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 • “Richards told me how Prodrive was moving from the shadows to centre stage”

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Dacia targets Dakar glory after debut win in Morocco • It’s Romania-mania as the Prodrive-run Sandrider takes a 1-2 on its World Rally-Raid Championship entrance

New historic 6 Hours set for Donington in ’25

Ex-Lola wind tunnel is up for sale

McLaren and Ferrari lock hypercar horns

Silverstone in talks with WEC as ELMS returns

Toyota noses back to F1

Hill and Ryde: best of British at Brands Hatch thrillers

Scott of the anarchic • A unique Swift Special coming to auction at the NEC Classic Motor Show is a paean to the British motorcycle industry of yore

MARK HUGHES • “Ricciardo brought so much to F1 through the joy of his personality”

MAT OXLEY • “Sidecars are so unstable! Then you add two skilled lunatics and off you go”

DOUG NYE • “In 1944 Bill Boddy got his teeth into a remarkable ‘few days out for the boys’”

ANDREW FRANKEL • “McLaren’s W1 is already lapping the Nardò circuit 3sec faster than the Senna”

TRACKSIDE VIEW • Read on for Karun Chandhok’s thoughts on Daniel Ricciardo, our US GP report and analysis of Ferrari tyre-whispering

KARUN CHANDHOK • “The whole Singapore weekend was strange”

Lando’s title challenge falls wide of the mark • Controversy at COTA as Max Verstappen takes advantage of a time penalty. Mark Hughes runs through the weekend’s action

Nothing to see here? • The Red Bull-McLaren rivalry was simmering in the Austin paddock, with Zak Brown worried about bib adjustment

Word on the beat • More details of the 2026 F1 regs have appeared

THE MOTOR SPORT 2025 CALENDAR

Austin maestros • In the US GP, Ferrari was in-tune with its tyres. Mark Hughes looks at the tactical choices that led to its superb Stateside 1-2.

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

The rise and fall of Renault, part one • Extraordinary tales from the Motor Sport digital archive

Haven’t we met before? • The likeness is unmistakeable – and for Andrew Frankel the Ferrari 12Cilindri deftly conjures the spirit of the 365 GTB4

Well, it was a nice idea… • MG’s EV two-seat trailblazer trips up over its own cables

Focus shifts for Ford • This is the new mainstream for the Blue Oval – the Explorer

Electric carnival • Formula E’s new season starts in São Paulo just as most are putting up their tree. And there’s an early present… Lola’s return

Days of thunder… from 8am-11pm • Can-Am was racing as purists liked it but behind the monster cars were unsung heroes, as Gordon Cruickshank discovers

Smiles per hour • Portraits of Formula 1’s larger-than-life characters from the 1960s shows Benno Müller to be a master of his craft

Flashback… • Maurice Hamilton explains why Lancia driver Markku Alén has suddenly appeared in a hotel kitchen in Harrogate and why, after winning the 1988 RAC Rally, he was in no mood for a cream tea

LETTERS

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SETTING THE STAGE • Colin...