Formula 1

F1 podcast: What if Schumacher hadn't hit Villeneuve?

What if Michael Schumacher hadn't turned in on Jacques Villeneuve in their 1997 F1 title decider? Who were the best number two drivers of the V10 era? And which 1990s F1 minnow would our panel have saved? Season 10 of Bring Back V10s concludes with a huge bundle of your questions

Formula 1

Why Mercedes is reverting to older F1 spec in Baku

The newest version of Mercedes' floor is generating the expected added downforce - yet the team has decided to put it to the side for F1's Azerbaijan GP

Formula 1

McLaren team orders: Why now and how they will work

McLaren's decision to bias its handling of races towards Lando Norris and aid his outside F1 title bid will be managed on a case-by-case basis rather than with specific rules - which means he won't be guaranteed to win every time the team's in position to do so

Formula 1

Bottas vs Bortoleto? - The latest on Sauber's 2025 F1 driver search

Sauber's quest to fill its second 2025 F1 seat seems to boil down to a choice between Valtteri Bottas and Gabriel Bortoleto. Incumbent Bottas seems confident of staying on the grid, so where's this momentum for McLaren junior Bortoleto come from?

MotoGP

MotoGP's big 2025 change is very bad news for Bagnaia's rivals

MotoGP is finally getting a tyre designed to cope with the modern aero-heavy bikes and their ride-height devices. The bad news for most of the field is that Pecco Bagnaia loves it

Formula 1

McLaren decides to prioritise Norris's F1 title bid over Piastri

McLaren will now prioritise Lando Norris over team-mate Oscar Piastri in a bid to overturn Max Verstappen's 2024 Formula 1 drivers' championship lead

Formula 1

Renault's unexpected F1 option amid new engine protests

Fresh Renault staff protests will possibly aid one prospective investor's unexpected interest in keeping its F1 engine project going

MotoGP

Where Marquez now fits into the 2024 MotoGP title fight

Marc Marquez is already set to enter the 2025 MotoGP season as a presumptive joint favourite for the title - at the very least - but back-to-back grand prix wins on his year-old Ducati mean he could still have a role to play in 2024, too

Formula E

Nissan announces Formula E driver change with eye on big 2026 signing

Norman Nato will race for Nissan in the 2024-25 Formula E season and rejoin the team he was sidelined by last year in favour of his now-team-mate Oliver Rowland

Formula 1

Podcast: The biggest non-driver signing in F1 history?

We ask if Adrian Newey joining Aston Martin is the biggest non-driver signing in Formula 1 history in the latest edition of The Race F1 Podcast

Formula 1

Four things we learned from Newey's Aston F1 debut

Aston Martin's big public reveal of Adrian Newey told us plenty about what we can expect from Newey's new F1 challenge

Formula 1

New F1 superteam? Our verdict on Newey picking Aston

As Aston Martin captures Red Bull's design genius, is the team now destined for success? Our contributors give their thoughts...