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.

“There is a magic and mystique to Le Mans that can be hard to pin down”

Goodwood’s Members’ Meeting drops the flag on ’23 • There’s still a nip in the air, but the 80th MM gave some searingly hot grids to start this year’s historic calendar – with the likes of Gordon Murray, Tom Kristensen and Rob Huff in attendance

Motorsport UK gets on-stream with TV hub

Lancia to make World Rallycross debut… sort of

IndyCar gets its own Drive to Survive

Craig Breen 1990-2023

Ferrari’s Hypercar team goes green

Kenneth McAlpine 1920-2023

Rainbow warrior • Judged too powerful for the road by TVR’s owner meant this Cerbera Speed 12 is probably the ultimate a one-off.

“On performance alone, Senna annihilated Prost at McLaren in ’88 and ’89”

“Had Jarno Saarinen lived longer, grand prix racing could have been different”

“The most admirable trophy was the ‘Floatile’ for the Can-Am series”

“If BMW launched the i3 and i8 today, we’d greet them as engineering miracles”

TRACKSIDE VIEW • There were colliding fortunes for the Red Bull team-mates in the Australian Grand Prix amid spins, shunts, slides and a slew of red flags and safety cars

Red Bull’s mind games • Another race, another win for Max, but is paranoia creeping into the team battle? Mark Hughes reports from Albert Park

Red flag to a Bull • Max Verstappen wasn’t happy about the race stoppages, and neither were many others. So what’s the solution?

Word on the beat

Treading carefully • When Williams’ Alex Albon crashed out in Melbourne, it put Formula 1 teams in a quandary. Mark Hughes explains how the stoppage led to much head-scratching about tyre strategy

Why Hill will always be Mr Monaco • Extraordinary tales from the Motor Sport digital archive

Good month, bad month

“Decisions should be made by F1 and the FIA. The teams shouldn’t have a say. They have too much power”

Lamborghini’s V8 novelty act • In an age when supercar makers seem to believe bigger is always better, the Urus Performante fits in, says Andrew Frankel

R8 makes its last stand

Parallel streamlines • No, it isn’t a Porsche, yet there’s Teutonic cool to the Ioniq 6 EV

Jung at heart • With its dashboard-esque subdials and easy-to-read features the Meister Chronoscope by Junghans has motoring in its fabric

Fired up for the 500 • Warm up with the Monaco Grand Prix, and then catch the 107th running of IndyCar’s world-class seasonal showpiece

Blue is the colour – and the mood left behind • Prestige, cashflow, jobs – all seemed assured with Bugatti’s rebirth. Gordon Cruickshank learns what stifled the dream

F1’s straight-talker • Already a pivot of the Netflix series, Haas F1 boss Guenther Steiner now lets loose in his entertaining diary of 2022

THE MOTOR SPORT INTERVIEW Hans Stuck • An endurance racing specialist with two Le Mans victories to his credit, plus 74 grand prix starts during a battling Formula 1 career. His story is as endearing as he is.

MY LIFE IN CARS Richard Attwood

An evening with Tom Kristensen • Meet and speak to the Le Mans legend at a special event and...