The Road to Austin
The field on Elroy Road spends fifty-one weeks a year doing what it has always done. Cattle move across it…
Category: The Grid
The Invisible Finish Line
The podium ceremony runs about ten minutes, start to finish. It requires a man with an FIA super licence, the…
Why the Outlap Matters
The starting grid of a modern Grand Prix is less a sporting arena and more a claustrophobic circus. For an…
Josef Newgarden’s Epic Overtake
For 232 laps at Iowa Speedway, the race looked settled. Josef Newgarden led from the pole, working through traffic with…
Tire Management: Art, Science & Luck
Tire degradation isn’t a problem to solve. It’s a discipline to master, and the drivers who understand that distinction are…
Hannah Schmitz actually gives Red Bull its Wings
There is a habit Hannah Schmitz has when the stakes on the pit wall are highest. She talks with her…
Pit Stops are more Ballet than Racing
The pit lane is largely defined by noise and constant motion, but the painted rectangle outside the garage is governed…
Nobody Knows Hermann Tilke
Hermann Tilke has designed more Formula One circuits than any other person alive. His fingerprints are on the tracks in…
What MotoGP Does That F1 Won’t
Two sports build the fastest machines on earth and ask completely different things of the people who pilot them. F1…