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LETTERS

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Indy 500 rides its luck as Penske wins again

Josef Newgarden clinched another victory for his boss and circuit owner, on a day when a flying wheel could have caused tragedy

Honda deal opens options for Aston

‘Team Silverstone’ will have Japanese power from 2026. It’s an alliance ripe with potential

Rossi to race in Le Mans support slot

Valentino Rossi will take on the Circuit de

Lewis to Ferrari?

Even when he isn’t winning Lewis Hamilton still

Pikes Peak attracts the weird, wonderful and beautiful for ’23

Lia Block’s ‘Hoonipigasus’ Porsche JP-yes! Radford’s new hillclimb

Goodwood rescues Tyrrell’s shed

New home for an old home: Goodwood will

F1 Academy makes a low-key start

From the ashes of the W Series concept,

Jim Clark’s world title to be celebrated 60 years on

The Jim Clark Trust has announced plans for

Buyers for Sellers

An Aston Martin unique in more ways than one, those with deep pockets can own a piece of British film history at Goodwood

“From 2026 Aston Martin partners Honda. It’s a U-turn for the Japanese”

The transformation of Aston Martin continues apace, with

TRACKSIDE VIEW

With Imola rained off, three street circuits in 30 days would determine whether any team could challenge Red Bull’s dominance of the 2023 season

Pérez’s qualifying prang dents his title ambition

Make a mistake and Max will make you pay. Mark Hughes catalogues Sergio’s rise and fall over a roller-coaster month

“The right thing to do”

Amid floods and landslides, the Emilia Romagna GP was cancelled

Word on the beat

Mercedes restructure and scotched Red Bull rumours

Advantage Pérez

TEAM STRATEGY

Good month, bad month

Charting the ups and downs of the F1 circus

Silverstone celebration for Clark

F1 RETRO – AUGUST 2013

“Silverstone and the British GP is about more than history. Actually, it’s better now than it has ever been”

JONATHAN BUSHELL We’re gearing up for the British

“This year Dunlop has new slick tyres for the TT, so the lap record should go”

The Isle of Man TT lap record hasn’t

“It’s the one result that has come close to destroying my interest in F1 racing”

May I make a confession? I increasingly fear

“I feared this injury might prevent me from driving Eddie Hall’s Derby Bentley”

For the first time since passing my test

The true spirit of Aston Martin

After this car, the DBS will be dead. Good thing the 770 Ultimate finally lives up to the name’s billing then, says Andrew Frankel

Mini makes mistakes

The Mini Electric thrills, but you just couldn’t live with it

A costly classic

The new 911 Sport Classic is all you’ve ever wanted, at a price...

One for the road

Chopard has once again marked the Mille Miglia with a limited edition watch – this time made from recycled Lucent Steel

The fantasy adventure that really happened

Hesketh arrived to the pop of champagne corks, riling the regulars, until… Gordon Cruickshank learns the ‘bear’ facts

24 hours to flagfall

A lot of history and a lot of pages in this hefty summary of a century of the greatest endurance challenge of them all

Rubber soul

Anniversaries abound at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, with Sebastian Vettel putting in a few shifts. Ed Hardy is your guide

THE MOTOR SPORT INTERVIEW Jackie Stewart

ON THE 1973 SEASON

Tiff Needell

My family car as a boy was... An

Flashback...

Formula 1 drivers might not have enjoyed the Detroit streets but it was a playground for a visiting journalist. Maurice Hamilton recalls the city’s 1988 grand prix where team secrets were easy pickings

UNITED (whether they like it or not)

Two prodigious talents, whose fortunes have been intertwined and opposed for over a decade. Andrew Benson looks at the rivalry between Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton ahead of the British grand prix and asks: is there time for one final hurrah?

Born winners

While running McLaren’s F1 communications, Matt Bishop got a close-up view of what makes these two world champions tick

Hamilton vs Alonso

While we watch the Red Bull pair power into the distance, it’s the rekindling of the Lewis and Fernando rivalry, albeit for a podium finish, that’s the talking point of the British GP. Here’s your chance to cogitate their career stats before their Silverstone showdown

THERE’S NO SMOKE WITHOUT IRE

Fifty years ago, a young Jody Scheckter triggered chaos and anger at the British GP. But as Damien Smith discovers, he’s not about to apologise to those that are left of the ‘Silverstone Nine’

TOP 10 British Grands Prix at Silverstone

The self-styled home of British motor sport celebrates

THE ODD COUPLE

For those of a certain age, the commentary of Murray Walker and James Hunt was an essential element of summer Sundays. Mike Doodson was there and recalls how the double act took time to get off the grid

READY PLAYER ONE

In just five years Veloce has become the world’s biggest racing gaming media network while dipping a toe in real motor sport. Adam Hay-Nicholls visits its London HQ to meet the team behind a true British success story

EDDIE’S BIG SOLO

In its 100 year history only British driver Edward Hall has ever completed the Le Mans 24 Hours single-handed, in this special Bentley prepared by Rolls-Royce. Andrew Frankel travels to Georgia in the US to find a car that is still able to go the distance

UNDERRATED, UNDERSTATED, BUT HIGHLY MOTIVATED

In the pantheon of great British racing drivers, few would perhaps list Oliver Jarvis as highly as he deserves. Damien Smith caught up with an endurance racing mainstay who has largely eschewed the glare of the spotlight

“Olly has done it on merit”

United Autosports boss Richard Dean believes that anybody who underestimates what Jarvis is capable of will be eating their words...

A NOBLE BREED

They were united as land speed record-breakers, and by a rivalry that crossed into friendship. Craig Breedlove never gave much attention to boundaries. Richard Noble pays tribute to the five-time record holder, who died in April

Breedlove’s speed legacy

Some may have since gone quicker, but this is still some list

Schooldays reimagined

BUYING, SELLING, AUCTIONS, MEMORABILIA

Le Mans 1982 – the other Porsche

● While Porsche 956s caused collective jaws to

Top cat leads the line for Goodwood Classic Solutions

Classic Car Insurance the Goodwood Way When you

WRC Scooby is a top dog

AUCTION PICKS

THE EXPERT VIEW

Ticking along

Never a dull moment

HISTORIC RACING

Suffering for his art

David Lund sneaked into a pre-GP test day at Brands Hatch in 1980 by jumping down into the infield tunnel road, getting these unauthorised shots of the action and staying out of trouble “by keeping our noses clean”. Later he found his pal had broken a foot in the jump!

APRIL 20, 1970 SHROPSHIRE

One of rallying’s more left-field cars was this