With three months to go until the inaugural Formula 1 Heineken Silver Las Vegas Grand Prix this November, join Checo Perez and Christian Horner as they relive an iconic 24 hours in Vegas. From tearing up the Las Vegas strip to racing in the Nevada desert, this is one adventure you don’t want to miss.

The nature of phishing and social engineering is changing as a result of generative AI, and we put McLaren Racing’s Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri to the ultimate test… Can they recognise fact from phish when it comes from one another?

Formula 1 World Champion and Oracle Red Bull Racing Driver Max Verstappen, took on a lifelong ambition to learn to drive a drift car with the help of none other than professional drift driver and record-breaker ‘Mad’ Mike Whiddett.

Wow! What a weekend of action we have to report on this week. Apart from Formula 1, almost every other series we cover held events this weekend…

First up Rallies Editor David Ledbitter has our top story as Round 9 of the 2023 FIA WRC kicked off in Jyvaskyla on Thursday for this year’s edition of WRC Finland, also known as the “Gravel Grand Prix”. And there were surprises galore with a very popular winner and podium; read David’s report for the full story.

Meanwhile the action was on two wheels at Silverstone this weekend for the British round of MotoGP. All eyes weren’t on the riders but rather on the sky as typical British temperamental summer weather beckoned. MotoGP Editor Kyle Francis had his wellies on as he was trackside at the wet and soggy Northamptonshire circuit.

Next up it was the turn of the NTT IndyCar Series and IndyCar Editor Kevin Dejewski was in Nashville for the Music City Grand Prix. With the title seemingly out of reach until the recent double header in Iowa, where both races won by Josef Newgarden, would Alex Palou see his near 100 point lead eaten into again?

While in the USA, it was also time for the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship’s annual visit to Road America. With more than 10 GTP prototypes heading the field, all eyes would be on the Elkhart Lake venue. Sportscar Editor Phil Oakley has your report.

Then we are back across the pond the latest round of the DTM Series held this weekend at the Nurburgring. Mo Rehman has your report on both races where it was also rather wet for Sunday’s race. And Finally F1’s loved Agony Aunt, Ask Carla, is back with some advice for Carlos Sainz and his Ferrari strategists.

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Mercedes is pushing ahead with its development programme in an attempt to regain some ground in the fight for “best of the rest”, which currently belongs to McLaren following its recent resurgence, which has resulted in back-to-back podium finishes for Lando Norris.

Although Mercedes have made gains since the start of the season, the gap to Red Bull continues to grow with Max Verstappen a dominant and seemingly unstoppable force at the moment.

Team boss Toto Wolff insists they won’t be giving up on the season and will be pushing their development programme to the limit in an attempt to match Red Bull by the seasons end. This philosophy could prove costly in some seasons, but any development gains in 2023 will pay dividends for next year, with the regulations remaining very stable and the W15 likely to be an evolution of the W14, which itself is an almost brand new car compared to that of last year after Mercedes ditched their zero-sidepod concept.

The teams last sidepod update saw them adopt a more traditional layout, but the latest update sees a big change once again, with a philosophy more similar to the concept Ferrari ran to start with before abandoning in Spain.

With this update, which has a greater downwash effect to force airflow downwards, comes an update floor with tweaks to the trailing edge and the various cutouts which help to seal the floor to create more downforce in that area.

The updates have been seen on George Russell’s car, but it’s not clear if both drivers will run the updates this weekend in Belgium.

Follow Motorsport Week’s live commentary of pre-season testing from the Bahrain International Circuit.

Ferrari launched their 2023 Formula 1 challenger on Tuesday and surprised everyone by hitting the track immediately, in what was dubbed a brave but confident move from the Italian squad.

Alfa Romeo became the fourth team to unveil their 2023 Formula 1 livery, whilst also showing off some updated components on their new car, the C43.

Compare last year’s C42 and this year’s C43 using our sliders below.

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