Binotto: Ferrari must make Australia slump an "exception"
Ferrari believes the potential of its 2019 Formula 1 car is “certainly bigger” than it showed in the Australian Grand Prix, which must be made into an “exception” this season.
Australian GP damage to Hamilton’s Mercedes explained in 3D
Valtteri Bottas took a dominant victory in the Australian Grand Prix, but Lewis Hamilton could not match his Mercedes Formula 1 team-mate's pace.
Wolff: Heavy Ferrari defeat likely down to wrong set-up
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff think Ferrari's struggles in the Australian Grand Prix owed more to it taking a "wrong junction" on set-up rather than its car being inherently slow.
Road-going hypercar rules "unsustainable" for IMSA
IMSA boss Scott Atherton has all but ruled out following the FIA World Endurance Championship's lead in opening its doors up to road-derived hypercars for its next-generation rules in 2022.
F1 teams' Bahrain GP tyre selections announced
Mercedes and Ferrari have gone for identical tyre choices for Formula 1's Bahrain Grand Prix.
Nissan drivers expecting Super GT fightback in 2019
Nissan Super GT drivers Jann Mardenborough and Frederic Makowiecki are both confident the Yokohama-based manufacturer will bounce back from its 2018 struggles this year.
Penske: NASCAR “needs to go” with Gen-7 revolution plan
Legendary team owner Roger Penske says he’s told NASCAR CEO Jim France “let’s make the decision and go” with revolutionary plans for the next generation of machinery.
Triple Eight to debut new Supercars wheel retention system
Triple Eight will debut a new wheel retention system at the next Supercars round, as a direct response to costly incidents at Bathurst last year and Albert Park last weekend.
Marquez: Honda couldn't tolerate Ducati speed deficit
MotoGP champion Marc Marquez says one of the reasons for Honda focussing on engine development over the winter is the fact it couldn't stomach Ducati having a faster bike in a straight line.
Reynolds: Mustang advantage "beyond obvious"
David Reynolds says an aero advantage from the Supercars-spec Mustang is "beyond obvious", as Ford's new racer remains unbeaten after the first six races of the season.
Fernando Alonso invests in Motorsport Games
One of the sport’s legendary talents takes up a board position with Motorsport Network’s dedicated games and esports division
Prime The "massive void" left by a lost legend
Charlie Whiting never looked like a motorsport colossus, but his sudden death last week revealed not only the esteem he was held in but the true extent of the responsibility he shouldered
Why ruthless 'new Bottas' is a real title threat
A dominant drive and a very blunt message to his critics - Valtteri Bottas began the 2019 Formula 1 season as a very different character to the battered, confidence-ravaged figure he had been going into the winter.
Australian Grand Prix driver ratings
Though there were some sublime performances over the Australian Grand Prix weekend, no one did quite enough to start the year with a perfect score. And for some of the drivers settling into new teams, Bahrain needs to be much, much better
Arrow Schmidt Peterson race report, Round 1 – St. Petersburg
Promoted: Although the result of the NTT IndyCar Series’ season-opening round wasn’t what the team craved, the potential shown and the ability to deal with imperfect circumstances provided hope for James Hinchcliffe, Marcus Ericsson and the Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports team.
Promoted: Toto Wolff takes us inside Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport HQ
Executive Editor Stuart Codling chats to Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport Team Principal & CEO Toto Wolff, and Model Shop Supervisor Richard Bruce, about life at the team’s Brackley HQ.
04:07 Sights & Sounds: Onboard with Joey Dunlop at Ulster 1995
Pay close attention to the rev counter - it's near the redline, as the bike is in trusty hands of legendary Joey Dunlop. Watch him going flat out through the Dundrod Circuit!
03:23 A ticket for the rally winner
The speed of Patrick Snijers's BMW M3 during the 1988 Manx International Rally was not a match for Jimmy McRae on Ford Sierra Cosworth, nor the local police authorities, who gave Belgian a ticket for dangerous driving!
11:17 Lewis Hamilton's Australian GP floor damage explained
Valtteri Bottas dominated the Australian Grand Prix for Mercedes, but teammate Lewis Hamilton couldn't live with him. It emerged after the race that Hamilton's car was damaged, costing him performance. Our technical editor Jake Boxall-Legge uses our exclu
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Bugatti Royale electric sedan coming in 2023?
It's rumored to use the same platform as the Porsche Taycan.
Reynolds: Mustang advantage "beyond obvious"
David Reynolds says an aero advantage from the Supercars-spec Mustang is "beyond obvious", as Ford's new racer remains unbeaten after the first six races of the season.
Davison joins new-look Tickford Supercars enduro line-up
Alex Davison has been drafted into Tickford Racing's new-look driver line-up for the 2019 Supercars enduros alongside his brother Will.
Ratel: New format sparked GT3 rebound in US after “worrying” 2018
SRO chief Stephane Ratel believes this year’s bumper grid for the revamped Blancpain GT World Challenge is due to a revised format that offers teams better value for their race programs.
Canadian Raphael Lessard adds K&N race to schedule
Raphael Lessard makes his NASCAR Trucks Series debut this weekend at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway, and will also compete at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway in the K&N Pro Series.
MSR Acura NSXs "couldn't catch a break" at Sebring
Meyer Shank Racing team co-owner Mike Shank has lamented the bad luck that both of his entries suffered in last weekend's Sebring 12 Hours, the second round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.
Fastest lap point "livened up" Australian GP, says Brawn
Ross Brawn says that the introduction of a point for the fastest lap "livened up" the closing stages of Formula 1's Australian Grand Prix.
Formula E urged to try "radical" attack mode changes
Jaguar's Mitch Evans believes ABB FIA Formula E should go "radical" in how it chooses to deploy attack mode in races.
Ferrari recalls cars due to fire risks, defective doors
Almost the entire Ferrari lineup is affected.
Sainz hurt by Melbourne F1 weekend "full of bad luck"
Carlos Sainz believes he suffered every piece of bad luck he could have done on his McLaren Formula 1 team debut in the Australian Grand Prix.
Prime Flexy floors and impervious sieves - Whiting remembered
Our technical consultant remembers Charlie Whiting - the man who swapped pushing the F1 technical rule limits for guarding them, and maintained his focus to keep F1 at the cutting edge for four decades.
Disillusioned Jani to quit WEC to focus on Formula E
Neel Jani has revealed he will bow out of the FIA World Endurance Championship after the end of the current season in order to focus fully on his Porsche Formula E commitments.
Australian GP: Latest F1 tech updates, straight from pitlane
Giorgio Piola and Sutton Images bring you the Formula 1 technical updates on show in the Melbourne pitlane at the Australian Grand Prix, giving insight into the relentless development undertaken by the teams in pursuit of more performance.
Giorgio Piola’s top picks of Australian GP tech upgrades
The first official sessions of the 2019 Formula 1 season are now over, and plenty of new developments were unveiled on the opening day of running in Melbourne.
F1’s iconic cars: The McLaren M23 by Giorgio Piola
In our last deep dive into Giorgio Piola’s treasure trove, we cast our eye over Ferrari’s 312. But it was 1974 rivals McLaren and Emerson Fittipaldi that prevailed, running out the eventual winners in a less complex but far more compliant car.
Tech verdict: Rating F1 2019's technical designs
All 10 Formula 1 teams have been bringing car developments throughout the two weeks of 2019 pre-season testing, which comes to an end at the Barcelona track on Friday.
Barcelona test 2, Day 3: Fresh F1 2019 tech images from pit lane
Giorgio Piola and Motorsport Images bring you the Formula 1 technical images available from the third day of the final test at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.