Formula 1

Remember – race one usually doesn’t reflect the F1 season to come

Max Verstappen and Red Bull strolling to Bahrain GP victory made it easy to fear the 2023 season is doomed to go by without much intrigue. But F1, for all its history of dominance, usually doesn’t work that way

MotoGP

‘May as well race at Monaco’ – Concussed rider’s crash fury

The concussion that ended his MotoGP pre-season early shouldn’t have happened – and gravel is to blame, says a fuming Fabio Di Giannantonio

Formula 1

Video: Every F1 team’s 2023 strength and weakness

With one F1 2023 GP, on a fairly varied track, now in the books, here is the early picture of where each team has (and hasn’t) excelled

Formula E

Formula E needs feeder series for a new class of drivers

A Formula E feeder series feels like a matter of time – and could help attract racers of different backgrounds and persuasions

Formula 1

Why F1 opener made Ferrari SF-23 look worse than it really is

The Ferrari SF-23 was a big letdown in the F1 season opener in Bahrain. There are good technical reasons to believe it should be clearly better in Saudi Arabia

MotoGP

Espargaro suspects new Aprilia aero caused his arm pump

Aleix Espargaro was forced to stop running early on MotoGP’s penultimate winter test day due to arm pain, and he thinks Aprilia’s radical aero experiments triggered it

MotoGP

No more ‘big concepts’ – Marquez ends winter where he started

After a winter of trying new Honda packages, Marc Marquez looks set to start the 2023 MotoGP season with a spec not too different to what he first rode last November – and he’s not very optimistic about its potential

MotoGP

Yamaha ‘won’t be ready’ for 2023 MotoGP opener – Quartararo

Fabio Quartararo has acknowledged Yamaha is in strife approaching the 2023 MotoGP season-opener at Portimao, with a major weakness still on display and just one day of testing left

MotoGP

Ducati and Aprilia dominate crash-strewn MotoGP test day

Reigning champion Pecco Bagnaia was fastest on the penultimate day of MotoGP 2023 pre-season testing at Portimao, as Ducati and Aprilia continued to set the pace

MotoGP

Aprilia escalates MotoGP aero war as ‘F1 wing’ reappears

Aprilia has taken the MotoGP aero race up a notch with a host of new wings at the final pre-season test, including the reappearance of a Formula 1-style winglet at the rear that was briefly trialled last year

Formula 1

When Grosjean flirted with Formula E – and why he didn’t join

Before he committed to a future in IndyCar and LMDh, an “interested” Romain Grosjean was a serious consideration for a Formula E team – and the possibility progressed further than you might realise

NASCAR

Can it really become full-time? Button’s NASCAR move explained

The 2009 Formula 1 champion Jenson Button is tackling three NASCAR races this year – but will it lead to a full-time switch in 2024?