Formula 1

The favourites for each remaining seat on the 2023 F1 grid

There are four seats left to fill in the 2023 Formula 1 driver line-up. We run through who’s in contention for each of them, who isn’t and why, and make our prediction for who goes where

Formula 1

FIA issues statement on Herta superlicence rejection

The failure of Red Bull’s bid to sign Colton Herta for the 2023 AlphaTauri Formula 1 line-up was a simple matter of the superlicence points not adding up, says the FIA

Formula 1

The good and bad of each Williams option to replace Latifi

Williams now has a vacant seat for the 2023 Formula 1 season after announcing Nicholas Latifi won’t be retained. There appear to be four realistic candidates (to varying degrees) to replace him, but what does each bring to the table?

Formula E

Podcast: Inside line on Mercedes’ final Formula E triumph

In a feature-length Formula E season review episode The Race’s Sam Smith and Andrew van de Burgt are joined by double DTM champion and now Mercedes EQ team manager Gary Paffett

MotoGP

Suzuki’s leaving MotoGP – so why the Motegi upgrade?

Suzuki may be a MotoGP ‘lame duck’ but the GSX-RR project is still receiving serious effort, as so visibly seen at Motegi

MotoGP

Nakagami pushing on at Motegi despite ‘glove full of blood’

LCR Honda rider Taka Nakagami has admitted that he finished the sole MotoGP Friday practice session at Motegi with a glove filled with blood

MotoGP

‘Like motocross vs MotoGP’ – Aprilia’s Motegi curveball

Aprilia’s huge rate of development since MotoGP last visited Motegi makes the comparison between its 2019 and 2022 bikes like ‘motocross and MotoGP’, according to its title hopeful Aleix Espargaro

Formula 1

Williams announces Latifi split, 2023 F1 line-up ‘in due course’

The Williams Formula 1 team has announced it will split with Nicholas Latifi at the conclusion of the 2022 season.

MotoGP

What went on in sole MotoGP Friday practice at Motegi

Jack Miller led a Ducati 1-2 in the sole Friday practice session as the MotoGP grid took on the Motegi track for the first time since 2019

Formula 1

Gary Anderson: The red flags in Mercedes’ car knowledge claims

Mercedes is simultaneously claiming that it has a “big conceptual understanding” of its 2022 F1 car but is puzzled by its “mood swings”. Gary Anderson says something doesn’t add up

MotoGP

How MotoGP teams came to the rescue in Motegi Moto2 pit fire

Aprilia and Suzuki mechanics helped avert a catastrophe in the MotoGP paddock on Thursday night when the Marc VDS team’s pit box caught fire

Formula 1

Podcast: Did AlphaTauri have any option but to re-sign Tsunoda?

Now Yuki Tsunoda is heading for a third year in F1, what are his strengths and weaknesses? How much progress has he made? And was there anyone more suitable for the second AlphaTauri seat? The Race F1 Podcast asks those questions