MotoGP

Honda’s highly-anticipated Kalex MotoGP chassis finally debuts

Honda’s vaunted new MotoGP chassis built by German manufacturer Kaex has completed its first laps, with test rider Stefan Bradl taking to the track at Jerez on Monday morning during the championship’s first in-season post-race test

IndyCar

Race-losing error can’t overshadow Grosjean’s new IndyCar high

On one hand, Romain Grosjean’s Barber podium was a third IndyCar pole unconverted, on the other it was arguably his best drive in IndyCar. Our American Editor Jack Benyon explains how his race unfolded and what made it so good

Formula 1

Baku Podcast: Is Perez now a genuine 2023 F1 title contender?

Scott Mitchell-Malm and Mark Hughes join Edd Straw to review the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, the first of F1’s modified sprint weekends

Formula 1

Alonso preparing Stroll to lead Aston for ‘next 10-15 years’

Fernando Alonso says the help he gave his Aston Martin team-mate Lance Stroll in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix in Baku is a reflection of the fact he wants to best prepare Stroll to “lead the team for the next 10 or 15 years”

Formula 1

Mark Hughes: The real reasons Verstappen was second-best in Baku

The safety car compromised Max Verstappen’s Azerbaijan GP but it was a red herring. Here’s why he wasn’t quite on Sergio Perez’s level

IndyCar

Grosjean denied by McLaughlin at Barber despite gorgeous pass

Scott McLaughlin overpowered Romain Grosjean in a duel for Barber IndyCar victory despite an all-timer overtake from the latter

MotoGP

‘Clearly not a penalty’ – Was Quartararo hard done by?

Yamaha and Fabio Quartararo were both bewildered by the sanction he received at Jerez – and there’s sympathy in the MotoGP paddock

Formula 1

F1 pitlane crowd near-miss ‘like a scene from Group B rallying’

Esteban Ocon’s Alpine team said his arrival to a crowded Formula 1 pitlane during the Azerbaijan Grand Prix was reminiscent of a scene from Group B rallying

Formula 1

Winners and losers from F1’s 2023 Azerbaijan Grand Prix

The fourth round of the 2023 Formula 1 season didn’t produce the kind of chaos the Baku City Circuit has previously thrown up but it did produce a real mix of winners and losers

MotoGP

MotoGP urged to ‘think deeply’ about ‘dangerous’ crash trend

Both the Jerez MotoGP sprint and the main Spanish GP the next day were red-flagged for frightening multi-bike incidents on lap one

Formula 1

FIA criticised by own stewards for ‘very dangerous’ Baku F1 error

The Azerbaijan Grand Prix stewards have called the FIA “lucky” that a dangerous pitlane incident at the end of the Baku Formula 1 race had no serious consequences

Formula 1

Red Bull explains Verstappen’s badly-timed pitstop

Red Bull team boss Christian Horner has outlined the sequence of events that led to Max Verstappen’s awfully-timed pitstop in Baku