Sport
Motorsport
‘The biggest F1 race in the world’: New boss wants grand prix festival to spread into surrounding suburbs
Travis Auld talks about his vision to make Melbourne’s Formula 1 race the biggest in the world, including closing streets for a festival. And how he felt about being overlooked as Gillon McLachlan’s successor at the AFL.
- by Sam McClure
Latest
Ricciardo ripped for response to Horner scandal
Daniel Ricciardo has come under fire for his response to a question about the ongoing scandal involving Red Bull team principal Christian Horner.
Felipe Massa says this crash cost him the 2008 F1 title. Now he’s suing
Felipe Massa has long claimed he was the “rightful” 2008 champion after Nelson Piquet jnr deliberately crashed in Singapore. He finished runner-up by one point.
- by Mauricio Savarese
Scott McLaughlin makes it four-wide in frenetic IndyCar race start
In a frenetic start to the Grand Prix of St Petersburg, a divebomb by Scott McLaughlin made it four-wide into turn one.
Scott McLaughlin's Supercars-inspired pass for IndyCar podium
Scott McLaughlin put a pass on Colton Herta to get himself onto the IndyCar podium in the Grand Prix of St Petersburg in Florida.
Analysis
Formula 1
Alleged intimate messages, a pop-star wife and the F1 team boss at centre of soap opera
In one race weekend alone, Red Bull team principal Christian Horner gave Netflix an entire season of material for Formula 1 show Drive to Survive.
- by Jenna Fryer
‘A different galaxy’: Will Max Verstappen win every F1 race this year?
They may be in turmoil off the track, but Red Bull remain supreme on it as Max Verstappen fairly cruised to victory at the season-opening grand prix in Bahrain.
- by Tom Cary and Luke Slater
Horner cleared of inappropriate behavior
Christian Horner walked hand-in-hand through the Bahrain Grand Prix paddock with wife Geri after he was cleared of inappropriate behavior by an independent barrister, although a dossier of screen shots have been leaked to media.
Ricciardo tops timesheet at Bahrain practice
Aussie F1 driver Daniel Ricciardo topped the timesheet at the Bahrain practice session.
Opinion
Supercars
The sound of silence is the future of motor racing
What happens to the world of motor-racing when far-and-away the fastest cars don’t have traditional motors any more?
- by Peter FitzSimons
‘Ride in peace’: Australian motocross star dies in training accident in Melbourne
Freestyle motocross competitor Jayden Archer, the first rider to perform a triple backflip in competition, has died while practising in Melbourne. He was 27.