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.

THE EDITOR • “Toto Wolff asked if she would have done the same thing in his position”

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Senna display tops the bill at Silverstone Festival

Crash helmets come as standard • With just 88 V12 Speedsters on the planet, this meagre-mileage model will have Aston maniacs twitching when it crosses the block

MARK HUGHES • “Norris has not been able to fully capitalise on his car’s performance”

MAT OXLEY • “WSBK’s Razgatlioglu has a mind-boggling ability to race like a stunt rider”

DOUG NYE • “A day at Goodwood in assorted Sevens provided wonderful escape”

ANDREW FRANKEL • “People have long forgotten that the original Capri was never as good as it looked”

KARUN CHANDHOK • “McLaren’s run cannot be underestimated”

Orange Army stunned as papaya prevails • Verstappen was looking for a fourth successive Dutch GP win but a McLaren upgrade upset the party – as Mark Hughes explains

‘It’s on our shoulders’ • Zandvoort will be a weekend to forget for Williams, with a car destroyed by fire and punishment for breaking rules

Word on the beat • Carry on Pérez, Newey to Aston and Rwandan GP

Treading carefully • With the same tyres as last season but much-improved cars, Mark Hughes explains the strategists’ dilemma in Holland

Good month, bad month • Charting the ups and downs of the F1 circus

Plotting shed • Extraordinary tales from the Motor Sport digital archive

Where the sun don’t shine • They can’t all be winners. Andrew Frankel does his best to pluck the positives from the (fairly) new Mercedes-AMG C 63 Estate

Golf gets its swing back • A facelift and much-needed revision have worked wonders

Podge challenger • A greater range, but Mini’s EV Cooper piles on the pounds

Taken as red • BRM’s new V6-44-SA Ceracolor R is a bold timepiece that’s big on motor sport features – including shock absorbers

The forest stage • As historic racing goes, autumn’s Spa Six Hours is one of the world’s foremost – five days, hundreds of cars and lots of noise

It’s racing, Jim, but not as we know it • An official biography on Chaparral’s Jim Hall gives the full picture of why global acclaim was warranted, says Gordon Cruickshank

Flashback… • Maurice Hamilton raises his camera at Monza in 1990 – as the fizz flows. With Jackie Stewart is Elf marketing maverick François Guiter whose war exploits were a good grounding for life in motor sport

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NOT TAKING NO FOR AN ANSWER • A new Silverstone base, rapid recruitment and now a legal challenge. Adam Cooper reports on the gathering pace of Andretti’s F1 bid in the face of sustained opposition

Andretti’s hiring spree • It may be some way from F1 entry but the American gate-crashers are already recruiting in key positions

HOW HARD IS IT TO START AN F1 TEAM? • With Andretti eyeing a spot on the Formula 1 starting line, Edd Straw looks at the numbers involved in launching a new team. Deep pockets and previous success in other disciplines can’t guarantee F1 titles – or even...