Opinion
F1
Pot, kettle, Verstappen: Up and down in Azerbaijan
A weekend of slightly reserved madness ensued in Baku with parc fermé fights, pitlane invasions and the wrong Red Bull winning – only in Formula 1
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Opinion
F1
'Scrap the whole thing': why Verstappen is right about F1 sprint races
F1's new sprint race format was meant to bring unmissable on-track action on the Saturday of a GP weekend. But after withering criticism from Max Verstappen, James Elson can't help but agree that the result was lacklustre
F1
Leclerc crashes but still takes Sprint pole in 'fast and furious' session
F1’s latest new format got going proper in Saturday in Baku, with Charles Leclerc going fastest in the Sprint Shootout, despite crashing his Ferrari on his final run and inducing…
F1
Leclerc 'did not expect' brilliant Azerbaijan F1 pole
Charles Leclerc snatched pole from Max Verstappen for Sunday's Azerbaijan GP, ahead of tomorrow's sprint qualifying and sprint race
F1
Donington Fest to pay homage to 'amazing' Senna win this weekend
Donington Historic Festival will celebrate Ayrton Senna's legendary 1993 European GP win this weekend
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Le Mans News
Bentley's stunning 2003 Le Mans win: ‘Audi said it would never work’
Bentley's 2003 Le Mans victory was the result of a crack independent team operating within an automotive behemoth – its mastermind Brian Gush remembers the story
F1
Vanwall: the bitter battle for historic F1 name
Two parties – a continuation car business and the ByKolles WEC racing team – are locked in a dispute over the Vanwall trademark, the first British F1 constructor champion
Rally News
WRC colleagues remember Craig Breen: 'We've lost a great character'
Craig Breen tragically lost his life last week – his old team boss Richard Millener and Northern Irish rally promoter Bobby Willis recall working with a unique rallying talent
F1
Myles Rowe can have ‘Hamilton-like’ effect on IndyCar
Groundbreaking African-American Myles Rowe is lighting up the US junior single-seater scene, but his mentor Rod Reid says more help is needed to improve diversity in IndyCar
Rally News
Craig Breen: the mercurial WRC talent taken too soon
Irish WRC star Craig Breen was tragically killed in testing today, robbing the sport of a driver with an immense passion for rallying
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F1
McLaren MP4/8 – the underrated 1993 F1 car Senna still 'loved'
McLaren chassis designer Matthew Jeffreys remembers the MP4/8, the car in which Ayrton Senna valiantly took five wins against adversity in 1993 – including his last F1 victory
F1
Eddie Jordan remembers his F1 team’s last win: 'It was total carnage'
F1 has rarely seen more chaos than in the rain-soaked 2003 Brazilian GP, where less than half the field finished and Giancarlo Fisichella's win was confirmed after a legal battle. The result may have looked lucky, but Eddie Jordan reveals the clever strategy behind it
