The Special one

THE EDITOR

THERE WERE MANY HIGHLIGHTS AT THIS year’s Festival

LETTERS

Referring to your editorial on women in racing

Peugeot unveils its Le Mans Hypercar

The wraps are off the 9X8, which will make its race debut in 2022

Stars align for the Festival of Speed

Roger Penske and Mario Andretti upstaged Tom Cruise

Shute takes second Pikes Peak win

Fog lights might have come in handy on

Carlos Reutemann 1942–2021

Reutemann’s dream of becoming F1 world champion was

“Reutemann was one of the greats but never found his perfect fit within F1”

Carlos Reutemann – quick, moody, handsome. He was

Trackside view

Max Verstappen’s three wins in the space of three weeks stunned Mercedes and gave the Dutchman a 32-point lead over Lewis Hamilton. Our Formula 1 experts examine the tactics, tech and title permutations

Verstappen’s historic hat-trick

For those who didn’t believe there was a true title fight on the cards for this year, Max Verstappen and Red Bull know there is, says Mark Hughes

Trading places and paces

Red Bull’s undercut gamble paid off in France, says Mark Hughes

“Ross Brawn said, ‘We can’t have unregulated aggression on the track.’ But why?”

GETTY IMAGES, PIRELLI Driver penalties were back on

The angle of attack

Red Bull’s high-rake concept is paying off this year, and its new diffuser is making a big difference

Good month, bad month

James Elson charts the ups and downs of the F1 circus

Swiss timing for a Siffert tribute

Extraordinary tales from the Motor Sport digital archive

“Mr Honda was happiest when he was up to his elbows in grease”

Sixty years ago this summer – at Kristianstad

“Thoughtful Phil Hill agonised over how his title might be viewed”

Right now I’m remembering a very important year.

“The 620S is a Seven that went over to the dark side and just kept going”

I have this month been pondering more often

C’mon, make some noise

No lover of EVs, Andrew Frankel is nonetheless impressed, a bit, by the RS e-tron GT – rival to the benchmark Taycan

If you like soft tops...

Convertible BMW is no sports car but there’s little to fault it

My heart is with another

The GLE 63 S is a fine SUV, so why dream of a G-Wagen?

One man’s Le Mans triumph

A fresh look at the early years of Bentley reveals how the British marque put the roar into the ’20s, says Gordon Cruickshank

Sent from Coventry

Sixty years ago one car wowed Europe after a hair-raising dash from Browns Lane to the Geneva show, says Gordon Cruickshank

Aviation meets F1

The mark of Mercedes’ high-performance subsidiary brings car-racing know-how to the Pilot’s Watch Chronograph collection

Rolling back the years

The British Grand Prix has been and gone – now it’s time for the old-timers to take to the track at Silverstone’s Classic weekend

Gordon Murray

Motor racing has had more than its fair share of gamechangers, but within that select group the Brabham and McLaren designer rides high – and he hasn’t finished yet

DEREK WARWICK vs THE WORLD & DAVID PIERCE

Before his exploits in F1, BTCC and Le Mans, a teenage Superstox sensation from Hants was learning his trade the hard way

Flashback...

For two decades Maurice Hamilton reported from the F1 paddock with pen, notebook and Canon Sure Shot camera. This month we’re en route to a bash before the 1986 Detroit Grand Prix when a young lady catches the eye of Gerhard Berger

Shock of the new

Are you looking at the next Le Mans winner? The owner of the Glickenhaus 007 believes so. Gary Watkins speaks with filmmaker and automotive entrepreneur Jim Glickenhaus about his plans to topple the big guys on the world’s greatest stage

Kicking up a storm

With Jim Glickenhaus taking on the major manufacturers this year, Gary Watkins looks back to 1980 when local-boy privateer Jean Rondeau upset the odds in a car bearing his own name

La Rena issance

This year’s Le Mans 24 Hours heralds the era of the Hypercar class, a spectacle that will be witnessed by 50,000 fans – if they can prove they are Covid-free. Gary Watkins guides us through the new rules and the teams, and reveals why endurance racing is about to become so compelling

I predict a classic

Gary Watkins looks forward to a new golden age for sports cars

Know your Hypercar!

The dawn of a new era doesn’t come without a strict set of rules. Here are the main points in a nutshell

UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT

Having started his career in Ferrari’s financial department, Stefano Domenicali has gone on to be a world championship-winning team boss, a spy hunter, a scapegoat, a supercar supremo and now takes on perhaps the toughest challenge of all – leading Formula 1 into a new generation. Adam Cooper meets the F1 CEO to talk about his route to the top

Smooth operator

Chassis BHL135 was the 14th and final Lister Costin and ultimately marked the end of the line for the Cambridge company. Andrew Frankel takes to the wet of Goodwood to test this 1959 ‘animal’ –a car that is now in need of a new owner

Uncovering genius the lost Carlo of Uncle

Hot tempered yet kindly, determined yet soft-hearted, opinionated but a natural team builder. Enzo Ferrari thought him vainglorious, but Carlo Chiti had much to be truly proud of. Paul Fearnley portrays a design and engineering genius whose reputation took years to recover from one misstep

The lone ranger

In 1994, Bugatti’s return to the track was loaded with sentiment but the car didn’t follow the script. Étienne Raynaud joins the owner of the firm’s last modern racing car at the scene of its final race

Family fortunes

Few working class people compete at motor sport’s top level, yet Woolwich-born Julian Bailey has rubbed shoulders with the best. Over a drink or two, the Rat Pack racer – with sons Dan and Jack in attendance – tells Damien Smith how he did it

Laudable qualities

The McLaren MP4-1B that dominated and won the 1982 British GP is on sale. As Simon de Burton reveals, it’s a born winner

Rimac Nevera hits London’s tourist trail

● The 258mph, 1914bhp RIMAC NEVERA EV left

Look on the bright side

Simon de Burton rides the rainbow in his round-up of racers, classics and curios

The paper chase

Now they’re prized display items, but once they were just jobs to be done in a hurry. Gordon Cruickshank looks at racing illustrations and motoring art

EUROCUP MEDAL & GEAR

SCOTT MALVERN, BRITISH GT3 ACE AND PRO DRIVER

THE EXPERT VIEW

The smell of success

Roll out the Carroll

Motor Sport collection

Rear revolution

Race car buying

Identity disorder

Road car buying

My Silverstone blowout...

After a 1987 trip to Ferrari’s base at Maranello, Tim Latham and his friend Ray began to get invitations to join the team at Silverstone F1 tyre testing sessions, with free access to drivers and team members. The invitations continued for six or seven years. “We always knew they would stop eventually,” says Tim, “but what memories we have!”

AUGUST 23, 1953 BREMGARTEN, SWITZERLAND

The Maseratis of Juan Manuel Fangio, Felice Bonetto,