PRECISION WINTER 2022

Details matter.

Our Group B story on page 88 features

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“Changing to become more inclusive is not a threat but an opportunity”

Motor racing is a cut-throat business and that

LETTERS

I have followed Ferrari through thick and thin

Your three FREE posters

For this year’s Christmas promotion, we’ve teamed up with Automobilist to give you not one, not two, but THREE limited-edition posters from three leading racing teams – Ferrari, McLaren and Red Bull

“Exceptional” Max makes it a double

Verstappen’s domination doesn’t match Michael Schumacher in 2002 – but he’s chasing the record win total for a season

Sky ties up F1 broadcast deal until 2029

Sky has extended its broadcasting deal with Formula

Rovanperä leaps into the WRC record book

Kalle Rovanperä has made history by becoming the

Lotus 72 reunion commemorates Emerson’s F1 title

Fifty years after Emerson Fittipaldi raced the Lotus

Goodwood gears up for a busy ’23

Anniversaries abound for the trapped-in-time Sussex circuit

The ultimate Gran Turismo collection up for grabs

RM SOTHEBY’S A unique collection of some of

“Life is good” for Andretti after dream F1 drive

A drive for Mario Andretti in an F1

“Although the breach of F1’s cost cap is ‘minor’, it could still be up to £6.5m”

Red Bull’s breaching of Formula 1’s cost cap

TRACKSIDE VIEW

Max Verstappen’s utter dominance of the 2022 season saw him claim the world title with four races still to come, even if, as ever, the FIA didn’t make things simple...

Bull charges on in Asia

Max Verstappen: Formula 1 world champion

Word on the beat

Could Korea come back, and what’s Porsche doing?

Not-so-slick strategy

Two wet-weather grands prix in Asia forced teams to adapt on the fly, making a change from the usual tyre deg strategies we’ve seen this year. Mark Hughes explains what happened

Good month, bad month

Charting the ups and downs of the F1 circus

The faster Rodriguez brother?

Extraordinary tales from the Motor Sport digital archive

It’s not what you see…

…It’s what’s underneath that counts. Mark Hughes explains why bottom tweaks can be more cost-effective than a nose job

“I didn’t expect to be the one who broke the news to Verstappen that he was a two-time F1 world champion”

GRAND PRIX PHOTO I must admit, I didn’t

“Working with the Red Bull F1 guys is about merging our know-how”

During last summer’s British MotoGP round some unfamiliar

“My earliest memory of the Le Mans 24 Hours is smuggling a radio to bed”

Sitting beside me here is a small squared-section

“To see one McLaren F1 is a vanishingly rare experience. But a dozen?”

A couple of weeks back, a few old

Gasly’s horror at Suzuka near miss

Eight years on from Formula 1’s last grand prix tragedy, we had an unwelcome, and uncomfortable, reminder in Japan

Downforce to be reckoned with

Porsche has focused on aero to squeeze more from its 911 GT3 RS. Andrew Frankel takes to the track to see what this means

China is up for the cup

All-electric MG MG4 Trophy outplays the competition

The ascent of van

Niche this might be, but it’s family friendly, flexible and fun

Let’s start at the very beginning

For a car that only raced twice, Porsche’s pioneering 956 is still fully deserving of its own biography, says Damien Smith

You couldn’t make it up

The memoirs of motoring writer and racing commentator Andrew Marriott reveal that, just possibly, journalism used to be more fun

Let the best man win

Still feeling the anguish of 2021’s made-for-TV Abu Dhabi Grand Prix? Lewis Hamilton has unf inished business here

Jenson Button

The 2009 F1 champion rarely ducks a challenge, which is why his CV includes rallycross, car development and punditr y. As he tells us, there are still some invitations he’d find hard to turn down

MY GREATEST RIVAL

BRIAN HENTON ON ALAN JONES (& OTHERS)

Flashback...

For two decades Maurice Hamilton reported from the F1 paddock with pen, notebook and Canon Sure Shot camera. This month we are at the 1988 Mexican GP following a near-disaster in qualifying for Larrousse Calmels’ Philippe Alliot

RICHARD MILLE

If you want a new Richard Mille timepiece

BELL & ROSS

Bell & Ross has primarily been known as

DOXA

When it comes to dive watches, the Rolex

MAURICE LACROIX

Maurice Lacroix might be among the big names

A LANGE & SÖHNE

Just as adverts for managed funds and savings

BROOKLANDS

The world had to say goodbye to one

BREMONT

In last year’s Precision watch special we brought

OMOLOGATO

There was never any denying Omologato founder Shami

EXCESS ALL AREAS

This year marks the 40th anniversary of the birth of Group B. Anthony Peacock speaks to those involved with the Lancia team – drivers and tacticians who made the 037 and Delta S4 world-beaters in WRC’s craziest era

GROUP B TOP 10 DRIVES

With all that grunt, it took some special men and women to harness the raw power of these rally monsters. Anthony Peacock looks at 10 of the best performances from this legendary formula

The fast show

It is almost 60 years since the land-speed record entered the jet age. Simon Arron rewinds to a golden age of pre-1963 wheel-driven power – hasty cars designed to make waves

Enthusiast with a racing calibre

Watchmaker, car collector, team owner and president of the FIA Endurance Commission, Richard Mille is a prominent presence in motor sport – but do we know much about him? Damien Smith meets the man to see what makes him tick

LEARNING CURVES

F1 journalist and broadcaster Chris Medland can talk a winning drive, but how would he manage in the hot seat? We send him to racing school to find out

“We would have had a good chance but it was over before it began. Our F1 project was killed off in the boardroom”

VW ENGINE CHIEF

ALL AMERICAN HERO

While writing his new book on Carroll Shelby, Preston Lerner became entranced by engineer Phil Remington who seemed to embody the best of motor sport. Here, the author recounts a life which is passing into folklore

The 2022 Christmas Gift Guide

The festive season is swift approaching, but before traipsing the high street in sub-zero temperatures for racing-themed gifts check out the goodies on offer at the Motor Sport shop

Crosslé purposes

BUYING, SELLING, AUCTIONS, MEMORABILIA

Devil’s in the details

A dream purchase for those who grew up in the 1980s, the rare Ford RS200 road car packs a punch, says Simon de Burton

Long-lost Brucie bonus

Simon de Burton’s sale round-up includes a McLaren Holy Grail and a 007 film star

No-faster goodies

The days of hot cams and GRP spoilers are past, but you can still have fun adding period gadgets to your classic, says Gordon Cruickshank. All except that ‘Italian wolf whistle’…

Brolly good show

The season eases off, meaning VSCC regular Justin Maeers enjoyed only one event, but even a wet Spa Six Hours is special

La Sarthe circus in full swing

The second year of Group C, 1983, brought a tense Le Mans finish, with Al Holbert’s overheating 956 chased by Derek Bell. For Geoff Mitchell’s first trip here, it was some debut

PARTING SHOT

SEPTEMBER 29, 1991 CIRCUIT DE CATALUNYA, SPAIN Ferrari’s

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