Motor Sport Magazine

Published as the Brooklands Gazette in 1924, Motor Sport magazine is the best-known motor racing magazine in the world. From the very first issue celebrating record-breaking motor cycle racing at Brooklands to Stirling Moss’ win in the 1000-mile Mille Miglia, right up to modern F1 we’ve been there, bringing the action to the fans in the best format with unbeatable quality and authoritative content. As ever, the pages are brimmed with stunning images, plus anecdotes, tales and insight from leading writers including Nigel Roebuck, Maurice Hamilton, Doug Nye, Mark Hughes, Mat Oxley and Simon Arron.

THE EDITOR

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Corvette tops the bill at Monterey • Anniversaries, automotive rarities, hypercar reveals and auction action – here’s what you missed at another compelling Car Week

Button lines up 963 for Petit Le Mans

ACE aims to find a world champ on the cheap

Jake Dennis crowned king of Formula E

Lotus ‘re-imagines’ Type 66 Can-Am

New literary festival launch set for Silverstone

Volvo dumps its signature estates

Will Renault pull the plug on F1 again?

Sleeper service • An original Mercedes 190E as raced by Niki Lauda in a one-off at the Nürburgring? This is a car with a curious track record

“Williams, as an organisation, no longer knew what it didn’t know”

“Bonmartini boasted that his bike would be ‘a two-wheeled Bugatti’”

“This is a vastly different world accommodating a vastly different sport”

“When you come into the pits, do not trust yourself, only your speedometer”

Verstappen on cloud nine • Home-turf GPs saw Max’s consecutive wins tally equal Ascari and Vettel’s record. Mark Hughes reports on the latest routs

Renault on the ropes • Regardless of a third-place for Alpine at Zandvoort, the A523’s engine is lagging behind its rivals – by 25bhp

Word on the beat • Musical chairs and tittle tattle from the F1 paddock

Weather permitting • Without an appropriate rear wing, Lando Norris nosedived at the Belgian Grand Prix. But as Mark Hughes explains, precipitation proved an unlikely ally and disaster was averted

Good month, bad month

Nelson defeats the French • Extraordinary tales from the Motor Sport digital archive

“I sense from the Hamilton camp there’s a feeling they won’t be able to win another title with Mercedes”

The last stand of the ’Stang? • Ford’s famed pony could be approaching its final pasture. But not before one more V8-powered canter, says Andrew Frankel

Hidden elegance

Tech can’t save us all

Feel like a Newman • With its stand-out sub-dials and orange detailing, this Nivada Grenchen resembles a timepiece that the Winning actor wore

Qatar ready to star • After a two-year break, Formula 1 heads back to the Lusail circuit to start a decade-long run. Ed Hardy looks ahead to the race

World titles and plates of sandwiches • A strapping new book on Tyrrell’s history shows what can be achieved within a homely set-up, says Gordon Cruickshank

Home sweet home • Kyalami is a special circuit, and one that has witnessed huge change and its fair share of characters over the past 60 years

Howden Ganley • He claims nobody remembers him as a racer, but as one of the sport’s formative Kiwi innovators, he became a lynchpin of some of the f inest teams

Martin Brundle

Flashback... • Nigel Mansell rarely steered away from conflict, whether on the track or off it. Maurice Hamilton recalls a crunch legal meeting held outside the Ferrari motorhome ahead of the 1989 Spanish GP

LETTERS

THE LIKELY LADS • With 250-plus F1 starts between them, George Russell, Lando Norris and Alex Albon are now battle-hardened pros – but is there a future world champion in our...