“Some are starting to question Stroll Jnr’s commitment to Formula 1”

So the constructors’ title returns to Milton Keynes

Italian masterpiece

If you thought £37.5m was steep for a 250 GTO, wait until you see what this world-leading example goes for... in an art sale

“Is Daniel Ricciardo the future? No, Liam Lawson is. He should have been chosen by AlphaTauri in 2024”

JONATHAN BUSHELL On first sight, I’m impressed with

Enzo Ferrari hits the big screen in epic new movie

Upcoming film focuses on turbulent 1957 and recreates the tragic final Mille Miglia

Ambitious synthetic fuel target for F2

Formula 2 has pledged to run on 100%

Chandhok’s fiery Ferrari fright

Flaming expensive: 250 GTO briefly catches alight, but

Is Extreme E facing extinction?

Extreme E will carry official FIA status next

Revived Alvis grand prix car scrambled to Bicester

Blunt instrument: Alvis GP racer has returned from

“Piastri has convinced McLaren about his ultimate potential

McLaren’s announcement at Suzuka that it had extended

TRACKSIDE VIEW

He gave it everything at Monza, but Singapore was where Carlos Sainz broke the Red Bull spell. Still, normal service was resumed at Suzuka as Verstappen hit back

At last, some good news for non-Red Bull fans

A blip for Max, but as Mark Hughes reports, the constructors’ championship was sealed after a truly dominant performance

“There’s a lot of lessons we’ve taken”

Red Bull believed the bumpy Singapore Grand Prix

Singapore slog

Marina Bay gave us an unusual spectacle – arace without a Max Verstappen victory. Mark Hughes explains how an early Williams mistake took the fizz from the Red Bull strategy

Good month, bad month

Charting the ups and downs of the F1 circus

F1 RETRO – NOVEMBER 2013

F1’s model pupil

“Doohan’s strengths were a teak-tough psyche and a furnace of determination”

Mick Doohan, father of Alpine Formula 1 reserve

“Should Massa win there will surely be a review of history-shaping incidents”

Breaking news! Pursuing its retrospective review of all

“If all evidence of a racing car’s history is lost, so is a dimension of its character”

Toddled along to the Salon Privé press day

The family car goes nuclear

Another hot Audi, a new gimmicky name, but can the RS6 Performance actually live up to its moniker? By Andrew Frankel

A little effort can go far

For a crossover, Peugeot’s attractive 408 has us interested

Lexus lags in the EV race

‘Bonging’ RZ450e – big on safety but little in character

Diamond lights

TAG Heuer’s ongoing collaboration with Porsche pays tribute to the 60th anniversary of the Carrera watch and 911 sports car

A familiar yet fresh view of Chapman and Lotus

Is this a new book? Gordon Cruickshank thinks so, even if the late Jabby Crombac’s original words date back to the mid-1980s

A legend is forged

Shelby American’s history is often told, but rarely as comprehensively as in this well-researched volume

MOTOGP – GRAND PRIX OF INDONESIA

Mandalika International Street Circuit, Lombok, Indonesia, October 13-15

FORMULA 1 – UNITED STATES GRAND PRIX

Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas, US, October

WRC – CENTRAL EUROPEAN RALLY

Passau, Bavaria, Germany, October 26-29 This is

WORLD ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP – BAHRAIN 8 HOURS

Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Bahrain, November 4

NASCAR – NASCAR CUP

Phoenix Raceway, Avondale, Arizona, US, November 5

The great indoors

Big historic race events may be over, but the Classic Motor Show at the NEC will keep you entertained. Ed Hardy looks ahead

Allen Berg

His time as a 1980s Formula 1 backmarker was all too brief, yet there was so much more to the colourful racing life of this Canadian, who is still carving his own niche today

Derek Warwick

My family car as a child... The

Flashback...

A Formula 1 driver in 1990 turning up for a shift in his Renault runabout. As Maurice Hamilton recalls, this was not a normal sight

LETTERS

STAR LETTER Can you bring to the attentiontention

Nobody’s done it better

The writing was on the wall during 1992 when Williams forged ahead with active technology. But its 1993 FW15C took things to a whole new level, arguably one the sport has never again reached. Adam Cooper talks to those who helped create it

Back when Hill had a mountain to climb

Promising yet unproven, Damon Hill was the surprise candidate for a Williams drive in 1993. Yet the British driver proved doubters wrong in the finest fashion

WE’RE GONNA NEED A BIGGER ROAD

A half-million-pound Impreza might seem laughable, but with its WRC DNA the Prodrive P25 is no joke. Stephen Dobie struggles to contain it

Out of time

Aston Martin’s DBR4 meets the Ferguson P99 in a battle of the F1 what-might-have-beens. Jack Phillips discovers two grand prix legends that never were

Kieft’s anti-Climax

Going against the tide, this is another unique car

Briatore’s finest achievement

F1 survivor Flavio is still full of surprises

UNITED COLORS WHEN F1 WAS IN FASHION

In the 1980s Benetton emerged on the grid to reach a global audience for its clothing. Damien Smith tells how a rebel brand went on to rattle the F1 establishment

“The car that saved my career”

Some 20 years ago, Sam Hancock was a single-seater graduate looking for a career route. Courage threw him a lifeline with its

Pop goes the easel

Worlds collided for F1 veteran and artist Stefan Johansson when he was asked to design the livery of a special Porsche powered by one of his old McLaren engines. Damien Smith tags along

Johansson’s one-year hitch

A single season with McLaren came during a Woking blip

Prized find at Brands Hatch

What luck! Nigel Norman made the most of finding a photographer’s armband lying on the ground a day before the 1968 British GP. Later, watching qualifying from a grandstand, he felt “a hand on my shoulder from the seat behind”. It was the photographer, who was relieved to get his armband back in time for race day…

Jaguar’s modern rarity

BUYING, SELLING, AUCTIONS, MEMORABILIA

Blue-blooded Bugatti is a royal flush

● As princes tend to be, BERTIL OF

A genuine money spider

Simon de Burton reports on the top auction lots of the month, including a stunning Ferrari

Signed of the times – 50 years of WRC

Motor Sport collection

THE EXPERT VIEW

F1’s forgotten clubs

The karat kid

HISTORIC RACING

PARTING SHOT

FEBRUARY 7, 1960 BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA A Scuderia