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).
Haas have given the clearest sign yet that their 2027 Formula 1 driver call could come within weeks, and that puts huge pressure on Esteban Ocon as Oliver Bearman continues to looks a shoo-in for as a long-term Haas driver. Komatsu non-committal Motorsport.com reported on Wednesday, May 27, that Haas team boss Ayao Komatsu expects […]
Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali has publicly backed a future return to V8 engines running on sustainable fuel, giving fresh momentum to one of the biggest ongoing debates in the paddock. It doesn’t mean a rule change is imminent, but it does mean the push now has heavyweight support from the commercial head of the […]
Ferrari team boss Fred Vasseur believes Canada was a genuinely strong weekend for the team, even with Charles Leclerc enduring what he called the toughest race weekend of his Formula 1 career. The big test now is whether Ferrari can carry that pace and confidence into Monaco, where Leclerc’s home race will expose whether Canada […]
Mercedes have made it clear that Kimi Antonelli and George Russell will be allowed to race for the 2026 Formula 1 title, but team principal Toto Wolff has also drawn a line under how far that freedom can go after the pair’s bruising Canadian Grand Prix battle. The message seems to be simple: race hard, […]
Fernando Alonso’s retirement from the Canadian Grand Prix has turned into a more revealing Aston Martin story, with the team now admitting it may have pushed its 2026 cockpit layout too far. What looked like a normal frustrating midfield DNF now has clear Monaco consequences, if Aston Martin have to rethink how Alonso sits in […]
Red Bull’s first Formula 1 podium of 2026 has ended the team’s ongoing concerns about its car. Instead, it has exposed how much the team still relies on Max Verstappen’s feedback while trying to work out what this new-rules era really means for the cars. Team principal Laurent Mekies defended the team’s willingness to keep […]
Kimi Antonelli turned a tense Mercedes head-to-head into the biggest result of the Formula 1 weekend in Montreal, winning the Canadian Grand Prix after George Russell retired from the lead with a power unit problem. The result gives Antonelli a fourth straight Grand Prix win and, according to Formula 1’s official race report, stretches his […]
Lewis Hamilton says Ferrari have finally put him in a place where he can drive like his old self again after qualifying fifth for the Canadian Grand Prix. Not front-row place yet, but for a driver who has spent much of the season chasing Charles Leclerc and searching for his happy place, this is the […]
George Russell turned Mercedes’ Montreal upgrade weekend into a Super Saturday statement by winning the Canadian Grand Prix Sprint and then snatching pole position for Sunday’s Grand Prix ahead of team mate Kimi Antonelli. Mercedes arrived in Canada, saying their first upgrade package of the F1 season needed to deliver, and by Saturday evening in […]
NASCAR has confirmed the death of Kyle Busch at the age of 41, hours after his family said the two-time Cup Series champion had been hospitalised with a severe illness. The loss of one of the sport’s fiercest, most successful and most divisive competitors is tragic for NASCAR on the eve of the Coca-Cola 600 […]
Formula 1 arrives in Montreal with Mercedes and McLaren both bringing new parts, but the Canadian Grand Prix’s sprint format means they will get just one practice hour before Sprint Qualifying starts. Mercedes confirmed on May 18 that they will bring their first upgrade package of the season to Canada, with Toto Wolff admitting the […]
Cadillac will arrive in Montreal for Formula 1’s Canadian Grand Prix with another round of upgrades after their first clear signs of progress in Miami. These may give the sport’s newest team a live chance to find out whether they can turn improved reliability into a proper fight for places in the crowded midfield. A […]
