overtaking

Joan Mir cites the reduced importance of rider input on corner exit plus electronically extended tyre performance for making overtaking more difficult in MotoGP.

Raul Fernandez and Aleix Espargaro fear downforce and dirty air prevents overtaking in MotoGP, leading to ‘boring’ races. Statistics show only one race win by a rider outside the top three after the opening lap.

MotoGP had its first final-round title showdown since 2017 this year, but the quality of racing has been criticised.

A natural circuit that provides the ability to go racing will also provide some of the best passing moves, as Will Saunders discovers....

Sebastian Vettel could be stripped of his third F1 world championship if it can be proved that he passed Jean-Eric Vergne under yellow flags at Interlagos on Sunday.

Mercedes look at the facts surrounding overtaking after four rounds of the 2012 F1 season

How many overtaking manoeuvres has there been during the F1 2011 season and who's made the most? Read on to find out...

Figures released by Mercedes Grand Prix have confirmed that overtaking in F1 has significantly increased this year - but Pirelli tyres have arguably played a greater role in that than DRS (Drag Reduction Systems)

Former world champion Jacques Villeneuve says the artificiality of the DRS-enabled action in F1 2011 only serves to 'upset' him and send him to sleep - arguing that now there is 'no excitement, nothing'

Having initially hailed F1's bold, exciting and unpredictable new era in 2011, some paddock members are now beginning to ponder the flipside of Pirelli tyres and DRS...

Sir Jackie Stewart has called for a change in design theory to improve the F1 show for fans and drivers alike.

Some of F1's most experienced campaigners - Lotus' Jarno Trulli, Red Bull Racing's Mark Webber, Renault's Robert Kubica, Williams' Rubens Barrichello and Force India's Adrian Sutil - have expressed their fears about the new driver-operated moveable rear wings for 2011

What did you make of the contentious 20-second penalty dished out to Mercedes Grand Prix star Michael Schumacher in Monaco at the weekend? Have your say right here...

Some of the leading technical lights in Formula One have admitted that they under-estimated the amount of downforce that would be clawed back by the teams following the redrafting of the rules for 2009, with the subsequent adverse effect on overtaking.

Nick Heidfeld has revealed the driver he believes to have been his quickest team-mate over his nine years in Formula 1 - and it isn't who you might perhaps expect.

MotoGP world champion Valentino Rossi believes that tyre evolution is the main reason why there has been a lack of close racing in MotoGP for the past two seasons.

The 2008 Formula 1 campaign saw some of the best on-track action in years, and 2009 - with its new aerodynamic regulations - promises to be even better still.

Formula 1 World Championship leader Lewis Hamilton has again come under fire in the wake of the Italian Grand Prix at the weekend - this time for his driving etiquette.

In an effort to make for more competition on the race track and increase passing opportunities for the drivers, the Champ Car World Series and Cosworth Racing have announced that they have developed a 'push to pass' mechanism for the Ford-Cosworth XFE racing engines in 2004.