Formula 1

Video: McLaren’s biggest update and its counterintuitive ideas

McLaren’s major upgrade will be on both its Formula 1 cars for this weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix. We take a detailed look at what’s changed, the ideas behind it and what it says about the team’s 2023 direction

Formula 1

Hakkinen’s advice to Verstappen as F1 title looms

Max Verstappen should have an easier time clinching the 2022 Formula 1 title than he did last year – or than Mika Hakkinen had in any of his championship years. But Verstappen might be surprised how much title thoughts affect his driving, reckons Hakkinen

Formula E

What’s facing Vandoorne and Formula E’s unlikeliest alliance

It’s all change for Formula E’s new champion Stoffel Vandoorne as he heads into the Gen3 era with a new team. Sam Smith explains the challenges that will make his title defence tricky as he joins a merge between two teams who couldn’t be more different

MotoGP

Recovering Mir plans second MotoGP return attempt in Australia

Suzuki’s 2020 MotoGP champion Joan Mir will attempt to make his return to competition in the third-to-last race of the 2022 season at Phillip Island

Formula 1

Why Perez has felt he’s ‘not taken seriously’ by his critics

Red Bull F1 driver Sergio Perez feels he hasn’t always got a fair shake – both across his career overall and this year in particular

Formula 1

Hamilton hints extra $300k would have won him 2021 F1 title

Lewis Hamilton hints he would’ve won the 2021 F1 drivers’ title if Mercedes, limited by the cost cap, had spent just an extra $300,000 last season

Formula 1

Vettel: I’d ‘seriously consider’ one-off F1 return at Suzuka

Retiring F1 driver Sebastian Vettel says he would “seriously consider” a one-off return to the championship if it was to take place at Suzuka

Formula 1

Verstappen, Gasly feel Honda ‘never really left’ F1

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly have both expressed their feeling that engine manufacturer Honda “never really left” Formula 1 despite its official withdrawal ahead of 2022

Formula 1

New Red Bull deal makes Honda’s F1 ‘exit’ even more confusing

Formula 1 hasn’t really noticed Honda’s absence because it didn’t really leave. The latest change in its Red Bull deal both makes its exit strategy even more baffling, and shows the regret Honda feels over that decision

Formula 1

Podcast: The first step in Honda’s possible full F1 return

Honda will have increased visual presence on Red Bull’s cars from this weekend – so is it the first step towards a recommitment? That question’s asked by The Race F1 Podcast, which also feature Mika Hakkinen’s look ahead to the Japanese Grand Prix

Formula 1

Video: The unraced Honda F1 car Verstappen has reunited with

As a toddler, Max Verstappen got to sit in the cockpit of a Honda F1 car that made some headlines with his father Jos. But it never raced

Formula 1

An unexpected Tsunoda ‘weak point’ and his plan to fix it

AlphaTauri’s Yuki Tsunoda might be well known for his radio outbursts, but it’s in the more nuanced communication with the team he feels he can take his next step in F1