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Describing this year's championship race as a 'battle' might be slightly over-egging it, writes James Elson

Lando Norris's wrecked McLaren was some metaphor for his racing aptitude over the last 12 months

When will the FIA take serious action against dangerous F1 driving? asks James Elson

This month’s cover story is not your usual Motor Sport fare. It is true that we have covered films and documentaries about motor racing in the past but we have…

For all the huff-and-puff about strategy at the 2025 Monaco GP, the race showed pitstops aren't F1's main problem there

Alpine's on-track performance has not been much to write home about, but at least it kept people entertained in Imola

We’ve had four different winners across the first five races – including the sprint in China – but as I write this on the flight home from Bahrain, I wonder…

While the Formula 1 circus sweated it out in the desert heat of Bahrain, more eclectic grids lined up in West Sussex for the 82nd Goodwood Members’ Meeting. The fact…

The 2025 Japanese GP showed a much more extreme change than next year's technical regulations is needed to make racing at classic F1 tracks interesting

The last time I saw Eddie Jordan he was running late and brusquely apologetic. The occasion was our 100th anniversary dinner at The Dorchester in London last July and he…

Max Verstappen looks set to be pitched into a hectic, high-stakes battle for F1 victories in 2025, between at least four teams. How will fans react if he resorts to his trademark strongman tactics?

Red Bull has a new team-mate for Max Verstappen in 2025 – punchy F1 firebrand Liam Lawson could finally be the raw racer it needs in the second seat

The 2024 F1 season was one of the wildest every seen, for on-track action and behind-the-scenes intrigue – James Elson predicts how 2025 could go even further

The 77th season of world championship motorcycle racing gets underway at the Buriram racetrack in Thailand over the first weekend of March, with all eyes on one team and two…

Honda says it's struggling with 'technically challenging' 2026 Aston Martin power unit but Newey and Stroll shouldn't worry just yet

Two of racing's biggest rivals are on collision course once more, with the Ford v Ferrari battle for overall Le Mans victory due to resume in 2027 after six decades — and Ford is already talking up the fight

There are many obstacles to preserving truly historic racing cars. The somewhat depressing list of these surely begins with a simple question: define what really constitutes ‘a car’, especially in…