Formula 1

McLaren having to tackle an F1 cost cap-induced key weakness

The McLaren Formula 1 is undergoing a “major initiative” to increase its engineering capacity after the way it slimmed down for the budget cap created a key weakness

Rallycross

Hamilton succeeds Rosberg as Extreme E’s champion team owner

Lewis Hamilton has joined former Formula 1 team-mate and arch-rival Nico Rosberg in becoming a title-winning Extreme E title owner

Formula 1

F1’s new all-female series looks a ruthless course correction

F1 says its new F1 Academy project can be a W Series companion – but it feels more like a direct response to criticisms of the latter

Formula 1

This F1 reserve would leave for IndyCar in a heartbeat

Pietro Fittipaldi has been getting plenty of mileage as Haas’s test and reserve driver in F1, but IndyCar’s where he really wants to be

Formula 1

‘It was our doing’ – Why heavier defeat hurt Mercedes much less

The Mercedes F1 team has found coming up well short in an “absolute meritocracy” to be much less painful than what happened in 2021

Formula 1

F1’s last American on Sargeant and the two sides to Herta snub

Formula 1’s last American driver Alexander Rossi gives his take on how Logan Sargeant got to F1, and how halting IndyCar drivers like Colton Herta from switching to F1 is both right and wrong

Formula 1

Quiz: Who scored every current F1 team’s first pole?

In light of the Haas team’s breakthrough pole, we task you with naming the drivers behind every current F1 outfit’s first pole position

MotoGP

Marquez’s big chance to avoid MotoGP also-ran status

A switch from Honda to Ducati has started well for Alex Marquez, and it has to if he’s going to show his true MotoGP potential and prove his doubters wrong

Formula 1

The one area Ricciardo proved he is ‘world class’ at McLaren

Ricciardo did not perform to expectations – or pay grade – at McLaren. The team won’t argue otherwise. But amid that there were things that it still “appreciated immensely”

Formula 1

Ferrari tipped to announce Binotto departure from F1 team

Ferrari is expected to make F1 team boss Mattia Binotto’s departure official shortly, according to reports in Italy

Formula E

Formula E sporting director becomes Abt team chief

The new-look Abt Formula E team has made two high-profile recruitments as it prepares to run Mahindra-powered cars in the Gen3 era

MotoGP

The unusual deal that rescued MotoGP’s newest team

The loss of title backer WithU mid-season could’ve been terminal for MotoGP newcomer RNF. But by the end of the year it had both a new main sponsor and a new majority owner