Six races into the Formula 1 season, McLaren has taken an early lead as Max Verstappen has kept Red Bull competitive and Mercedes and Ferrari try to gain ground. Mark Hughes analyses the field’s form in the first quarter of 2025

Carlos Sainz Sr is considering challenging FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem in this year’s election for the top job at racing’s governing body. But he’ll have to overturn the odds to succeed

With a shady, but successful past, Flavio Briatore is once more an F1 team principal. But has he been appointed to revive Alpine’s fortunes or flog the team?

MotoGP’s minimum pressure rule isn’t only arbitrary, it could also have an unexpected effect on the championship outcome. Luckily, there’s an easy fix…

The competition aligned against him was the toughest our hero had yet faced, but he gave a performance to crystallise his outstanding season and enable his legendary step into Formula…

Max Verstappen preserved his lead at the start of the Miami GP by knowing the letter of the F1 law – probably costing Lando Norris the win

Jack Doohan’s Alpine seat has been under threat from Franco Colapinto since the start of the 2025 season. Was his fate always sealed?

Alpine has become the revolving door of F1, with team principal Oliver Oakes the latest to join a long list of senior staff shown the exit

After months of speculation, Jack Doohan has lost his F1 seat at Alpine to Franco Colapinto — but will it only be a temporary change?

Every F1 team’s reserve and test drivers for the 2025 season: Zhou Guanyu and Valtteri Bottas return amid a mix of budding youngsters and experienced veterans on the grand prix substitute bench

Flavio Briatore returned last year to the F1 paddock as a special advisor to Alpine, and has now become a star of the Netflix show Drive to Survive – here’s the world champion team boss’s rollercoaster story so far

Our pick of the Father’s Day gift ideas for 2025

Next week, Imola will kick off the European season and a triple-header that will be key for teams and drivers who want to start easing the pressure after a difficult first part of the year

American racers Mario Andretti and Phil Hill have a lot of successes in common, but also share some terrible tragedies, as Matt Bishop recalls