Formula 1

What Alpine gained – and risked – with its F1 engine gamble

The 2022 Renault Formula 1 engine did not have a “full validation process” as Alpine pushed development as late as possible to make a major repackaging project work – a risky but ultimately successful gamble for Alpine’s future prospects

Formula E

What to expect from Formula E’s big 2023 race format change

Formula E delaying fast charging and tweaking its attack mode will likely increase mistakes in the early Gen3 rounds as teams race to digest the new regulations. Sam Smith explains more

Formula 1

F1’s plan for lighter and shorter cars in 2026

Formula 1’s 2026 cars are set to be lighter and “quite a lot shorter”, according to the FIA head of single-seater technical matters Nikolas Tombazis, with the size reduction creating the opportunity to reduce the mass

MotoGP

Podcast: Inside a messy MotoGP team split and a lost title

On this week’s episode of The Race MotoGP Podcast we have a feature-length interview with rider-turned-team manager Johan Stigefelt

Formula 1

Binotto’s exit could start a Ferrari decline, not a recovery

Ferrari will want Mattia Binotto’s exit to trigger a process where it recovers to the front of the Formula 1 field. Mark Hughes says it’s more likely to be the “beginning of deeper problems” for the team

IndyCar

Grosjean adds Lamborghini LMDh role alongside IndyCar drive

Romain Grosjean has taken one step closer to returning to the Le Mans 24 Hours after adding a sportscars programme with Lamborghini to his 2023 schedule

Formula 1

What’s already changed in Sargeant’s steep F1 learning curve

The learning curve facing Logan Sargeant is a steep one. That’s why there’s been no time to celebrate at the end of a stressful period ensuring he had a 2023 Williams Formula 1 seat

IndyCar

Newgarden and McLaughlin to make top-level sportscars debut

Josef Newgarden will get his first taste of a top-level sportscar race when he joins current Penske IndyCar team-mate Scott McLaughlin in the LMP2 category of the Daytona 24 Hours

Formula 1

Verstappen’s hints that current Red Bull deal may be his last

Max Verstappen has hinted the Red Bull contract extension he completed in early 2022 could be his last deal in Formula 1. That raises the prospect, however slight, of him walking away when he’s 31

Formula 1

Podcast: The hole Vettel’s retirement leaves in F1

Now that Sebastian Vettel has retired from Formula 1, The Race F1 Podcast asks how the four-time champion’s career will be remembered and what his legacy will look like

MotoGP

Gardner’s scorched-earth rhetoric suggests he’s done with MotoGP

Perhaps Remy Gardner knows MotoGP isn’t littered with examples of riders dropping off the grid then getting second chances, or perhaps he was burned too much by being dropped. In the second half of 2022, he didn’t seem too concerned about perceptions

Formula 1

Why Mercedes thinks ‘no one’ will touch its record in new F1 era

Formula 1’s hoped-for utopia still feels a long way off, but Mercedes boss Toto Wolff is convinced none of its rivals are about to replicate the record eight consecutive titles his team achieved from 2014-21