scourge of MotoGP riders explained
So many MotoGP riders’ races or even seasons have been wrecked by ‘arm pump’. But what is it, and what can be done to cure or avoid it? Simon Patterson explains
IndyCar
‘A nightmare year’ – Inside Rosenqvist’s IndyCar slump
Felix Rosenqvist had a “nightmare” IndyCar year in 2021 and one his team called “frustrating, upsetting and embarrassing”. The Swede and Arrow McLaren SP tell Jack Benyon how they intend to fix it next season
Formula 1
We debate your verdict on the 2021 F1 season
Our latest Formula 1 podcast is not only led by your verdict on the key talking points of 2021, but for once you have the option to watch or listen to the debate
Formula 1
Where Wolff admits he and Horner ‘overstepped’ in 2021
Mercedes Formula 1 team boss Toto Wolff has made clear his dissatisfaction with how the Abu Dhabi 2021 title decider played out. But there was one aspect where Wolff readily admitted his own misjudgements – and it was one that played a peripheral but memorable part in what happened at Yas Marina
MotoGP
The trio gunning for Rossi’s ‘Sunday man’ MotoGP mantle
With Valentino Rossi moving on from MotoGP, we look at the riders who appear most likely to claim his tag as a ‘Sunday man’ who races better then he qualifies