Formula 1

F1’s surprisingly successful ‘stopgap’ is now here to stay

Lusail was initially dismissed as a Formula 1 calendar stopgap – a MotoGP track where there would be no overtaking and which would swiftly be replaced by the Qatar Grand Prix’s ‘real’ home. But not only is it sticking around, it’s doing so with exactly the same circuit layout

MotoGP

Why Suzuki suddenly started winning in its final MotoGP races

After two years of underachievement, exit-bound Suzuki suddenly won two of its final three MotoGP races. Simon Patterson explains the out of the blue results

Formula 1

Seidl must make sure Norris follows him to Audi’s F1 team

Lando Norris is the driver Audi needs to lead its Formula 1 team in 2026. And in Andreas Seidl, Audi’s hired the ideal team boss to convince Norris to do just that

Formula 1

Gary Anderson: F1 team boss reshuffle’s winners and losers

Four Formula 1 teams will now go into the 2023 season with new bosses, but some have more reason to be confident in their decisions than others, reckons Gary Anderson

Formula 1

Podcast: We answer the big F1 team boss reshuffle questions

Will Ferrari give Fred Vasseur the freedom he needs? Why did Audi target Andreas Seidl? Is Andrea Stella the right person to lead McLaren? What went wrong for Jost Capito at Williams? The Race F1 Podcast tackles a wild Formula 1 team boss reshuffle

Formula 1

Video: F1’s manic 24 hours of team boss moves explained

Four Formula 1 teams either parted with their team bosses or announced a new one (or both) across Monday evening and Tuesday morning. Here’s our video guide to what just happened and why

MotoGP

MotoGP podcast: How much is too much reliance on retired Rossi?

The latest edition of The Race MotoGP Podcast asks how reliant the series still is on Valentino Rossi, and whether it’s too keen to accentuate the seven-time premier class champion’s presence at races

Formula E

Maserati, McLaren fastest – What happened in Formula E test

New teams Maserati and McLaren ended their first day of official running as Formula E outfits fastest on day one of the pre-season test at Valencia – the first public test of the series’ Gen3 machinery

Formula 1

Ferrari reshuffle made Seidl leave McLaren three years early

Andreas Seidl’s plan to leave McLaren for Sauber/Audi was already set for 2026, until Mattia Binotto’s split with Ferrari accelerated it all

Formula 1

Why McLaren’s ‘continuity candidate’ is a logical choice

Andrea Stella has been in Formula 1 for more than two decades, yet the extent of his involvement in helping McLaren to revive its fortunes isn’t publicly obvious. That changes now he’s team principal

Formula 1

Our verdict on F1’s shock 2023 team boss shuffle

Formula 1’s off-season has gone into overdrive with major team boss announcements from four different teams. But who are the biggest winners and losers? Our writers give their verdict

Formula 1

Sauber – or rather Audi – has won the team boss silly season

The Formula 1 team boss silly season kicked off in a big way on Tuesday. But while Frederic Vasseur’s move to Ferrari got the ball rolling, its Sauber’s – or Audi’s – move to replace him with Andreas Seidl that’s the biggest coup