Formula 1

Mark Hughes: The truth behind latest Mercedes/Red Bull swing

Is Mercedes’ diffuser stall trick not as good as it seemed? Or has Red Bull just underperformed lately? Mark Hughes looks at why Red Bull is back on top at Austin after struggling at Istanbul

Formula 1

Why Verstappen felt unsettled until his final qualifying lap

United States GP poleman Max Verstappen felt unsettled in his Red Bull until his final lap in Formula 1 qualifying

Formula 1

Verstappen beats Hamilton and Perez to Austin F1 pole

Max Verstappen beat his Formula 1 championship rival Lewis Hamilton to pole position for the United States Grand Prix

Formula 1

Everything that happened in final US GP F1 practice

Sergio Perez was fastest again in final practice for Formula 1’s United States Grand Prix at Austin, as both Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton had quicker laps deleted for exceeding track limits

MotoGP

Mir apologises after bike hits camera tower in MotoGP crash

Reigning MotoGP champion Joan Mir has offered his apologies after his Suzuki hit a camera tower at the final corner at Misano in qualifying

Formula 1

Gary Anderson: What Mercedes did in Hamilton’s Friday pitstop

The Mercedes Formula 1 team was spotted topping something up on Lewis Hamilton’s car in a pitstop during United States Grand Prix Friday practice. Gary Anderson thinks it was practising a mid-race fix

MotoGP

‘I was desperate’ – Rossi on losing Simoncelli and creating VR46

Valentino Rossi has admitted that losing close friend Marco Simoncelli 10 years ago today was “one of the worst moments” of his life but also the trigger for the creation of the VR46 Academy

Formula 1

F1 on verge of having 10 profit-making teams – Wolff

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff believes Formula 1 is on the verge of all 10 teams becoming profitable, and says he wouldn’t be selling a team right now

MotoGP

What might Marco Simoncelli’s MotoGP career have looked like?

Would Marco Simoncelli have led Ducati’s mid-2010s MotoGP recovery? Would he be a rider-mentor at VR46 today? We’ll never know how his career would’ve played out, but it’s tantalising to imagine

MotoGP

Bagnaia on Misano pole, career-worst qualifying for Quartararo

Ducati’s MotoGP title contender Francesco Bagnaia took his fourth successive pole in qualifying at Misano, as championship leader Fabio Quartararo mustered only 15th

MotoGP

How MotoGP grid reacted to ‘controversial and difficult’ age rule

The minimal age hike for all levels of grand prix racing has yielded a mix of approval and surprise from the MotoGP grid

Formula 1

Haas needs more American focus after ‘neglecting’ US market

Haas boss Guenther Steiner believes his team “neglected” the American market when it first entered Formula 1 and needs to capitalise on the championship’s growth in the United States