Formula 1

Two weeks in 2014 that made Russell’s entire career

George Russell was stumbling in his first season of car racing as a 16-year-old. But then came a fortnight that the new Mercedes Formula 1 signing believes changed the whole course of his career – and tells us a lot about Russell’s character and potential

Formula 1

The features of a lost F1 win that defined Russell’s first

George Russell should have become a Formula 1 race winner before he triumphed in the Brazilian Grand Prix. But his drive at Interlagos had all the hallmarks of the victory that got away from him – starting with supreme confidence in his own ability

Formula E

Formula E overhauling attack mode for first Gen3 season

Formula E is set to reshape its attack mode system for 2023 – but there’s frustration among teams over how late changes are being finalised

Formula 1

Norris: F1 stewards often ‘don’t understand’ collisions

Lando Norris believes there have been “too many times” when Formula 1 stewards have failed to understand the driver’s perspective when judging who’s at fault in a collision

MotoGP

Rossi’s shadow still looms over MotoGP – and that’s a problem

The 2022 season finale showed seven-time MotoGP champion Valentino Rossi still looms large over the series one year after his retirement – and that’s a problem linked to the declining popularity of the series as Simon Patterson explains

Formula 1

Alpine’s reward for no-nonsense response to driver foolishness

A ‘game-changing’ Brazilian GP for Alpine all but guarantees it will finish fourth in F1’s constructors’ championship – and it followed very firm action on needless clashes between its drivers that threatened to derail its weekend

Formula 1

How Verstappen-Hamilton feud fits in with F1’s racing rules

The Brazilian GP collision between Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen was an unwelcome sight, but not just for being a bad trip down memory lane; it also exposed a current problem with Formula 1’s rules

Formula 1

‘I didn’t eat for two days’ – the extent of Norris’s illness

Lando Norris has explained how a bout of food poisoning affected his Formula 1 Brazilian Grand Prix weekend, which prematurely ended with an electrical failure in the race

Formula 1

Edd Straw’s 2022 Brazilian Grand Prix F1 driver ratings

There’s one just perfect 10 among Edd Straw’s Formula 1 driver ratings for the 2022 Brazilian Grand Prix

Formula 1

Ferrari’s unusual logic for rejecting Leclerc’s team orders request

Charles Leclerc says it was “very frustrating” that Ferrari didn’t ask his team-mate Carlos Sainz to move aside at the Brazilian Grand Prix. But there was a key valid reason why Ferrari elected to not swap the cars at the end of the race

Formula 1

F1 Podcast: Will Perez ever help Verstappen again?

Red Bull’s team orders row at the Brazilian Grand Prix is at the centre of this week’s episode of The Race F1 Podcast

Formula 1

Verstappen’s short-sightedness risks causing needless damage

Max Verstappen risked Red Bull team harmony just to prove a point, in a team that’s already his, to a team-mate that’s already subservient