Matt Beer

England

Contributor at The Race

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Articles

The hidden impact of F1's wing changes

1 week ago | the-race.com | Matt Beer

McLaren’s front-row lockout of the Spanish Grand Prix delivered the impression that Formula 1's flexi wing clampdown has had zero impact on the pecking order. Indeed, nobody seems to be dramatically out of position now that everyone is running with stiffer front wings – and Oscar Piastri’s advantage at the front in qualifying was the biggest any polesitter has had all season.
Cassidy ends win drought in wet Shanghai race

1 week ago | the-race.com | Matt Beer

In the week it emerged Nick Cassidy is splitting with the Jaguar Formula E team, he took advantage of miserable weather at Shanghai to end his win drought and show what he can do on a level playing field. With Jaguar off the pace for most of the 2024-25 season so far, Cassidy was went into Sunday's race only 13th in the championship, having fought for the title last season, and having not won since Berlin a year ago.
McLaren dominates final Spanish Grand Prix practice

1 week ago | the-race.com | Matt Beer

Any hopes that McLaren might be pegged back by Formula 1's flexi-wing clampdown looked remote as Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris took a commanding 1-2 in final Spanish Grand Prix practice. The 0.526-second gap between them was accentuated by some bouncing compromising Norris's first run on soft tyres.
DS Penske 1-2 in Formula E's most complex race yet

1 week ago | the-race.com | Matt Beer

Maximilian Guenther led Jean-Eric Vergne in a DS Penske 1-2 in the opening Shanghai Formula E race - the first time the pit boost fast-charging format had been used at a track where the high energy saving 'peloton' tactics were likely. The addition of mandatory pitstops into races that already featured 'pack racing' and two of the newly-powerful attack mode deployments seemed ripe for confusion going into the season.
IndyCar's next steps after penalty-marred Indy 500

1 week ago | the-race.com | Matt Beer

IndyCar has begun work on a new car scanning process to try to tighten up its post-race inspection procedures after the penalties that marred the Indianapolis 500. Two major technical compliance controversies hit the event.
'I didn't really care' - Russell stands by illegal Albon pass

1 week ago | the-race.com | Matt Beer

An unrepentant George Russell “didn’t really care” about his drivethrough penalty for passing Alex Albon’s Williams by cutting the chicane in Formula 1’s contentious 2025 Monaco Grand Prix. The mandated two-stop strategy format deployed for the race in an attempt to improve the spectacle led to teams using one car to back up the pack so that the other could make a pitstop without losing positions.
Norris beats Leclerc as F1's Monaco shake-up falls flat

1 week ago | the-race.com | Matt Beer

Lando Norris cut McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri's Formula 1 world championship lead to three points by winning the Monaco Grand Prix. Charles Leclerc's Ferrari finished between the McLarens in second. The mandated two-stop strategy failed to spice up the lead battle, though it did add some intrigue, and its main consequence was triggering extremely contentious team tactics incidents further down the field. Norris was able to control most of the race, keeping Leclerc and Piastri at a safe distance.
What's behind Sainz's Williams regression in Monaco

2 weeks ago | the-race.com | Matt Beer

Carlos Sainz’s Williams momentum came to an abrupt halt in Monaco Grand Prix qualifying, as the man who’d started sixth for three grands prix in a row didn’t even make it past Q2. That his team-mate Alex Albon starts just one place ahead of him in 10th was fairly irrelevant to Sainz, who felt he’d compromised himself with needless set-up tinkering in over-reaction to finding the Williams harder to fathom around the Monte Carlo streets.
Where next for Russell and Mercedes after 'abysmal' qualifying?

2 weeks ago | the-race.com | Matt Beer

George Russell looked and sounded utterly deflated at the prospect of starting the 2025 Monaco Grand Prix from well outside the top 10. Even the unpredictability of the first mandated two-stop Monaco F1 race couldn't lift his spirits.
Tokyo Formula E race 2: More Rowland mastery, Ticktum stars

3 weeks ago | the-race.com | Matt Beer

Oliver Rowland's unstoppable progress towards the 2024-25 Formula E title continued with a hard-fought win in a dry second race of his Nissan team's home round in Japan, ahead of reigning champion Pascal Wehrlein and first-time FE podium finisher Dan Ticktum. Pole-winner Rowland looked like he might've blown this one when he left his attack modes late and consequently fell back to sixth, then made little progress with his first deployment of two minutes.