Who’s showing early promise from the Red Bull family of drivers?
Mark Mann-Bryans is meeting some of the most passionate F1 fans in the world at the Japanese Grand Prix. MMB finds out who their favourite drivers are and what makes them so special. Mark is then joined by Jake Boxall-Legge and Erwin Jaeggi to play his name game show: “RatingContinue Reading
How robots are helping teams like Hendrick Motorsports make better, faster race cars
The NASCAR season kicked off this year with a race at the historic Bowman Gray Stadium, which had not seen a NASCAR Cup Series race since 1971. While the parking lot paddock behind the fieldhouse hearkened back to those early days of stock car racing, some 40-plus years before, theContinue Reading
Autosport Racing Podcast: Shedden on why he’s now returning to the BTCC
Welcome to the new Autosport Racing Podcast, where we take some time to focus beyond Formula 1 across the world of motorsport and, for our first episode, Autosport Editor-In-Chief Kevin Turner sits down with British Touring Car reporter Marcus Simmons and three-time BTCC champion Gordon Shedden.It’s a wide-ranging interview coveringContinue Reading
Analysis: Why both Racing Bulls were ahead of Verstappen on Friday in Japan
“I think the people at Racing Bulls were a bit surprised themselves by the good car they’ve built this year,” Max Verstappen told reporters on Thursday at the Japanese Grand Prix.Two weeks ago in China, the world champion made it clear that his struggling team-mate Liam Lawson would be fasterContinue Reading
Obituary: Vauxhall motorsport boss and successful co-driver Mike Nicholson dies aged 81
It’s a rare feat for anyone to have played a key part in two of the UK’s greatest eras of motorsport in two such disparate disciplines.In one, he found himself part of the elite almost by accident; in the other, he was instrumental in its success.Mike Nicholson, who has diedContinue Reading
How red flag chaos hid F1 Practice’s true pace – Japanese GP Practice Analysis
Mark Mann-Bryans and Jake Boxall-Legge report from Suzuka for Day 2 of the 2025 Japanese Grand Prix, with Friday practice generating plenty of headlines. Jake and Mark talk about the four red flags that disrupted FP2, including a massive shunt into the wall at Turn 1 for Jack Doohan, withContinue Reading
Alonso surprised by ‘weird’ Japan FP2 spin
Even Formula 1 world champions make mistakes – although Fernando Alonso indicated that fluctuations in the headwind at a critical part of the lap at Suzuka could have tipped him into the spin that brought second practice for the Japanese Grand Prix to a halt.Alonso lost control at the entryContinue Reading
Doohan DRS “misjudgement” caused F1 Japanese GP practice crash
Alpine team boss Oliver Oakes has explained Jack Doohan’s heavy crash in Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix practice was caused by the Australian erroneously leaving DRS open.Doohan spun off the road entering the high-speed Turn 1 in the opening stages of the one-hour session, smashing heavily into the barriers. Due to theContinue Reading
FIA taking action after grass fires halted Japanese GP FP2
The FIA is attempting to prevent a repeat of the grass fires that derailed second practice at Formula 1’s Japanese Grand Prix.Friday’s session was thrown into disarray by four red flags, two for offs by Jack Doohan and Fernando Alonso and another two for grass patches lining the Suzuka trackContinue Reading
Lawson relishing Racing Bulls F1 car’s ‘wider window’
Liam Lawson says he has enjoyed his return to Racing Bulls at Suzuka despite his harsh demotion from Red Bull, feeling at ease in the team’s vastly different Formula 1 car.After two difficult race weekends Lawson’s Red Bull stint was cut short by the team’s management, which opted to tryContinue Reading