MotoGP’s must-have Indonesia return feels rushed and flawed

There’s no question MotoGP must have a race in Indonesia – but the 2022 edition at Mandalika risks being ‘wrong place, wrong time’

Gary Anderson: Every F1 team’s 2022 sidepod design ranked

Given their importance in generating ground effect and handling porpoising, sidepods and the areas around them are a critical 2022 Formula 1 tech battleground. Gary Anderson ranks all 10 teams’ efforts

F1 rules update stamps out Abu Dhabi-style partial unlapping

The FIA has modified the Formula 1 sporting regulations to clarify one of the rules that proved contentious in last year’s Abu Dhabi GP

Reliability risks squandering Alfa’s ‘clear step forward’

Alfa Romeo was the sixth-fastest team in Formula 1’s Bahrain test but will reliability woes hide its ‘clear step forward’ in 2022?

The golden MotoGP chance that’s come ‘too late’ for a veteran

Aleix Espargaro made his MotoGP weekend debut almost two decades ago, and now it appears he’s finally got a race-winning bike in 2022

Alpine can switch porpoising ‘on and off’ after breakthrough

Alpine believes it improved its 2022 Formula 1 car’s porpoising problem to the point where it learned how to “switch that on and off”. Scott Mitchell explains more and assesses the team’s chances this year

Podcast: Botched launch casts shadow over MotoGP’s great doc

Despite the troubled launch, can Amazon Prime’s MotoGP Unlimited do for MotoGP what Netflix’s Drive to Survive has done for Formula 1?

What a stone-cold IndyCar oval debut really looks like

IndyCar oval debuts are tricky at the best of times. But coming from a life of racing in Europe makes it even harder. Jack Benyon catches up with European converts Christian Lundgaard and Callum Ilott to find out how they’re approaching their oval debuts this weekend

Marquez’s ‘patient’ period will face bigger tests

Marc Marquez has made it clear he wants one more MotoGP title fight, and all the while he’s not in a position to win races he needs to bank good points. That box was ticked at the Qatar season opener, but will he accept doing the same at the next three races?

What F1’s most low-key team was up to in testing

While AlphaTauri, Alpine and Alfa Romeo all tried their hands at qualifying runs in the final hour of Bahrain F1 testing, one rival avoided a headline effort. How happy was it with its pre-season?

How Amazon MotoGP documentary’s fanbase has been alienated

The MotoGP Unlimited docuseries gets a lot right. What a shame it is then, says Simon Patterson, that the series’ fanbase is let down by major problems on the Amazon Prime video service

Gary Anderson: Ferrari’s test form comes with a question mark

On testing pace, Ferrari looks to be back at the sharp end of the Formula 1 field. But will that continue when the season properly starts? Ex-F1 technical director Gary Anderson says there’s still question marks