Formula 1

Interview: Norris on his contract and future amid McLaren slump

Lando Norris’ loyalty has never been under such pressure after McLaren’s sluggish start to the 2023 Formula 1 season. Scott Mitchell-Malm sat down with Norris to find out how he’s dealing with it and why he still believes McLaren is his best long-term option

MotoGP

Marquez to miss Jerez too, Honda calls up intriguing stand-in

Marc Marquez’s comeback has been delayed by another race, so Honda is calling on an ex-MotoGP racer from its World Superbike pool as its Spanish Grand Prix stand-in

Formula 1

How much weight do F1 teams give to feeder series results?

Jrark from the Members’ Club wants to know “how much Formula 1 teams look purely at feeder series results when assessing young talent compared to, say, their pace on a simulator if they’re part of one of the driver academies”. Here’s Valentin Khorounzhiy’s take: 

MotoGP

Myth or real trend? What MotoGP’s Jerez reset means for Bagnaia

Jerez is back to signifying the start of the ‘European MotoGP season’ and with it a reminder of how little the current title picture means as Valentin Khorounzhiy

Formula 1

Gary Anderson: The potency of Red Bull’s Newey-led inversion

Adrian Newey’s primary area of focus on the all-conquering Red Bull was the suspension design – something it’s changed with great success, as Gary Anderson explains

Formula E

Formula E Podcast: Berlin review with McLaren’s new star

Jake Hughes joins this week’s episode of The Race Formula E podcast to explain his and McLaren’s troubled Berlin weekend

Formula 1

F1’s new sprint lowers the stakes in faint hope of drama

F1 hopes its new sprint races will be more dramatic. But the only guarantee is that they’ll be less impactful

Formula 1

How F1’s now-confirmed sprint race format changes will work

Formula 1 stakeholders have unanimously agreed to change the format of sprint weekends to separate the Saturday race from the rest of the event

IndyCar

Ilott’s no-nonsense nature now a better fit for IndyCar elite

Callum Ilott has long been courted by IndyCar’s elite for a 2024 seat and his “no bulls***” nature shouldn’t put them off as our American Editor Jack Benyon explains

Formula E

Thrilling or unnatural? Formula E’s wild new racing style

A peloton race in Sao Paulo and a pack racing bonanza in Berlin have heralded a new racing formula in Formula E

MotoGP

MotoGP podcast: The engineer view on Bagnaia’s rut and Yamaha

Why is Pecco Bagnaia throwing points away, and should Yamaha seriously entertain a V4? Tom Jojic joins The Race MotoGP Podcast for a discussion

MotoGP

MotoGP is poised for its most intriguing wildcard in years

It’s impossible to star on a one-off MotoGP start in the modern era, isn’t it? If anyone and anything can challenge that perception, it’s Dani Pedrosa on a KTM at Jerez this weekend