F1 2022 IS GO!

“Racing’s real gift is tools and technologies that solve real-world problems”

THE EDITOR

Michael Masi ousted as F1 race director

Masi out. Freitas and Blash in. Plus new video review as FIA finally acts on 2021 scandal

Sprint shake-up and race rules defined by FIA

Turns out it’s not just the cars and

Are Aston Martin’s Le Mans Hypercar plans back on?

IT SEEMS LIKE A POTENTIAL ASTON Martin Le

Rally master Ogier switches to LMP2

J UST WHEN YOU STARTED TO THINK THE

Fangio favourite up for auction

THE STUNNING MERCEDES 300 SL GIVEN to Formula

Singer re-imagines the original 911 Turbo

IF YOU’RE IN THE MARKET FOR A CLASSIC

Chiron speeder could face jail term

NASCAR converted an NFL football stadium into a 1/4-mile race track for its annual non-points Clash at the Coliseum in LA. It was hailed as a success in bringing the sport to a new crowd

BRM continuation car to copy MkI after lucky find

A FIVE-YEAR SEARCH HAS CULMINATED in the discovery

World-leading Packard collection coming to the UK

THIS YEAR’S CONCOURS OF ELEGANCE at Hampton Court

Skoda restores its lost racer for anniversary

SKODA MOTORSPORT MAY NOW BE A BIG name

ESkootr racing heads to London

THEY MAY BE BANNED FROM ALL London roads

“Lewis Hamilton’s age is not yet a barrier to achieving his aim”

MARK HUGHES

“Eight of the motorcycles on the MotoGP grid will be Ducati Desmosedicis”

MAT OXLEY

“The BRDC International Trophy in 1962 was one of F1’s most exciting races”

DOUG NYE

“The default setting of most mass-market cars is that customers are morons”

ANDREW FRANKEL

Greener shades for Bentley

With an Audi 2.9 engine, the Flying Spur Hybrid might have underwhelmed, but this is typically Crewe quality, says Andrew Frankel

Age and experience

Porsche keeps up the good work with the updated Macan S

Mixed messages

Looks only a mother could love and steering that’s too... BMW-y

Good luck!

New timepieces from REC make use of parts from Triumph bikes – including Steve McQueen’s actual Great Escape fence-jumper

The not-so-little engine that could

Lola was a minnow of the international scene until the T70 and its thundering V8 arrived, says Gordon Cruickshank

Dancing on ice

A 400-page alphabetical appreciation of the Monte-Carlo Rally takes in 110 years of star drivers, classic cars and slippery trails

American express

Last season IndyCar danced to the shots of the ‘young guns’. Palou, Herta and O’Ward will be firing on all cylinders in Texas

Sir Patrick Head

The now-retired Williams engineer and team co-founder recalls his first meeting with Frank, his thoughts about the new season and why he got it wrong about the end of the combustion engine in F1

MY Greatest RIVAL

ANDREW JORDAN ON COLIN TURKINGTON

Flashback...

For two decades Maurice Hamilton reported from the F1 paddock with pen, notebook and Canon Sure Shot camera. This month we’re at the 1989 season opener in Brazil amid the bedlam of a makeshift pit

LETTERS

W hile I undey the world of motor

F1’S NEW ERA

So... here we are once again. A new season beckons, only this time with a revolutionary set of rules designed to give closer racing and rein in the big-hitters. Read on for our full guide to all the tech changes, team hopes and simmering rivalries

MAX vs LEWIS 2.0

Last year was all about this pair, and while our eyes will be tracking Verstappen and Hamilton’s every move, Damien Smith expects a wider cast of leading men as the season unfolds

Good month, bad month

Charting the ups and downs of the F1 circus

Under the skin

This year features one of the biggest technical shake-ups in the history of Formula 1, with changes set to come thick and fast right from the start of the year. Mark Hughes and Craig Scarborough dig into the data to summarise what’s new

Voyage into the unknown

Since 2014, Mercedes-AMG has been the benchmark for Formula 1’s V6 Hybrid era. But, as Damien Smith discovers, that doesn’t mean the grand prix powerhouse is slowing down in its quest for a record-extending ninth constructors’ championship this season

We predict a riot

What are the key challenges facing the top teams this season? We asked a quartet of experts with ties to Mercedes, Ferrari, Red Bull and McLaren to reveal all

McLAREN

John Watson knows a thing or two about Woking’s best export, having spent just over five seasons with the team, winning four grands prix. Here’s his assessment

FERRARI

It’s Year Zero for every team, but in Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz Jr, the Scuderia has drivers with enough experience to give vital feedback, says Ivan Capelli

RED BULL

Who better to cast an eye over Milton Keynes than a straighttalking Aussie? Mark Webber believes his former team’s lean set-up and can-do culture is a winning formula

MERCEDES AMG

It’s a team so accustomed to winning that surely it will again. Anthony Davidson reckons that Lewis Hamilton, will put Abu Dhabi behind him and get on with the job

RUNN & RIDERS

Twenty drivers, 10 teams, two new faces and with new regulations, a closed-up field (in theory). Motor Sport ’s stat to Jake Williams-Smith introduces the grid for 2022 and gives a key objective for each competitor

Shakedown time

Lewis Hamilton dressed like a Star Wars character, intriguing sidepods on the new Red Bull and rows of 18-inch Pirellis. James Elson takes in the scene at F1’s ‘track session’ in Spain while finding out who’s getting the most from their cars

The Prince of Wales

Extraordinary tales from the Motor Sport digital archive

“The guy who kick-started the trend to use karting for training was Schumacher”

JOHNNY HER BERT

Pitstops and f-stops with the man from BP

As BP’s motor sport manager, Les Thacker had a golden ticket to the paddock where he’d meet and mix with some of the world’s best drivers – and as a keen photographer, he recorded his experiences too. Here he guides Damien Smith through his unique archive compiled over 20 glorious years

A HARD DAY’S NIGHT

Plenty of room in the stands, easy access to garages and a distinctly festival vibe. Chris Medland follows the action at a chilled, yet brilliantly cool, Day tona 24 Hours

Green-blooded men

An Essex farm is home base for an informal racing team which has racked up a lot of history so far – mostly in one great marque. Gordon Cruickshank went to see what binds the Morley family to the Bentley badge

The screaming sound of music

With Formula 1 cars from the V10 glory years and 1980s Group C Porsches, next month’s Goodwood Members’ Meeting promises to be an event your ears will never forget. Rob Widdows reveals the programme highlights

WHEN COVID STRUCK IN 2020 THERE WAS A CRITICAL SHORTAGE OF NHS VENTILATORS. AS A NEWBOOK EXPLAINS, AN F1 TEAM SWUNG IN TO ACTION TO DESIGN AND BUILD A DEVICE IN RECORD TIME – AND SAVED THOUSANDS OF LIVES

From thİs to thİs (in less than a

Home & away

Yorkshire pro Peter Whitehead’s 1955 Cooper-Jaguar was a European co-star but became an Australian winner, then disappeared before resurrection in the 1980s. Mark Bisset tells the tale of the most successful of the six Jaguar-powered racers

A brush with ‘Basil’

DEALER STAR CAR

Morgan’s Kensington homecoming

DEALER NEWS

Bonhams’ dish of the day

AUCTION HERO

Cut-price thoroughbred

AUCTION PICKS

Prizes worth a packet

AUCTION FOCUS

The poster boys of F1

Editor’s choice

THE EXPERT VIEW

Digital collectibles? THE QUESTION BEING ASKED IN THE

A genuine one-off

HISTORIC RACING

Sun, sea and sparkplugs

From 1976-83, Long Beach street circuit in California was part of the F1 calendar and known as the US GP West. “I took these photographs on the pit road,” says Paul Snider. “It was a good spot for driver portraits and to get close up to the cars”

MAY 10, 1998 BARCELONA, SPAIN

Michael Schumacher makes his mark on the Circuit