F1s

If you're a fan of Netflix's Drive to Survive and also happen to be a fan of Major League Soccer, you're going to think that all of your holidays have come at once with the news that the two things are about to merge into one ball of fun. And it's going to stream on Apple TV Plus.We'd heard hints that Box to Box, the outfit behind Drive to Survive, was planning to work on a documentary series about the MLS almost a year ago, but it now seems that things have moved on a stage with plans for filming underway. If everything…

After a four-week summer break, F1 is back. The drivers and teams return to Spa for what could be the last time, with the Belgian Grand Prix’s place on the 2023 calendar in serious peril.  In fact, there’s probably less doubt over the destination of the driver’s title. Max Verstappen holds a seemingly unassailable lead over his rivals, with the Dutchman on course to secure his second consecutive crown.  But despite the apparent lack of a title fight, F1’s popularity is on a clear upward curve. Official figures…

Formula 1 drivers have pretty much always complained that safety cars are too slow, meaning they can't keep temperature in their cars' brakes or tires. This year, though, those complaints may be more valid, as the pace disparity between F1's two safety cars is so great that 2021 champion Max Verstappen compared the slower of the two—the Aston Martin Vantage F1 Edition—to one of nature's slowest creatures: The lowly turtle.The reason for Verstappen's complaint becomes eminent on comparison of the Vantage to the…