Formula 1

The five best drives of the 2022 F1 season so far

The first half of the 2022 Formula 1 season featured 260 individual race drives – all of which got a mark out of 10 in our driver ratings. Here’s Edd Straw’s pick of the best five drives so far this year, and only one of them resulted in a victory

IndyCar

Power equals Andretti’s IndyCar pole record

Championship leader Will Power equalled Mario Andretti’s all-time record of 67 IndyCar poles by topping qualifying at the Gateway oval

MotoGP

Shock MotoGP sprint race plan prompts new rider union calls

Feeling blindsided by MotoGP’s sprint plan, the riders are talking about a union again – and one has even proposed a candidate to lead it

MotoGP

From ‘amazing’ to ‘stupid’: MotoGP riders torn over 2023 sprints

The impending announcement of MotoGP adding sprint races has elicited no consensus – but near-universal surprise – from its rider crop

MotoGP

How MotoGP’s newest brand fits into a rearranged 2023 grid

The announcement of Tech3 KTM becoming the Gas Gas factory team has sown some confusion over how many manufacturers MotoGP actually has now

IndyCar

We predict the winner of IndyCar’s seven-way title fight

IndyCar’s about to launch into the three races that will decide the seven-driver fight for its 2022 championship. Jack Benyon looks at the stats and picks a winner

MotoGP

Seven Ducatis in top eight in second Austria MotoGP practice

Pramac MotoGP rider Johann Zarco led a Ducati-dominated second and final practice session for the Austrian Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring

MotoGP

MotoGP rider market twist as KTM bids for Oliveira U-turn

KTM and Gas Gas motorsport boss Pit Beirer has revealed an attempt to keep Miguel Oliveira within the brand family in MotoGP, bidding to break up Oliveira’s expected move to RNF Aprilia.

MotoGP

Why Espargaro’s dream Honda MotoGP chance went so badly

Pol Espargaro was supposed to be the rider who could handle Marc Marquez’s Honda. But he’s heading back to the KTM fold having achieved very little in Repsol colours

MotoGP

Sprint races set to be introduced for 2023 MotoGP season

According to The Race’s sources, MotoGP is set for its first considerable format shake-up in decades, with a proposal to introduce Saturday afternoon sprint races in 2023 set to be announced in Austria this weekend

MotoGP

KTM sister brand joins MotoGP, Espargaro signed from Honda

KTM’s sister brand Gas Gas will be represented on the 2023 MotoGP grid, with Honda’s Pol Espargaro announced as a rider

MotoGP

What went on in first MotoGP practice at revised Red Bull Ring

Ducati rider Jack Miller set the pace at a slightly damp Red Bull Ring in the first MotoGP practice session of the Austrian Grand Prix weekend. Key moments: > Miller thriving in low grip > Chicane makes MotoGP debut > Two title hopefuls out of top 15 The new chicane, added to the MotoGP layout