The Latest Breaking News on Formula 1

There is unlikely to be a trilogy of Formula 1 sprint races in the United States in the near future as Las Vegas organisers have distanced themselves from introducing the format.

The sudden departure of Formula 1's race director Niels Wittich has caught the entire paddock by surprise and is leaving the beleaguered governing body with more questions than answers, some more uncomfortable than others.

Been there, done that. Ray Mallock had won the Formula Atlantic championship in Britain in 1979 when the category was reintroduced to the country after a two-year hiatus. He’d then competed in the Aurora British Formula 1 Championship in 1980 at the wheel of Surtees – before a huge shunt…

To the big teams go the spoils… or something like that. Close and competitive racing has been a common theme in the IndyCar Series, but the end-of-year results always seem to favour the usual suspects. 

To the big teams go the spoils… or something like that. Close and competitive racing has been a common theme in the IndyCar Series for years, but the end-of-year results always favor the usual suspects. 

Niels Wittich’s unexpected decision to step down is the latest in a line of senior FIA officials to leave in recent months

Barely a month goes by without a senior departure from the FIA it seems, but the latest exit raises some serious concerns. Niels Wittich leaving immediately as F1 race director follows a worrying trend at motorsport’s governing body and one wonders what is causing it.

About five years ago in a long-distant land called COVID, I stood in the paddock of Lime Rock Park, slack-jawed. Appropriately distanced from a clutch of masked magazine editors, I marveled at our luck. By virtue of fate and effort, we’d assembled perhaps the greatest lineup of cars ever seen…

When Aleix Espargaro steps off his Aprilia RS-GP for the final time at this weekend’s Barcelona Grand Prix finale, he will be able to look back at a long and ultimately successful MotoGP career that few - including the man himself - are likely to have predicted unfolding the way…