In recent events, Craig Breen has had to cope with criticism from within the M-Sport camp 

Keith Cronin’s bid for a record-equalling fifth British Rally Championship took a blow

Both have two wins apiece from the opening four rounds

The F1 juggernaut has roared on this season but interest is growing in its greener alternative, FE

Previous editions had resulted in large-scale antisocial behaviour, prompting a major garda response this year

It is the first time the rally has taken place since 2019, having been cancelled because of the pandemic

Moffett and  Andy Hayes took a 23.3 second victory over Welsh aces Meirion Evans/Jonathan Jackson

Aiden Harper wants to explore the huge potential in Irish motorsport and is looking forward to the task following his unopposed appointment last week

Latifi has been subjected to abuse after his crash at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix sparked a chaotic end to the title race

Hamilton and Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff skipped the Thursday night gala, despite Article 6.6 of the F1 regulations requiring the top three drivers in the Championship to be present

Williams driver Latifi's crash ultimately led to Max Verstappen winning the Formula One world championship with victory in Abu Dhabi

Hamilton appeared to be charging to glory, easily holding Verstappen at bay in the closing laps only for a crash for the Williams of Nicholas Latifi to change the course of events

The alterations around the Yas Marina circuit saw Verstappen run over 12 seconds faster than the quickest time in the corresponding session here last year

The Irish affinity with Formula One racing was most recently manifest in the lives of Eddie Jordan, Eddie Irvine, Derek Daly, and Rosemary Smith.

While there are only three forest events proposed for 2022, the governing body is keen to add another event to the gravel series.

Alexander the Great, Napoleon, Happy Gilmore — history is full of hungry young men dripping with ambition. That’s Max Verstappen in our tale and Lewis Hamilton is the King of Kings

Mercedes have ended their controversial sponsorship deal with Irish building materials company Kingspan, saying it is “not appropriate” to continue the partnership

Hamilton came out on top in a wild race which was twice halted by red flags and saw him tangle with the Red Bull of Verstappen – who he labelled “f****** crazy” – as the pair wrestled on the track and bickered over the radio

Three iconic stages, Moll’s Gap, Beallaghbeama and Caragh Lake provided the ultimate challenge and after two runs of each, Waterford's Breen and Killarney's Nagle finished with a 57.1 seconds winning margin

Waterford’s Craig Breen and Killarney’s Paul Nagle head the impressive field

Sporting a rainbow helmet in support of the LBGTQ+ community, a gesture criticised by the 2022 Qatar World Cup chief executive, Hamilton cantered to a win to move within seven points of Verstappen

With a display of total self-belief Welsh driver Matt Edwards (VW Polo GTi R5), co-driven by Darren Garrod, clinched his third consecutive British Rally Championship title with outright victory in the Modern Tyres Ulster Rally in Newry.

Reigning champion Lewis Hamilton has a chance to close the 14-point gap to Verstappen in the drivers’ championship with the Dutchman starting seventh at the Losail International Circuit

The reigning champion is currently 14 points behind Verstappen in the drivers’ championship but won in Brazil last weekend and had the beating of the Red Bull around the Lusail International Circuit

The BRC bid is a straight contest between Welsh aces and team-mates Matt Edwards and Osian Pryce, but several Irish drivers will look to make a mark in Newry

Hamilton won the Interlagos race following a superb comeback drive, but Verstappen escaped punishment for running his rival off the road as they duelled for first position

Hamilton started 10th after a series of penalties, but on an extraordinary afternoon in Sao Paulo he fought his way past rival Max Verstappen with just 12 laps left following a ding-dong battle in the race of the season

Hamilton’s Mercedes team were summoned to see the stewards following an alleged infringement on the rear wing of their driver’s Mercedes

Hamilton will be demoted five places for Sunday’s race at Interlagos after Mercedes changed his engine for the fifth time this season

Monaghan’s Sam Moffett and his Limerick co-driver Keith Moriarty took their Hyundai i20 R5 to a start to finish victory in the Kerry Winter Rally finishing with a 36. 6 second winning margin.

Drive To Survive on Netflix doesn’t actually focus much on Lewis Hamilton and co at the top of the F1 leaderboard. This is more by accident than design

The 11-year-old was one of 10 Motorsport Ireland karters that participated in the event involving over 300 competitors from 29 nations

British Rally Championship leaders Welsh ace Osian Pryce and his Killarney co-driver Noel O’Sullivan onboard the Melvyn Evans Motorsport run VW Polo GTi R5 finished the top BRC registered competitors in the Mull Rally to extend their lead of the ...

World champion Hamilton dropped from third to fifth after he was called in for new tyres against his wishes

Hamilton questioned the decision to stop and snapped “leave me alone” when race engineer Peter Bonnington informed him of the gap to Pierre Gasly in sixth

Seven-time world champion Hamilton has been forced to take on a new engine – his fourth of the year, one more than is permitted

Waterford star Breen said: "To add my name to the list of drivers that have driven for Ford is a bit surreal, drivers like Ari Vatanen, Hannu Mikkola, Colin McRae, and Carlos Sainz.” 

Hamilton moves into the lead of the championship, two points clear of Verstappen with seven races remaining

Verstappen was already due to serve a three-place grid drop in Sochi following his extraordinary crash with Hamilton at the Italian Grand Prix

Derry’s Callum Devine/Brian Hoy (Ford Fiesta R5) had the honour of winning the O’Connell Group Cork ‘20’ International Rally, the first Irish tarmac rally in some 18 months. After the day’s nine stages they finished 20.

The event marks the resumption of Irish tarmac rallying after some 18 months.

Daniel Ricciardo took advantage of the extraordinary accident to claim McLaren’s first victory since the 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton has spoken repeatedly of his preference for Bottas to stay, but the Mercedes hierarchy have looked to the future by hiring the highly talented George Russell

Verstappen’s triumph, the 17th of his career, was greeted with emphatic celebrations by the 70,000-strong Zandvoort crowd