With F1 seasons likely to get longer under Liberty, should a NASCAR-style playoff format be used to ensure the final race always decides the title?
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FIA GT World Cup ends in farce
Weekend racing wrap
Posted onThe FIA GT World Cup in Macau was won in bizarre circumstances last weekend. Also Audi and Volkswagen departed two top series, and the NASCAR crown was won.
Stunning turnaround in Formula V8 title-decider
Weekend racing wrap
Posted onA seven-way fight for the Formula V8 3.5 championship was decided in sensational fashion in the final race of the season. Plus WEC highlights and more.
Four more drivers knocked out of NASCAR title fight
Weekend racing wrap
Posted onFour drivers were eliminated from the NASCAR title fight while last weekend also saw the European Le Mans Series finale and Formula Ford Festival.
Title-winning weekend for Red Bull drivers
Weekend racing wrap
Posted onThe DTM, World Rally and Rallycross championship titles all fell to Red Bull-backed drivers last weekend.
Technical trouble decides IndyCar title at finale
Weekend Racing Wrap
Posted onThe 2016 IndyCar championship was settled when one of the contenders was struck by a technical problem shortly before half-distance at the final race.
Last-lap position swap decides Indy Lights title
Weekend racing wrap
Posted onA last-lap exchange of positions between team mates changed the destiny of the 2016 Indy Lights championship at Laguna Seca.
WEC returns to action after Le Mans at Nurburgring
Weekend Racing Wrap
Posted onOne week ahead of Formula One’s return to Germany the World Endurance Championship resumed at the Nurburgring following the Le Mans 24 Hours.
What might be in store for Grosjean? Behind the wheel of a Sprint Cup car
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Posted onWhat will Romain Grosjean discover if his NASCAR debut does happen? Will Wood got behind the wheel of a Sprint Cup car to find out.
The curse of second place strikes again in IndyCar
Weekend Racing Wrap
Posted onSecond place in the championship is not the place to be in IndyCar this year as for the third race running the closest rival to Simon Pagenaud hit trouble.
Anti-climactic end to second Formula E season
Weekend Racing Wrap
Posted onThe second Formula E title was decided in bizarre circumstances following a first-lap collision between the two championship contenders.
IndyCar race postponed for two months due to rain
Weekend Racing Wrap
Posted onPersistent rain forced the running of last weekend’s IndyCar race at Texas Motor Speedway to be postponed for two months.
European F3 title fight wide open after nine races
Weekend Racing Wrap
Posted onWith seven different winners in the first nine races the European Formula Three championship is wide open. Catch up on the weekend’s racing highlights.
21-car wreck in NASCAR’s traditional Talladega crash-fest
Weekend Racing Wrap
Posted onAfter an early start due to impending rain NASCAR’s latest visit to Talladega saw the usual series of high-speed crashes.
NASCAR listened to its drivers and cut downforce. Will F1?
2016 F1 season
Posted onF1 is set to go against drivers’ wishes by increasing downforce levels next year. But NASCAR drivers are cheering a 25% reduction which they say has improved the racing.
Gripping IndyCar showdown and debut rally winner
Weekend Racing Wrap
Posted onThe lead changed hands twice in the final laps of yesterday’s IndyCar race. Elsewhere the WRC welcomed a new winner and Stoffel Vandoorne made his Super Formula debut.
Winners disqualified in WEC season-opener
Weekend racing wrap
Posted onVideo highlights of a controversial WEC season-opener at Silverstone, a disputed IndyCar win at Long Beach, action-packed Formula V8 3.5 curtain-raisers at Motorland Aragon plus World Rallycross and more.
Huge field for GT Series season-opener
Weekend racing wrap
Posted onWeekend Racing Wrap: Huge field for opening GT Series Sprint Cup race at Misano plus more NASCAR carnage in Texas.
IndyCar pole sitter misses out, Formula E winner loses out
Weekend Racing Wrap
Posted onIn a strange start to the 2016 IndyCar season the pole sitter for the first event of the year was forced to miss the race due to injury.
Rain and rules produce shock V8 Supercars winner
Weekend Racing Wrap
Posted onHeavy rain and a quirk of the rules combined to produce a shock result in the opening V8 Supercars race weekend at the former Australian Grand Prix home.