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New cars, new engines, new tyres... Formula One’s rule changes are going to take some getting used to, warns Simon Barnes

There will be plenty to get your teeth into for this season’s British Touring Car Championship, even if the menu has taken some time to be created. The big story has been the return of the championshi

What on earth are Formula 1 fans in for on Sunday? Will half the field bog down on the grid when they try to launch? And once they do get going, will drivers struggle to harvest enough energy to run a

He has become a master of the snow in Sweden and now Elfyn Evans leads the World Rally Championship, just as he did a year ago. The question is, at 37, can the WRC’s eternal bridesmaid change what mus

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“This is my last shot at reaching F1.” That’s how Colton Herta described his unprecedented move from IndyCar to Formula 2 for 2026 when it was announced back in September. It would have been easy for