Gary is editor and writer for ReadMotorsport. He has many years experience of sports writing behind him after deciding (belatedly) that the world of accountancy wasn't for him. His work has been featured on (among many others) BBC Sport and The Metro, where he specialised in all things Norwich City. He has written on many sports, including F1 for GPfans, the subject in which he now considers himself an expert. When not writing and editing he likes to go to the cinema and sip a lovely cold pint of Guinness (not always at the same time).
Lewis Hamilton has had plenty of big afternoons in Formula 1. This one felt different. Not because victory is new to him, obviously. This was win number 106, after all. But because, in Barcelona, Hamilton finally delivered the sort of Ferrari Sunday that had been imagined from the moment he walked through the door at […]
George Russell claimed pole position for the 2026 Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix in a qualifying session that had everything – a red flag, a Ferrari crash, and a championship leader left counting the cost of a troubled afternoon. Russell had already made a statement on Saturday morning by topping Free Practice 3, and he backed it […]
From Barcelona to Pocono and Le Mans, this weekend could provide some of the clearest indicators yet of how several major championships are likely to unfold. F1 McLaren arrived in Barcelona carrying the momentum of recent races and Friday’s practice sessions did little to suggest that trend is about to change. Lando Norris topped FP2 […]
Friday practice at the Barcelona Grand Prix provided more than just the usual clues about F1’s competitive order. While McLaren and Mercedes emerged as the teams to beat at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, the opening session also offered a glimpse into the sport’s future as seven rookie drivers were handed valuable track time in place […]
George Russell’s 2026 season is already being framed as a fight with Kimi Antonelli. That is understandable. Antonelli has won five races in succession, leads the championship and has turned what should have been Russell’s long-awaited title opportunity into a deeply uncomfortable Mercedes comparison. But that may not be the most important battle Russell is […]
The biggest motorsport stories are not always found at the front of the grid. While Formula 1, MotoGP, IndyCar and NASCAR all continue to build towards crucial moments in their respective seasons, several important developments have emerged away from race day. Technical regulations, injury replacements, testing programmes and long-term decisions are all helping shape the […]
The Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya has been on the Formula One calendar every single year since 1991. This weekend, it hosts a race under a new name – the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix. The Spanish Grand Prix title has moved to Madrid. The circuit itself, happily, is going nowhere. It is worth clearing up the confusion, because […]
There are crashes that make you wince. Then there are crashes that make the whole room go quiet. Christopher Bell’s impact at Michigan belonged firmly in the second category. Collected after Chase Elliott got loose, Bell was sent hard into the wall in the sort of accident that instantly cuts through all the usual noise […]
There was a time when Formula E was treated as motorsport’s slightly awkward cousin. Interesting? Definitely. Important? Maybe. A destination for drivers still capable of winning some of the biggest races in the world? That was a harder sell. Not anymore. Antonio Felix da Costa’s move into Alpine’s Hypercar programme is another sign that Formula […]
For a while now, Aston Martin have been selling the future. And, to be fair, it is quite a sales pitch. Adrian Newey. Honda. State-of-the-art facilities. A world champion-calibre driver in Fernando Alonso. On paper, it sounds less like a Formula 1 project and more like the ingredients list for a title challenge. The problem […]
There was a time when Formula 1 teams preached patience. Young drivers were supposed to earn their stripes. A couple of seasons in Formula 3, a couple more in Formula 2, perhaps a stint as a reserve driver before finally being trusted with a race seat. Remember those days? These days, it feels almost old-fashioned. […]
Formula 1 has never had more rules. That is probably unavoidable. The cars are faster, the teams are larger, and the margins are smaller than ever before. Yet weekends like Monaco inevitably raise an uncomfortable question. At what point does regulation begin to overshadow racing? Pierre Gasly’s frustration after the Monaco Grand Prix was entirely […]
