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.

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Tony Brooks • With the dangers of top-level racing in the mid-20th century, this underrated British driver worked to a survival plan. And yet, as Mark Hughes says, he was often the finest on the grid

MARK HUGHES • “Andretti is making a serious bid to bring a racing dynasty into F1”

MAT OXLEY • “For John McGuinness, his life has revolved around racing on the Isle of Man”

DOUG NYE • “Beneath Tony Brooks’s quiet humility was a core of tempered steel”

ANDREW FRANKEL • “Moers leaves Aston Martin a fitter, leaner company than the one he joined”

TRACKSIDE VIEW • From racing around pre-Roman ruins in Imola to fake marinas in Miami, Formula 1 showed its modern and historic faces. And Verstappen showed he can rule both

Cultured to cocksure: the two sides of F1 • These old and new venues might be streets apart, but there’s a single-mindedness to how Max mastered them, says Mark Hughes

Miami bounce leaves Mercedes baffled • Porpoising tamed... and then back with a vengeance.

Word on the beat • Audi/Aston intrigue and Mario, 82, to star at US GP

Equations of chance • Is the safety car on George Russell’s side? Not so; that’s just the way things have twice played out, says Mark Hughes

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

Hill’s triple whammy • Extraordinary tales from the Motor Sport digital archive

Mystery machine • A new lower-downforce set up but the bouncing issues continue. Mark Hughes explains Mercedes’ latest amendments to the W13

Ask Mark... • F1 befuddlement? Our GP editor is here to help

JOHNNY HERBERT • “What I most enjoyed about new tracks was the differences they offered. Now we expect perfection”

Get the show on the road • There’s a touch of the am-dram about this M240i, says Andrew Frankel. No Olivier gong, but an engaging crack of the boards

Allez maintenant! • Few 10/10 moments come our way – but this is one such car

A plug-in with power • Mercedes luxury leader hits harmonious hybrid note

Bluefin tuner • Brabus, not known for subtlety, is giving some welly to the watch through a new collaboration with horology buccaneers Panerai

Ancol grinder • Formula E arrives in Indonesia at a new circuit that has been dogged by controversy – and has not yet been fully completed

An Empire state of mind • Gordon Cruickshank reviews a new BRM history which reveals how the racing team’s flag-waving optimism turned to dust

All the president’s men • The French rise to motor racing prominence had its roots with Charles de Gaulle, who realised that track success led to big sales

Robin Shute • The name might not be instantly recognisable, yet this British driver is a master of his craft. On the eve of its 100th running the two-time Pikes Peak conqueror tells us of his fascination with ‘the Mountain’

MY Greatest RIVAL • Known as the ‘Brundell Brothers’ due to their friendship, these Formula 1 team-mates in the ’90s showed little sentiment on track

Flashback... • For two decades Maurice Hamilton...