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.

“I like to think Motor Sport played apart in saving the Tyrrell Shed”

Tyrrell Shed is dismantled for Goodwood move • After 70 years, the Surrey shed that was Tyrrell’s F1 base is on the move – saved from demolition and shifting to Sussex

John Watson: Lauda became F1 template

Rallycross ace Rennison to star at new Lydden festival

2003 Indy 500 winner Gil de Ferran dead at 56

Neighbours sound off over Laguna Seca noise

Brabham supercar future on hold

Historic Sunbeam may shine in 2027

Rolls reversed • The Camargue started out as the world’s priciest car but it was soon regarded as a design flop. Were the critics too cruel?

“There has been an extraordinarily rapid turnover of team bosses”

“Dorna was concerned Honda and Yamaha might walk from MotoGP”

“In 1974, what proved to be the most resilient specialist industry?”

“For anew car show, employ presenters who know what they’re talking about”

Off-roader from the old school • Does the Ineos Grenadier fill the hole left by the pre-2020 Defender? After a week with the 4x4 Andrew Frankel gives his verdict

Beneath the fun exterior... • Is this GR-badged crossover not giving us the full picture?

Big-hitter on short jaunts • Touareg R is VW’s most powerful... some of the time

Playing for time • Bulgari breaks new ground with a watch inspired not by a sports car, but a sports car in a video game – Gran Turismo

Chase the Red Bull • The 2024 Formula 1 season begins in Bahrain. After the most dominant season ever in F1, here’s who might stop Verstappen

Montmartre or bust – the world takes notice • Gordon Cruickshank reads a new account of the 1907 Peking to Paris race, when the car pushed the boundary of possibility

Prancing with Prodrive • Ferrari’s 499P victory at Le Mans was the stuff of fairy tales but this biography of a class-busting 550 from ’03 is also a winner

Otmar Szafnauer • Ousted by Alpine in 2023, the former team principal tells us how his relationship with the French soured and why he’s impatient to return to the highest level – Formula 1

Flashback... • It’s an early start for Maurice Hamilton as he heads to Norfolk for the launch of the 102 – Lotus’s great Formula 1 hope for 1990

LETTERS

“It sounds like a joke but I’m completely underrated” • Alain Prost is one of the Formula 1 greats. But does he have a point about how he’s perceived today – especially in comparison to his sainted nemesis Ayrton Senna? In a rare interview, he reflects on a high-achieving racing life with Damien Smith

How Prost nearly returned… with Ferrari • The four-times Formula 1 world champion as a side-kick for Michael Schumacher in 1996? Incredibly, this dream duo almost happened

Prost on…

SAUDI QUATTRO • Bikes, quads, trucks, cars, classics and a clash of the Titans between Audi and Prodrive. As Henry Hudson tells, the 2024 Dakar Rally served up some serious drama in the dunes

Sharpest of the Arrows • As our search for the Race Car of the Century continues, Gordon Cruickshank presents the case for the finest of the ’30s – Mercedes’ grand prix silver streak, which made mincemeat of...