Formula 1

How F1 2022’s top teams have approached a key packaging dilemma

Formula 1’s top three teams in 2022 have all taken a differing approach to packaging an important element of safety in modern F1 cars as ex-F1 technical director Gary Anderson explains

MotoGP

MotoGP rookie sanctioned for ‘physical contact with marshal’

MotoGP stewards have judged Marco Bezzecchi to have acted “in an aggressive and unprofessional manner” towards a Valencia marshal

MotoGP

What went on in MotoGP’s Valencia practice three crashfest

A red flag-interrupted third MotoGP practice at Valencia sends both Fabio Quartararo and Pecco Bagnaia to Q2 – but only just

MotoGP

Espargaro calls out Quartararo over safety commission stance

MotoGP world champion Fabio Quartararo thinks there’s no point going to safety commission meetings as riders aren’t listened to. His friend Aleix Espargaro disagrees – and has told him so

MotoGP

Is controversy over MotoGP’s new safety chief fair?

The appointment of an Ezpeleta family member to replace MotoGP safety chief Franco Uncini may feel like nepotism, but one top rider thinks that’s an unfairly premature judgement

Formula 1

The failed yet fruitful Alpine 2023 pitch that began on Instagram

Jack Doohan has not managed to get an Alpine Formula 1 drive for 2023, but it’s not for the lack of trying. He put in a worthwhile pitch – one that started on Instagram, as Scott Mitchell-Malm explains

MotoGP

Quartararo’s ‘really good day’ widens his MotoGP title path

Fabio Quartararo’s 2022 MotoGP title dream requires a pair of Valencia outcomes that appear unlikely – but, as of Friday, the Yamaha man at least showed he has the potential to hold up his end of the bargain

MotoGP

MotoGP’s ‘jungle’ awaits Bagnaia if he doesn’t speed up

Francesco Bagnaia’s low-key start to the Valencia MotoGP weekend has injected a glimmer of intrigue into what has largely looked as a formality of a title decider – because the Italian may have to face up to MotoGP’s ‘jungle’

Formula 1

McLaren star’s new attitude towards his F1 dream

McLaren’s best driver outside of Formula 1 will make his FP1 debut in Abu Dhabi – and his attitude has changed since he drove there last year as Jack Benyon explains

MotoGP

Ducati 1-2-3 in second Valencia practice, but Bagnaia only ninth

Luca Marini led a Ducati 1-2-3 in the second MotoGP practice at Valencia, but points leader Francesco Bagnaia was only ninth

MotoGP

Valencia’s most exciting title decider won’t be MotoGP

Jeopardy and tension in the KTM v. Honda Moto2 title fight are much likelier than in MotoGP, because the season has been so error-filled

Formula 1

Alonso’s 2022 misery has a silver lining – but not for him

Every time an Alpine (usually Fernando Alonso’s) has suffered a race-ending failure in Formula 1 this season, the team has turned to the same silver lining. That silver lining is valid, but it won’t be enjoyed by the driver who has suffered from it the most