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

Drive along the M40 and approaching junction 11

COLOPHON

IN THE SPIRIT OF BOD AND JENKS Editorial

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

CORBIS VIA GETTY IMAGES, YOUTUBE Go to YouTube

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

British motor sport will gain its own historic

Ex-Lola wind tunnel is up for sale

EQUIPE/DICKON SIDDALL, JONATHAN BUSHELL, McLAREN The wind tunnel

McLaren and Ferrari lock hypercar horns

Fifty years ago McLaren and Ferrari were battling

Silverstone in talks with WEC as ELMS returns

The last time WEC was staged in the

Toyota noses back to F1

Is there such a thing as a slight

Hill and Ryde: best of British at Brands Hatch thrillers

A triple-header humdinger at Brands Hatch closed the

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

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

Between the previous issue of the magazine and

TRACKSIDE VIEW

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

Lando’s title challenge falls wide of the mark

United States GP

Austin maestros

TEAM STRATEGY

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

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

Imagine racing a 220hp superbike around the Isle

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

Eighty years ago, for the Allies, WW2 was

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

To McLaren for a full guided tour of

Haven’t we met before?

The likeness is unmistakeable – and for Andrew Frankel the Ferrari 12Cilindri deftly conjures the spirit of the 365 GTB4

ROAD CAR TESTS

Well, it was a nice idea... MG’s EV two-seat

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

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

SETTING THE STAGE

Colin McRae’s world title year in 1995 dominates our memories of the great Scot. But none of it would have happened without a pivotal 1994, says Anthony Peacock

Whatever happened to Rally GB?

Britain’s WRC round has a great tradition, but it’s now five years since the last one. David Evans reports on what went wrong and the chances of a revival

THE STORY OF THE BLUES

From making Subaru cool to helping Aston Martin take Le Mans glory, Prodrive has been the silent partner of major success. Now, on its 40th anniversary, David Richards’ team wants to make some noise, as Ian Wagstaff finds out

Day of days

Every driver has his perfect day in the sun (or rain) but for the very best of our sport that moment transcends what mere mortals can comprehend and comes to define their unique genius and place in the pantheon of greats. That day becomes their day of days. Our writers recall 10 of those races that they personally witnessed from past and present masters of F1

IT’S NOT OVER YET

Who knew? Valtteri Bottas has emerged as one of Formula 1’s funniest characters since joining Sauber. But racing, even at the back of the grid, still comes before the fun, he tells Edd Straw

A POSTCARD FROM Castle Combe

Voted Historic Event of the Year by the Royal Automobile Club in 2023, the Autumn Classic expanded to two days this time as a variety of series flocked to the Wiltshire circuit. We joined them as the sun set on another year of classic racing

THE MOTOR SPORT INTERVIEW Jochen Mass

The German multi disciplinarian on La Sarthe success in a Sauber, his reasons for exiting Formula 1 and why he can’t keep away from the Goodwood Revival

CHOPARD

Chopard’s co-president Karl-Friedrich Scheufele’s passion for watchmaking is

PATEK PHILIPPE

Next time you stagger off a long-haul flight

RICHARD MILLE

The skeletonised movement of the 65-01 is a

BROOKLANDS WATCH COMPANY

Brooklands Watch Company’s Triple-Four is the sole watch

ROLEX

The Covid years led to most new Rolex

TUDOR

Tudor’s involvement with RB led to the blue-faced

HERBELIN

The Cap Camarat Diver is designed to be

MARLOE WATCH COMPANY

Most have had time-warping experiences with whisky; When

PRECISION WINTER 2024

BARESI & CAINE Honda has licensed UK motorcycle

PRECISION WINTER 2024

Often regarded as the height of horological art,

Gift Guide

Searching for presents or about to drop some heavy hints? These motoring-themed goodies should make your list

Trunk and disorderly

Steering clear of the herd mentality? TVR’s 1988 prototype ‘White Elephant’ is ready to rampage, says Simon de Burton

On-song Ferrari with joie de Verve

● If this 1998 FERRARI 456 GTA, inset

Spanner in the Worcs

Simon de Burton’s sale round-up includes a Plus 8 rarity and Rowan Atkinson’s 205 GTI

FORTHCOMING SALE HIGHLIGHTS

● BONHAMS, LONDON, NOVEMBER 1 Bonhams’ The Golden

PARTING SHOT

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