Formula E

Are traditional circuits – not streets – Formula E’s future?

Formula E’s debut at IndyCar road course Portland showed how far from its original city-centre model it’s drifted. And its future looks ever more likely to be away from its old street track heartland

IndyCar

A stubborn backmarker has revived an IndyCar rules row

Backmarker Benjamin Pedersen’s seemingly desperate efforts to race the leaders when being lapped at Mid-Ohio has reopened the debate over IndyCar’s lack of an equivalent of Formula 1’s strict blue flag rules

MotoGP

MotoGP podcast: Lessons and tales from a veteran rider manager

Simone Battistella shares takeaways and stories from managing Andrea Dovizioso and Alvaro Bautista – and gives his take on Marc Marquez’s situation

Formula 1

‘Silly’ plan debate shows Red Bull’s only real threat is itself

There was next to no jeopardy for Red Bull and Max Verstappen en route to another crushing Formula 1 win in the Austrian Grand Prix. Until late on. When they decided to add some

Formula 1

McLaren’s F1 upgrade plan impacted by new ‘race against time’

McLaren is facing another “race against time” to have the second part of its significant Formula 1 upgrade ready in time for both cars at this weekend’s British Grand Prix

Formula 1

Video: Our take on how Red Bull pair handled their near-miss

Max Verstappen jokingly but fairly firmly told us his opening-lap incidents with Red Bull Formula 1 team-mate Sergio Perez at the Austrian Grand Prix sprint needn’t be a story. We weren’t so sure

Formula 1

McLaren’s oversold chrome scheme undermines a great F1 trend

Formula 1 teams’ recent creativity with special liveries has been welcome, and McLaren’s been a trendsetter. Which makes the oversell of its underwhelming ‘chrome’ British Grand Prix livery all the more disappointing

Formula 1

MotoGP isn’t F1’s enemy in the gravel trap/track limits debate

MotoGP (and bike racing in general) got plenty of mentions as Formula 1 debated the state it had got itself into over track limits infringements at the Austrian GP. But the reality isn’t as simple as saying bike racing wants asphalt run-offs and car racing doesn’t

Formula 1

Why F1’s awash with driver snitching Hamilton says ‘isn’t racing’

Both Lewis Hamilton and Lando Norris were repeatedly broadcast ‘dobbing in’ their rivals in Austria – and it’s nothing new for F1

Formula 1

Do F1 stewards let Verstappen get away with too much?

Sebastiano Russo from The Race Members’ Club asked, with reference to two impeding incidents at the Austrian Grand Prix, whether the stewards are lenient towards Max Verstappen. Here’s what Mark Hughes and Edd Straw had to say on The Race F1 Podcast

Formula 1

Edd Straw’s 2023 Austrian Grand Prix F1 driver rankings

From weather to burdensome track limits, there was a lot for F1 drivers to trip up on during F1’s sprint-format Austrian GP weekend

Formula 1

Real or ‘Lando specific’? McLaren’s view of its huge F1 step

McLaren and its star driver Lando Norris like the Red Bull Ring. But even they didn’t expect just how well their 2023 Austrian Grand Prix would go