Michael Jordan’s second act: how the Jumpman became Nascar’s hottest owner

After years of frustration as an NBA executive, the basketball legend’s 23XI Racing team has surged to the front of the Cup series, reshaping his legacy

Max Verstappen’s F1 future in further doubt with race engineer to leave Red Bull

Max Verstappen’s Formula One future has been plunged into further doubt after it emerged his long-time race engineer is set to leave Red Bull

‘Every accident at high speed is a shock’: F1 rules guru on response to Bearman crash

As talks begin over fixing the controversial regulations, the FIA’s Nikolas Tombazis tells Giles Richards changes to ‘specific aspects’ are needed, not a total overhaul

‘This is what you don’t see in F1’: the university where future race engineers are made

With alumni in every F1 team, Oxford Brookes University’s Formula Student team is the most prestigious in the country

F1 must find answers to safety crisis after Bearman’s escape but there are no easy fixes

F1 has five weeks before the next race in Miami and they will need every minute to fix a hugely complicated problem

Mercedes’ Wolff says Antonelli and Russell are ‘off the leash’ to race … for now

Kimi Antonelli and George Russell, leaders of the F1 world championship in a dominant Mercedes car, are ‘absolutely off the leash’ to race one another, their team principal, Toto Wolff, has said

F1 drivers demand urgent action after Oliver Bearman’s ‘scary’ crash at Japan GP

Leading figures in Formula One have called for an urgent safety review after the British driver Oliver Bearman was involved in a 190mph accident at the Japanese Grand Prix

Kimi Antonelli goes back-to-back with victory in Suzuka – as it happened

Italian makes it two in a row with a dominant second half of the race in Japan with McLaren’s Oscar Piastri in second

Kimi Antonelli wins Japan Grand Prix to become youngest F1 championship leader

Italian leads his Mercedes teammate George Russell by nine points with Oscar Piastri second for McLaren in his first race of the season

Kimi Antonelli pips Mercedes teammate George Russell to pole for F1’s Japanese GP – as it happened

Mercedes lockout front row with Oscar Piastri third after Max Verstappen is knocked out of qualifying early in Suzuka

Kimi Antonelli on F1 Japanese GP pole in Mercedes lockout with George Russell

Italian finished 0.298sec ahead of George Russell as Oscar Piastri qualified third, with his McLaren teammate Lando Norris fifth

McLaren and Lando Norris aim to put horror start behind them at Japanese Grand Prix

Neither McLaren started the last race in China but Lando Norris, the world champion, said: ‘I believe we can get close’

George Russell: ‘I can’t spit my dummy out over something that I can’t control’

The F1 world championship leader tells Giles Richards how he learned to channel youthful frustration at the back of the grid and the influence of those closest to him on his title ambitions

Why Max Verstappen gave me my marching orders from press conference

Max Verstappen’s ultimatum blindsided me, but there are more serious issues than an F1 driver being cross with you for doing your job

Drama amid the deluge: 50 years since James Hunt won F1 world title in Japan

The flamboyant James Hunt won his first and only world championship in dramatic fashion in Japan in the last race of the 1976 season