Motor Sport Magazine

A century ago, The Brooklands Gazette was launched by an enterprising publisher, dedicated to covering the best of the burgeoning world of motor racing. The magazine was soon renamed Motor Sport and now, 100 years on, continues to flourish as an independent, free-speaking voice for racing fans worldwide. As we celebrate the momentous year in 2024, we will feature the latest articles and podcasts that look back over a century of racing; the ways that you can get involved; and some of the best writing from the magazine’s history.

“You have to hand it to the Goodwood team, they come up with the goods”

A new era for Lola begins in Formula E... Does WEC now beckon? • A return to the forefront of global motor spor t is proof that you can’t keep a much-admired racing marque down for long

Drag acts gather to mark Santa Pod summer burnout

Niki Lauda’s German GP helmet on sale

For whom the decibels toll –Goodwood is off to a flyer

Tyrrell Shed on new home turf

Ted Toleman 1938-2024

Häkkinen’s hit of hypercar history • ‘Flying Finn’ Mika is of f-loading his Validation Prototype McLaren P1 at an upcoming Monaco sale – one of just seven VP cars built and the first to ever be offered at auction

“There will be a far bigger electrical contribution to an F1 car’s total power”

“In June, Michael Dunlop could take the Isle of Man TT record from his uncle”

“One of the finest British drivers from the 1930s was the Hon. Brian Lewis”

“Almost every driver I’ve spoken to about screens say they find them distracting”

“Alonso is still fit enough to deliver at the top level”

There’s just no stopping him

Tyre straits • Some Alonso intimidation at the start of the Chinese GP would haunt Pérez for the rest of the race – as Mark Hughes highlights

Good month, bad month

Roland remembered

Abreath of fresh air • You’d expect the DB12 Volante to be a plum drive but is this well-ventilated car preferable to the coupé? Andrew Frankel goes topless

Stand by your van

VW finally takes charge

Square route • TAG Heuer’s Monaco, made famous by Steve McQueen in his racing film Le Mans, has undergone a titanium transformation

Celebrating over spilt milk • Drama, delight and downright daring returns to the hallowed Brick yard for the 108th running of the Indianapolis 500

XJR-15 – the supercar they sent to Coventry • A new hardback on Jaguar’s early ’90s all-carbon two-seater, by its designer, sets the record straight, says Gordon Cruickshank

Flashback... • Maurice Hamilton recalls a contrasting weekend for Dallara drivers de Cesaris and Caffi at the 1989 Monaco Grand Prix

LETTERS

LE MANS GOLDEN BOYS? • This is the Porsche in which a crack British privateer team and a former F1 world champion hope to achieve Le Mans immortality. And it’s not even a long shot, as Damien Smith discovers

Le Mans 2024 CHIEF TALKING POINTS • With a manufacturer pile-on, there is much to look forward to in this year’s endurance blockbuster. Pied Piper of the 24 Hours Gary Watkins reveals eight key themes you need to know before the race

BMW ’S FIRST AND LAST

Twenty-five years later...

THE NEW ICE MAN • He tasted victory, of sorts, in the sprint race in Qatar in 2023, but as Edd Straw sets out, Oscar Piastri should be popping corks more frequently – and soon, if his McLaren progress continues

The time we drove a racing car on public roads • Christmas Day, 1957. Several men stand outside a pub watching a Ford Consul arrive, pulling a trailer with a small racing car on it. They’re conniving in an illegal act, and one of them will confess all in a magazine article. He is Denis Jenkinson, our continental correspondent, and shortly he will take this unlicenced...