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.
“We will be celebrating our centenary in the spirit of Bod and Jenks”
Cast your votes in our F1 Season Review Awards • With F1 over for another season, it’s time to choose your favourite moments – and be in with a chance of a Goodwood prize
F1 Academy raises the stakes for female hopefuls
Battery fire in Valencia clouds pre-season Formula Etest
£15m for Lewis’s first Merc winner
Grosjean stays in IndyCar after team shuffle
Fässler doubles down at Daytona
Ferrari Le Mans winner unleashed – yours for £4.6m
First among equals • If you’re looking for a distinctive Porsche 911, this 1965 righthand-drive factory prototype is a drive-away museum piece
“Can we conclude that Red Bull’s restrictions and penalty haven’t worked?”
“The FIM rewrote the rules in the early 1960s, banning women from grands prix”
“The anecdotes which surfaced at the McLaren bash could fill abook”
“Is my long-maintained perfect 0-60mph time of 5.2sec quite quick enough?”
TRACKSIDE VIEW • As the F1 season draws to a close, the world’s eyes fell on Las Vegas for a GP that promised to be the snazziest ever... But there were hiccups along the way
Pérez feels the pressure in a race to keep his seat • As Mark Hughes reports, ‘Checo’ needed strong performances in the Americas to convince Red Bull to secure his services
The ascent of manhole cover • Las Vegas ‘teething problems’ cloud an otherwise successful GP return
Word on the beat • Max’s bonkers timetable, ’26 regs and Cadillac’s PU
Ahead for heights? • At an elevation of 7500ft, Mexico’s Autodrómo Hermanos Rodriguez is one of the trickier tracks on the F1 calendar. Mark Hughes reveals how teams coped with the conditions
Good month, bad month • Charting the ups and downs of the F1 circus
“Like a son to me” • Extraordinary tales from the Motor Sport digital archive
“Valtteri Bottas has the ability to get the best out of a car but that appears wasted at the moment”
Lamborghini’s call to traction • Does the world really need an off-road Huracán? Andrew Frankel wasn’t sure... until 60 seconds into his test drive
The cat’s whiskers • F-Pace upgrade shows that Jaguar is still in the game
Executive burnout • Is Mercedes’ heavyweight hybrid too big for its boots?
Let’s prance • Omologato continues its motor sport-derived theme with its new Classic Timer range, which includes an ode to Ferrari
RIXY STAGES
Loony dunes • For the fifth consecutive year, the Dakar Rally will be hosted in Saudi Arabia. Ed Hardy previews 2024’s racing curtain-raiser
MIDDLE EAST TROPHY – KUWAIT 12 HOURS
INTERCONTINENTAL GT CHALLENGE – GULF 12 HOURS
SOUTH YORKSHIRE STAGES
BOXING DAY CLASSIC DRIVE & RIDE IN DAY
MORE EVENTS
Hang on, what make of car is it again?
Astar is Brawn • A Keanu Reeves-narrated documentary about Jenson Button’s F1 title in 2009 is, as James Elson finds out, well worth a binge
THE AUSTIN PEDAL CAR STORY
MADE IN MOTORSPORT
JIM CRAWFORD – LESSONS IN COURAGE
Gijs van Lennep • He never made the...