Motorsport Correspondent

Nathan Cole

Follows motorsport's engineering arms race, from regulation changes to the budgets that shape the grid.

Articles by Nathan Cole

Tennis • electronic line calling

2 days ago

How Hawk-Eye Live went from a 2017 trial to every ATP event in 2025, what the WTA and Wimbledon did, what is published on...

Motorsport • motogp • aerodynamics

3 months ago

A leaning motorcycle is a far harder aerodynamic problem than a car. Winglets solved wheelie and braking limits, and in doing so...

Motorsport • formula 1 • tyre strategy

3 months ago

Formula 1 tyres lose performance through two different mechanisms, and every strategy call trades lap time against stint length,...

Motorsport • formula 1 • budget cap

4 months ago

A fixed cost cap turned F1's spending war into a headcount war, with two breach cases that show how differently teams handled the...

Motorsport • le mans • hypercar

4 months ago

The Hypercar rules rebuilt the Le Mans grid from one lone factory team to eight manufacturers, though the 2026 season already...

Motorsport • formula 1 • aerodynamics

4 months ago

Formula 1's 2022 ground-effect rules moved downforce to the floor, triggered a porpoising crisis, and produced a real jump in...