Brands Hatch unknowns did the DTM a favour The DTM returned to Britain for the first time since 2013 with its event at Brands Hatch last weekend and it proved to be a hit with the fans. In fact, a quirk of the Kent track's timetable helped shake up the competitive order 1534377600 DTM

What we've learned at Le Mans so far How Fernando Alonso is really getting on at Toyota, the surprise contenders impressing in LMP1 and LMP2, a major GTE team in trouble and ongoing angst for Manor - here are the major pre-race storylines from Le Mans 1529020800 WEC

Why a world championship made the ultimate sacrifice A rulebook scrapped with two-thirds of its planned existence remaining and the disintegration of a 'world championship' - yet everyone's a winner from one of modern motorsport's greatest acts of martyrdom 1515456000 WTCR

The making of the world's best tin-top driver He has been overshadowed at Citroen for the last three seasons, but the retirement of Yvan Muller means the world says farewell to one of touring-car racing's finest talents 1474848000 WTCR

Can Norris avoid McLaren's young driver scrapheap? Formula 2 hotshot Lando Norris gets his Formula 1 debut next year with McLaren. But the troubled team has mangled the career paths of recent recruits including Sergio Perez, Kevin Magnussen and Stoffel Vandoorne. So how will Lando fare? Asks JAMES ROBERTS 1542326400 F1

How an F1 team can go off the rails Williams's plunge to the back of the Formula 1 field in 2018 has been dramatic. PAT SYMONDS explains how things can go so badly awry with an F1 design, and why finding the way again mid-season is so difficult 1542326400 F1

F1 must not clip Verstappen's wings Max Verstappen copped some flak for his post-race antics in Brazil, but Formula 1 must realise that it should not try to change a driver who has become one of its box office stars 1542240000 F1

The 37-year-old rookie starting Mercedes' next big project Gary Paffett was once caught out by inexperience, when he thought the DTM was "too easy" after a first title. After a 13-year wait for his second championship, it's a lesson he will have to remember as a Formula E rookie 1542240000 FE