Two points: that’s how close Max Verstappen came to equalling Michael Schumacher’s feat of winning five consecutive Formula 1 world championships, despite having fallen more than 100 points behind in

Sport editor Michael Potts on the best of the week’s action on TV and radio

The first week of a new year and already the motorsport season is in full swing. By the time you read this, 325 cars, motorcycles and trucks will be wheel-deep in the sand dunes of Saudi Arabia for th

Formula 1’s midfield battle had a peculiar look to it in 2025. Unless teams were fighting for bigger prizes at the front of the field, the well-documented regulation changes for 2026 soon made the sea

Adrian Newey a team boss? That really was not on anyone’s bingo card. Ever. But it came to pass on the eve of the Qatar Grand Prix as Aston Martin announced that team CEO Andy Cowell was stepping away

The season ended rapid-fire on consecutive weekends and amid those shots a new world champion was crowned. In Vegas Max Verstappen re-lit the dying embers of his title challenge with a victory around