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January 2023
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THE EDITOR
Twenty-nine years ago Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna
Colophon
Your three FREE posters
For this year’s Christmas promotion, we’ve teamed up with Automobilist to give you not one, not two, but THREE limited-edition posters from three leading racing teams – Ferrari, McLaren and Red Bull
MATTERS OF MOMENT
Ferrari’s Le Mans return is a reality
A new era for Maranello has been unleashed with the launch of the astoundingly styled 499P Hypercar, which is scheduled to make its competition debut in March at the Sebring 1000 Miles
Mauro Forghieri: 1935-2022
NURPHOTO/FORMULA 1 VIA GETTY IMAGES, JAMES LYNCH, GRAND
Bagnaia bags the big one
Bagnaia celebrates his maiden world title. Alex Rins
Have your say and win Goodwood tickets for two – worth £2000
Best race Awarded to the clash that stands
AMG One cuts 8sec off the ’Ring lap record
The road-legal Mercedes-AMG One ran riot at the
Aston goes high-Brough with new superbike
One of the biggest issues with being the
Simon Arron 1961-2022
Former editor of Motor Sport, colleague, friend and one of the sport’s great personalities. Mark Hughes will miss him...
FORMULA 1
“Dietrich Mateschitz was one of the most influential presences F1 has seen”
Dietrich Mateschitz passed away without the Formula 1
TRACKSIDE VIEW
Twenty-one down, one to go... it’s been a long season, and one that would have felt even longer for Mercedes if George Russell hadn’t finally grabbed a win...
Finally Russell gets his F1 win
Two of the three races were all about Max. But the third was a watershed moment for Mercedes’ rising star, says Mark Hughes
Red Bull to pay the price of cost cap break
Horner reckons it’s draconian, rival teams say it’s too little. Either way there will be knock-on effects from the breach
Word on the beat
FIA’s safety car findings and Alpine’s driver blast
Airs and paces
We know that atmospheric conditions affect the state of the track, but Mexico is more affected than most. Mark Hughes explains how Mercedes tripped up over track temperatures
‘The Shed’ takes on the world
F1 RETRO – MARCH 2022
Good month, bad month
Charting the ups and downs of the F1 circus
Altitude sickness
Why was Ferrari off the pace at Mexico? The F1-75’s unique turbo arrangement has a fear of heights, explains Mark Hughes
MOTORCYCLES
“It’s a dilemma – how to create super-close racing with fewer casualties”
Motorcycle racing has a problem. The smallest categories
THE ARCHIVES
“The Jaguar Competition Department ’s true character simply shines”
Real history is staggeringly complex. Therefore simplified history
DIARY
“I’ll be sad to see the back of the Fiesta, far more than the Focus, Mondeo and Galaxy”
I’ve been asked a few times over the
OPINION
“For every driver there comes a time when the edge goes. I hate saying it but did Lewis make such errors in the past?”
GRAND PRIX PHOTO Congratulations to George Russell for
REVIEWS
Britannia rules... the SUV sector
Although the Sport moniker is misleading, Andrew Frankel’s pulse is quickening with the expensive new Range Rover diesel
Performance anxiety
Muscle-bound Toyota has meaty competition in Europe
Barman, champagne!
Super 3 marks Morgan’s arrival as a maker of true sports cars
Keep on running
Only the cruellest of hearts could fail to be enchanted by Seiko’s limited-edition ode to the long-lived Honda Super Cub motorbike
Bring on the prancing horses
As soon as it appeared the F40 became a poster car for Ferrari, as this epic biography details, says Gordon Cruickshank
Bike boys reach the ton
Running for longer than Le Mans, Ulster’s bike grand prix story is tumultuous – and not just on the track, finds Gordon Cruickshank
EVENTS
Dust-up in the dunes
DECEMBER 2022–JANUARY 2023
RACING LIVES
Alastair Caldwell
The shades-wearing former team manager at McLaren recalls his early days with Bruce, James Hunt’s world title fight and why the 1968 Belgian Grand Prix holds a special place in his heart
MY Greatest RIVAL
DARREN TURNER ON OLIVER GAVIN
Flashback...
For two decades Maurice Hamilton reported from the F1 paddock with pen, notebook and Canon Sure Shot camera. This month we’re at a send-off in 1992 for Goodyear’s straight-talking racing manager
LETTERS
LETTERS
Anthony Peacock’s look back at Group B rally
GEORGE RUSSELL
THREE POINTED STAR
A stunning maiden victory in Brazil for George Russell proved his pedigree and, as he tells Adam Cooper, fires the starting gun for a 2023 world title challenge
Russell rides out the W13’s rough edges
A difficult season for Mercedes perhaps, but George’s consistency bodes well for 2023
Opportunity knacks
Mark Hughes on Russell’s up-and-down ’22
MAX VERSTAPPEN
History is made up of individual moments. Here are 10 that get to the heart of why Max Verstappen and Red Bull dominated in 2022
1 DNF in Melbourne capped a frustrating start
SPA SIX HOURS
Fun while it lasted...
Regulars in the Spa Six Hours since 2004, ‘Team Frankel’ was once again at the Ardennes rollercoaster with its faithful Ford Falcon. Andrew Frankel recounts the ride
DELAGE REUNION
Delage à trois
The 1927 British GP, held at Brooklands, featured a historic 1-2-3 for French maker Delage. Ninety-five years later, Damien Smith is present for a special celebration where a trio of 15-S-8s, two from the race, return to the banking
French perfection
Model of the 1½-litre straight eight nears completion...
PRAGA BOHEMA
OFF THE BEATEN TRACK
Praga has seen its stock rise in the racing paddock and now it’s tackling the road-legal hypercar market. Stephen Dobie tests the boundaries of the Bohema
JACKY ICKX’S TOP 10 DRIVES
Jacky ICKX His significant races
Jon Saltinstall, author of a new book on the multi-discipline Belgian, focuses on the results and reports to give us the master’s 10 key outings
THE SHOWROOM
Uncommonly good
BUYING, SELLING, AUCTIONS, MEMORABILIA
If you’ve ever dreamed of tartan seats…
● If you were a family of Vauxhall
Demob happy
With the cost-of-living crisis, a tank-engined one-off might not be on your wishlist. But if it is, Simon de Burton has found one...
Continental express
Simon de Burton’s sale round-up includes a well-travelled 300SL and a shunned 2CV
All you need is shove
Matchbox, Corgi, Dinky, Husky, Budgie – your fascination with the wheeled world probably started with your toy cars. As Gordon Cruickshank reveals, some are highly sought-after
250 GTO... this is your life
Editor’s choice
THE EXPERT VIEW
McQueen’s lost lid
Ending the season with an Iberian adventure
HISTORIC RACING
YOU WERE THERE
Winged F1 racers flock to Oulton
With Kodak Instamatic 500 in hand, James Cooper was a fan with a paddock pass at the 1968 Gold Cup. “My favourite team? Ferrari just edged it,” he says
PARTING SHOT
PARTING SHOT
JULY 16, 1978, BRANDS HATCH, UK
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