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SMOKE AND HEAT

Mike Doodson was Lotus’s PR man during the tumultuous early years of JPS sponsorship. Here he relives the drama
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October 2022
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THE EDITOR
Later this month at a small ceremony in
LETTERS
Nigel Mansell’s highly recognisable helmet design was the
MATTERS of MOMENT
First McLaren returns home
Readers of this magazine will be familiar with the ‘Zerex Special’, the Holy Grail of McLaren’s early years. Now the original car has been uncovered and shipped back to Britain
Is F1 about to take a Spa break?
Has modern Formula 1’s ‘out with the old
Cotswold Britannia looks as good as new after a call for volunteers
Exactly a year ago on these pages we
MATTERS of MOMENT
Iron Dames drivers Sarah Bovy, Michelle Gatting, Rahel
Lamborghini reaches for the stars with new Urus at Pikes Peak
The new Urus is quick up a hill.
The colour of money
One of the greatest competition car collections in
Hold your Prancing Horses, Bizzarrini’s back...
Some 57 years after its crowning sporting glory,
Rodin’s “no limits” FZero to arrive in summer 2023
Holy magnesium alloys, Batman! The wheel rims are
FORMULA 1
“Vettel had no idea that his news would be dwarfed by the events it triggered”
When Sebastian Vettel announced his retirement, effective from
TRACKSIDE VIEW
After Ferrari’s fast start, who would have bet that Verstappen would hold an 80-point lead heading into the summer break? Can anybody stop the rampant Bull?
Leclerc’s pain boosts Verstappen’s gain
Another double of doom for Ferrari gives rise to Red Bull’s now-mammoth championship advantage. Mark Hughes recaps
The purpose to prevent the porpoise
Next year’s floors are likely to be higher
Ferrari in the cooler
Race strategy is crucial – as long as you have the pace. The Ferraris were blistering when the Hungarian heat was on, but come a cool race day it all changed, as Mark Hughes relates
Good month, bad month
Charting the ups and downs of the F1 circus
Setting a smoking lap
F1 RETRO – AUGUST 2005
Crossing the tunnel channels
Red Bull and Ferrari are fencing for position – but the fencing is only visible when an errant car is rescued. Mark Hughes explains
“Fernando Alonso’s decision will have shocked Alpine, as it did everyone. The team expected him to stay”
GETTY IMAGES On Monday morning after the Hungarian
MOTORCYCLES
“For Marc Márquez this latest operation is his last roll of the dice”
MotoGP has lost its two greatest stars this
THE ARCHIVES
“The Cooper-Zerex is frontline road racing’s greatest ‘transformer’”
The Cooper-Zerex sports car’s homecoming, see page 12,
DIARY
“The Aston Martin tagline is now ‘Intensity. Driven’. I wish they’d left it alone”
Do rebranding exercises actually work? I guess that
REVIEWS
Come fly with me, let’s fly away
Pop the Bentayga brochure in the recycling pile. As Andrew Frankel reveals, the new Aston Martin DBX707 soars above the rest
Credit where it’s due
Electric Fiat 500 is a brilliantly executed small city runaround
Give us the clever bits!
Citroën’s lumbering crossover fails to recapture past glories
Slim pickings
Step aside Piaget and Bulgari – Richard Mille now holds the record for world’s thinnest mechanical watch with its RM UP-01
An Alfa Romeo continuation
If you thought previous accounts of the 8C were definitive, then think again, writes Gordon Cruickshank. It’s an evolving story
Heart and console
The game that topped the charts on release, bringing the new generation of F1 racing to your home, falls short in some areas
GT40 UNCOVERED
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BUGATTI IN DENMARK
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EVENTS
Night fever
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GUY SMITH ON JAMIE DAVIES
Flashback...
For two decades Maurice Hamilton reported from the F1 paddock with pen, notebook and Canon Sure Shot camera. This month we are at the 1987 German Grand Prix deciphering Barbara Woodhouse-like pitboard communication
LOTUS 72
SPECIAL BREW
Raced at the top level from 1970-75 and making Formula 1 world champions of Emerson Fittipaldi and Jochen Rindt, the Lotus 72 represents the very best of British engineering. To celebrate 50 years since it achieved the double world championship for team and driver, we profile all surviving examples of the car and tell the stories that helped to make the legend
EMERSON FITTIPALDI
“THE BEST CAR OF MY CAREER”
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Back in black
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SIMON PAGENAUD
THE FIRE IN SIDE
Destined to never race in Formula 1, Simon Pagenaud set his sights Stateside. Chris Medland talks to the Frenchman about IndyCar success and how he still loves “the feeling”
SAM SCHMIDT
WE CAN WORK IT OUT
A crash in 2000 left Arrow McLaren SP co-owner Sam Schmidt paralysed. Now technology has given him the opportunity to race again in a converted supercar and Adam Hay-Nicholls gets an exclusive - and incredible - test drive
REVIVAL PREVIEW
It were different in our day
With multi-million pound grids, a festival vibe and a slew of celebrity drivers, the Goodwood Revival is a full-throttle blast down Memory Lane. Rob Widdows takes us through this year’s highlights
FERRARI DAYTONA SP3
FERRARI GOES BANANAS
The third instalment of Maranello’s Icona series comes with a windscreen, wipers and, naturally, an eye-watering price. Andrew Franklin takes the wheel of the sold-out Daytona SP3 at Le Mans and finds himself the centre of attention
A Daytona to remember
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THE SHOWROOM
Fringe benefits
Some referred to the Fiat X1/9 as the runaround of hairdressers, but this racer will put curls in your hair, says Simon de Burton
Surtees’ ’69 BRM back in public view
● Last spotted at the Weston-super-Mare Speed Trials
Cupboard essentials
This near-as-damn-it 57SC is one of many cars to be ‘offloaded’ by a kitchen cabinet millionaire. Simon de Burton lifts the lid
Supercharged and supercool
Simon de Burton’s sale round-up includes a feisty ’50s MG and a pristine beach buggy
When selling is a wrench
Often disregarded in workshops, vintage tools can turn out to be treasures which some enthusiasts spend time and money hunting out. Gordon Cruickshank gets oil on his hands
Motor Sport collection
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THE EXPERT VIEW
Time to get collecting?
A roaring summer
After a few weeks off, VSCC member Justin Maeers has been back on the trail at some top events, including some that weren’t as well supported as they should be…
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OFF THE SCALE
It may take several weeks to assemble, but
YOU WERE THERE
A relaxing Spa therapy
Belgian reader Edgar Regout began visiting the great Francorchamps circuit with his father and a small camera. These are memories of two special visits, to the 1964 sports car 500Kms and the ’65 GP, run in a downpour. He still goes, but says, “No more pictures. There are plenty on the internet!”
PARTING SHOT
OCTOBER 26, 1969 CALIFORNIA, US
BERNARD CAHIER/GETTY IMAGES From front: Dan Gurney (McLaren
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