“The new 911 Dakar speaks volubly of the self-belief that bestrides Porsche right now”

“Bernie talks movingly about Jochen Rindt and Stuart Lewis-Evans”

As a boy I remember one of the

Details matter.

JONATHAN BUSHELL Like many racing drivers in the

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LETTERS

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IMAGES OF THE YEAR: 2022

It was the year that spectators finally returned to the grandstands and the racing didn’t disappoint. Here are our picks of the best moments captured on camera...

MARK HUGHES

“There’s no room for Binotto at Mercedes when Wolff is at the helm”

TRACKSIDE VIEW

With the title fight long since settled, there was the small matter of the Abu Dhabi finale, and the all-important race to be best of the rest in the constructors’ standings

Twisting the night away

Abu Dhabi GP

Max makes his mark in history

Records fell like dominoes for Red Bull’s talisman, despite a tardy start to the year. Mark Hughes explains how it happened

Good month, bad month

Charting the ups and downs of the F1 circus

Hans no longer ruled by the clock

F1 RETRO – DECEMBER 2011

“Is Red Bull beatable? Damn right it is, as Ferrari showed early on last season, as did Mercedes at altitude”

GRAND PRIX PHOTO What am I looking forward

“Bagnaia is the first Italian to win the MotoGP title since Rossi in 2009”

Pecco Bagnaia’s 2022 MotoGP world championship success is

“Temporary tenure has been the norm at Ferrari since pre-war times”

There’s always a tinge of compassionate sadness when

You’ll have some T, father?

Those desiring a 911 are spoilt for choice, but for Andrew Frankel this lightweight, sub-£100k Carrera is a purist’s dream

The estate we’re in

Unfashionable, possibly, but the 3 Series Touring is a real grafter

Naughty but niche

VW’s new Buzz is a honey but is the price a sticking point?

Partners in time

Bamford’s collaboration with Land Rover is a meeting of minds, where rugged practicality takes the driving seat

More than the usual suspects

Fraud, drug smuggling and worse have all surfaced in our sport. Gordon Cruickshank enjoys some salacious tales from the track

Progress report

Prior to the running of the 74th Formula 1 championship, it’s at testing where we’ll glimpse which teams might catch Max

Peter Riches

Now 70, the BTCC technical director is passing his sheriff’s badge to a successor – his son. Here he reflects on a long career of rule-bending and rulemaking, and how he dealt with difficult characters

MY Greatest RIVAL

MARTIN DONNELLY ON DAMON HILL

Flashback...

For two decades Maurice Hamilton reported from the F1 paddock with pen, notebook and Canon Sure Shot camera. This month we meet a discipline-hopping Derek Warwick in the 1990 RAC Rally

BELIEVE THE HYPE

A new era is dawning for sports car racing in 2023, with manufacturers flocking back. Gary Watkins is your guide for the Hypercar revolution

2022 THAT WAS THE YEAR THAT WAS

While doom-mongers paint a bleak picture for the future of motor sport, competition on four wheels remains a broad brush that continues to provide thrills and spills around the world. In case you missed any of the action in 2022, Damien Smith gives a round-up of the myriad codes away from Formula 1, including F2, F3, WEC, WRC, BTCC, Extreme E, Formula E, Aussie Supercars and the American series

“BERNIE WANTED TO DO THIS FOR A WHILE, TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT”

A new TV series by Manish Pandey, producer of Senna, gives Bernie Ecclestone free rein to tell his F1 story – cue briefcases stuffed with cash and the birth of a sporting juggernaut. Damien Smith tunes in and cracks open the popcorn

Vindication for Alain Prost

Unfairly portrayed in the Senna documentary? The French driver is given the spotlight in Lucky!

Ascari’s crown jewels

Seventy years ago, ‘Ciccio’ Ascari was Grand Prix racing’s double World Champion elect. Doug Nye inspects an incredible UK collection of his personal treasures

SHAKE, RATTLE & ROLL

The second season of the innovative Extreme E series has provided plenty of car-rolling drama, a few new locations and a different winner. So, how’s it progressing? Adam Hay-Nicholls went to the 2022 finale in Uruguay to find out

Expansion plans for Extreme E

More cars to come with a new class for hydrogen

Mellow Dellow

BUYING, SELLING, AUCTIONS, MEMORABILIA

BSCC ‘battleship’ anchored in Belgium

● In the early 1960s Ford in the

Extremely grand tourer

AUCTION HERO

Schumacher effect goes on

AUCTION PICKS

The hottest things on two wheels

Editor’s choice

THE EXPERT VIEW

Opus in focus

Crystal-clear views at Palace

In May 1955 Bryan Maggs headed to London’s own race track to see GP cars in two races, a non-championship F1 and a Libre event. We’ve included a couple of his shots from elsewhere too

PARTING SHOT

GRAND PRIX PHOTO JULY 21, 1974 NEWBURY PARK,

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