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One of the most extraordinary episodes in motor

LETTERS

The BMW photographed at Brands Hatch in 1978

It’s a Sellers market for ‘Grail’ Mini

● Pink Panther actor Peter Sellers owned around

Twists and turns of ’23 WRC start at Monte Carlo

Rally’s season opener played out in the mountains of southern France, where part-timer Ogier rolled back the years

“The response to Andretti taking his team into F1 is lukewarm at best”

Michael Andretti recently upped the stakes in his

“Team principals have changed. Now you have middle men whose job is to promote a brand in a positive way”

GRAND PRIX PHOTO The changes in Formula 1

“The least risky place to overtake, for riders and tyres, is in a straight line”

MotoGP testing gets underway at Sepang, Malaysia, on

“Cadillac was committed to racing, winning IMSA titles in 2017-18 and ’21”

Only recently have I realised that marketing folk

“The V8 Volante was better than expected – trustworthy and reasonably tolerant ”

One of the more pleasant tasks of the

A redefinition of the word ‘fun’

RML’s new Short Wheelbase might stretch the finances but as far as Andrew Frankel is concerned it’s worth every penny

A rare Kia wobble

The unrelenting Korean climb stumbles with this Sportage

Talk of the town

Is Citroën’s ‘quadricycle’ the solution to our urban needs?

Running fast

Zero West pays tribute to the Sunbeam land speed record car – which was built on the company premises in the 1920s

The hunchbacks of La Sarthe

A lavish publication applauds Bristol’s endurance racers by weighing in big on size and quality, says Gordon Cruickshank

Is the truth out there?

As values spiral, car backstories become ever more precious. Gordon Cruickshank learns the word ‘genuine’ is debatable

Just like starting over

Once again Sakhir is the start of the Formula 1 season – and the first of 23 GPs. So... who can halt the march of Max Verstappen?

THE MOTOR SPORT INTERVIEW Mika Häkkinen

Sending Ayrton Senna into a rage, a prickly relationship with David Coulthard and that horror crash in Adelaide. Here the former McLaren driver takes us through his fight to the top

MY Greatest RIVAL

ANDRÉ LOTTERER ON BOURDAIS, PAGENAUD & LAMY

Flashback...

For two decades Maurice Hamilton reported from the F1 paddock with pen, notebook and Canon Sure Shot camera. This month we see Martin Donnelly in 1993 back in an F1 car after his 175mph crash

The greatest historic race ever staged

California, 1976: how do you convince US motor sport fans brought up on oval racing to pay to see Formula 1 in their own backyard? As Preston Lerner reveals, the answer was to host the most incredible support race the world had ever seen – a historic blow-out with a cast of star drivers and machines

“WE’RE NOT ASKING FOR ANY FAVOURS. WE’RE BRINGING SOMETHING TO THE PARTY”

The Americans want a place on an extended Formula 1 grid. As Mario Andretti tells Rob Widdows, the sooner the better

THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE

Despite its inhospitable conditions the Dakar Rally continues to attract motor sport royalty and major manufacturers. Dominic Tobin is in the desert to find out which drivers mastered the dunes

RUN WHAT YOU BRUN

We all like an underdog, and Swiss driver and team owner ‘Walti’ was a best of breed. He tells Robert Weber about his fast-paced youth, his Schnitzer years and beating Porsche at its own game

NEW POWER GENERATION

Despite supply issues and tech trouble, Formula E returned in Mexico City for its much-vaunted Gen3 dawn. Sam Smith reports on how the likes of Porsche, Jaguar, Andretti, McLaren and Nissan were coping with their new, zippier cars

THE RACING REVEREND

Whether in the pulpit or the pitlane, vicar Simon Butler takes his two religions – Christianity and motor racing – very seriously. Simon de Burton charts a rise from karting to the Le Mans Cup, a journey that has needed divine calendar juggling along the way

The Sport section

Renault’s mid-1990s roadster rarity could be your summer sizzler, says Simon de Burton – and the windscreen’s included...

Foppish fighter

There are only two Ferrari 250 LMs that have never raced – and this is one of them. Simon de Burton presents a pristine original

Take the fight to the streets

Simon de Burton’s sales round-up includes a Marines-styled bike and a Chapman gift

Let’s get to the point

Motor Sport collection

THE EXPERT VIEW

True museum pieces

Second career down under for GP greats

Equipped with his trusty Leica IIIF, Jim Stratmann was an 1960s regular spectator at his local South Australian track, ex-RAAF airbase Mallala, north of Adelaide. There, 1962- 65 Gold Star champion Bib Stillwell was the local hero. Thanks to the Tasman Internationals, Jim got to see current F1 cars and the 1959-1970 world F1 champions

JANUARY 20, 2001 PROVENCE-ALPES-CÔTE D’AZUR, FRANCE

GRAZIA NERI/GETTY IMAGES The 2001 WRC programme began

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RICHARD MILLE