It was the summer of ’69...

“The Middle East races have cast a shadow over this most glittering of F1 seasons”

THE NEWS THAT THE LAST THREE RACES of

Something needs to change

Three Moto3/WorldSSP300 deaths in identical circumstances in less than four months. Now is the time for Dorna and the FIM to act

Whitmarsh returns to F1 with Aston

ASTON MARTIN HAS ANNOUNCED THAT former McLaren team

Elfyn reaches for the sky

COULD ELFYN EVANS BE ABOUT TO join the

Electrics to light up Birmingham

T HE CLASSIC MOTOR SHOW AT Birmingham’s NEC

Members’ Meeting’s glorious return

SHORT BUT SPECTACULAR: THE PAIRED SF Edge sprints

Stuck meets an old friend

HANS-JOACHIM STUCK HAS BEEN reunited with the Shell

“Verstappen is a man within the very weave of motor racing”

THE STRESSES AND STRAINS OF a very tight

Trackside view

It was penalties galore for both title contenders as drivers and their engines begin to feel the strain ahead of the Championship run-in. It’s advantage Verstappen and Red Bull, but for how long?

Nice one, centurion

Hamilton reached his 100th win at the expense of Norris’s first, but the weather had a say in both races, says Mark Hughes

Hamilton U-turn after Istanbul outburst

Despite the radio ruction, Mercedes made the right call on pitting the reigning champion – and here’s why

Word on the beat

Next season’s F1 calendar could be a gruelling one

Red Bull’s balancing act

Verstappen required an innovative mix in Sochi, says Mark Hughes

“Valtteri is tired of the being the guy who has had to play second fiddle – just as it was for me”

GETTY IMAGES Just as I did in 1996,

“Rossi has long been famous for making crowd-pleasing gestures”

ON THE AFTERNOON OF November 14 Valentino Rossi

“What I will always recall is Stirl’s view on modern driver rates of pay”

IN MY LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AT SCHOOL

“Yes, this month somebody really did send me a used sparkplug in the post ”

TO ANYONE OTHER THAN AN extremely well-informed observer,

Giving the underdog its day

After years of struggle Williams is again looking a competitive F1 team. Here’s how it turned a pig’s ear of a car into a silk purse

Through the keyhole

Extraordinary tales from the Motor Sport digital archive

Good month, bad month

James Elson charts the ups and downs of the F1 circus

Caterham on a budget– ish

The new entry level 170 is the lightest Seven to date. It’s great fun, as Andrew Frankel discovers... but the costs stack up with extras

Porsche’s everyday 911

Spa or the local Spar – the GTS offers speed and comfort

Straight to the point

An old-fashioned sunseeker that’s made for the Riviera

Scottish independence

The tale of one special car and its triumphs with a small privateer team makes inspiring reading, says Gordon Cruickshank

Inspect a gadget

A fully comprehensive tome about the James Bond Aston Martin DB5. “Entereshteng,” as Sean Connery might once have said

CORVETTE: CHEVROLET’S SUPERCAR

Randy Leffingwell I’m told the latest mid-engined Corvette

INSIDE CROSTHWAITE & GARDINER

Andy Constable Dick Crosthwaite, one of the founders

F1 2021 VIDEO GAME

There’s plenty to get stuck into with F1’s

Jo Ramirez

With an F1 career spanning more than 40 years, this master of the pitlane has rubbed shoulders with such greats as Dan Gurney, Ken Tyrrell and Ron Dennis. Not bad for a university drop out

MY GREATEST RIVAL

EMANUELE PIRRO vs ANDREA DE ANGELIS

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 1986 Austrian Grand Prix and spot a busy wife behind the scenes doing her bit for Jonathan Palmer

LETTERS

I refer to the very interesting article Born

BREMONT

WHEN BROTHERS NICK AND GILES English sketched out

RICHARD MILLE

It’s 3AM on a Sunday and I’m

A LANGE & SÖHNE

If you wanted this particular watch, above, One

CHOPARD

IF EVER YOU FIND YOURSELF ACCUSED OF SPENDING

MARLOE

T here is certainly no shortage of British

OMOLOGATO

HE MIGHT ONLY HAVE FOUNDED THE company

MICHEL HERBELIN

Named after a cape near Saint-Tropez and intrinsically

REC

COPENHAGEN-BASED REC THIS YEAR MARKED its first decade

JUSTIN RICHARDSON

Although there are myriad watches on the market

PRECISION WINTER 2021

ROLEX If you’ve given up hope of buying

Lewis's wins rated

It started at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on June 10, 2007. Back then, Lewis Hamilton was a 22-year-old rookie with McLaren, taking part in his sixth Formula 1 race. His win in Canada was significant, making him the first black driver to win an F1 grand prix. As world titles arrived, his name would become as big as the sport itself and by 2021, it was only a matter of time before his 100th victory arrived. But which are his best? Over the next 24 pages, Jake Williams-Smith ranks each of those wins from 100 to 11 in ascending order of greatness, while our GP editor Mark Hughes picks his top 10 defining drives

Secrets of the Steering Wheel Club

What's the collective noun for racing drivers? You'd have needed it in the 1960s to describe the denizens of this comfortable May fair bolt hole. Gordon Cruickshank explores the club, its members, and what happened to the magnificent collection once on display there

Historic heaven

Feeling weak at the knees? This is Rally Replay, a new WRC-themed showroom in Chichester that is part dealer, part museum. As Damien Smith finds out, all are welcome

International treasures

There were an assortment of special cars on display when Motor Sport paid a visit to Rally Replay. Adam Midghall gives us the lowdown

FALL FROM GRACE

Al Unser Jr was IndyCar royalty even before he won the 500, but as his newly published memoirs reveal, off track his life was spinning out of control. He tells Damien Smith how he has finally made peace with his past

Formula 1: a bad aftertaste

Al Unser Jr recalls an ill-fated test for Williams and an awkward conversation with Benetton

The 2021 Christmas Gift Guide

The festive season is upon us, but before scouring the web for racing-themed gift ideas check out our top picks, all available from the Motor Sport website

Little wonder

Fifty years ago, Lenhams were head-turners and pretty good on the track. Simon de Burton has found an example that’s ‘as new’

No Mr Bond, I expect you to buy

MECHATRONIK GMBH/KEVIN BITZ. *LONDON ASSEMBLY HOUSING COMMITTEE ●

We want information...

If you will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered, our own man of mystery Simon de Burton has the ideal run-around for you –a Mini Moke from The Prisoner

Two-wheeled treasure trove

Simon de Burton on a MotoGP collection, a TR8 prototype and a Countach ‘kit’

An eye for figures

There was a time when most manufacturers had their own radiator adornments and some are highly prized. Just look out for fakes, warns Gordon Cruickshank

ALFA ROMEO 2000 GTV

FILIPE ALBUQUERQUE, SPORTS CAR CHAMPION “My dad loved

Auto - or memorabilia?

Let’s have a crack at defining what constitutes

Lancs for the memories

When Bolton decided to take on the world, the B16 was born. Robert Ladbrook looks at the car that made Chevron a player

The GTIs have it

Is this petit French fancy the greatest hot hatch of all time? Robert Ladbrook looks at the growing argument in its favour

JANUARY 23, 1982 KYALAMI, SOUTH AFRICA

Going ‘skins’, the Osella mechanics attend to Jean-Pierre