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CUPRA

Lambo joins the Hypercar party

Italian powerhouse reveals its contender for overall victory at Le Mans as the expanding picture for endurance racing in 2024 and beyond gains added colour – predictably so in Lamborghini’s case

Pitt in the pits as F1 filming starts

Apex GP on the back of the Silverstone

Lia proves a chip off the old Block

Lia Block is racing in Extreme E for

Rossi’s Misano GT3 milestone

Valentino Rossi celebrated an emotional maiden outright race

A Racing Machine On The Wrist

RM 65-01 Skeletonised automatic winding calibre 60-hour power

Le Mans Classic sets a new bar for historic events

Huge entries, including over 80 Bentleys, graced la

Tyrrell’s resounding reunion at Brooklands

Author Richard Jenkins, left, Bob Tyrrell, son of

Can-Am for the road is revealed

McLaren influence is clear in design from the

Cue the car chase

Not one, but two 1980 Ford Capris played a starring role in TV’s crime-action classic The Professionals. Now you can own them...

MARK HUGHES

“The chances of Liberty accepting any of the new teams looks slim”

All those cars – but nobody can get near

It’s becoming monotonous... Mark Hughes revisits the latest Max Verstappen victories and the ‘race’ for second spot

“We’re not doing it deliberately”

Race control had its work cut out at the Red Bull Ring as the possible track transgressions rose to four figures

Word on the beat

Hamilton contract talks and AlphaTauri change

Tyred out Ferraris

TEAM TACTICS

Good month, bad month

Charting the ups and downs of the F1 circus

Arnoux: blinded by the light

Extraordinary tales from the Motor Sport digital archive

JOHNNY HERBERT

“Ricciardo has to blow Tsunoda away at AlphaTauri. We have to be wowed and the pressure is really on”

MAT OXLEY

“The Japanese don’t fully understand how the game of MotoGP has changed”

DOUG NYE

“An Alpine-Renault debacle at Rouen would have been a huge risk”

ANDREW FRANKEL

“A few days before I went to the Le Mans Classic I became unexpectedly cowed”

The Stroll effect is kicking in

With a new boss, new vision and its sporting aspirations, Aston had to make a statement with the DB12. Andrew Frankel hits the road

Looks can be deceiving

Alfa’s new SUV might be pretty, but only if you’re not driving it

An encore too far?

After 25 years, Audi’s TT makes its exit with the Iconic Edition

Me’ ol’ bamboo

With its 1960s styling, MHD’s Daily Driver Reverse Panda has seriously good looks – and a price from another decade

The man who gave Morris a sporting edge

A weighty tome on Cecil Kimber, the driving force behind MG, is a frank account of a flawed maverick, says Gordon Cruickshank

A drive on the wild side

A big character in UK racing, Ian Flux has some strapping stories to share. As Gordon Cruickshank discovers, you’re in for a treat

Rose-tinted spectacular

Call us sentimental but few places carry off nostalgia like Goodwood. Ed Hardy reveals what’s in store at 2023’s Revival

Riccardo Patrese

A veteran of 256 grand prix starts and three Le Mans 24 Hours, the likeable Italian is now a true racing dad, supporting his son in the early stages of a GT racing career

Tim Schenken

My family car as a child... The first

Flashback...

This month we’re at the 1988 Hungarian Grand Prix, where Maurice Hamilton recalls how speed, organisation and some exercising of the gift of the gab were vital elements to a much-needed speedy getaway

LETTERS

STAR LETTER Has the media been wrong about

Ringmasters

Since racing began at the Nürburgring in 1927, plenty have tried to conquer the Green Hell, and plenty have failed. But not this lot. From those heady days of endurance-style Formula 1 grands prix, to sports car, GT and touring car races, Paul Fearnley assesses the greatest drivers ever to tackle the Nordschleife, and sticks his neck out to rank them. Only one can be the true King of the ’Ring

Modern-day cult heroes

Our rundown of the Nürburgring’s past masters is dominated, as it must be, by the great figures from the circuit’s golden years. Formula 1 and the sports car 1000Kms are long gone. Yet new heroes have been created on the Nordschleife in the modern era, thanks largely to the Nürburgring 24 Hours, which was first held in 1970. Here’s our selection of the new kings (and queen) who have kept the flame burning bright.

HEAVEN OR HELL?

The Nürburgring 24 Hours remains gloriously old-school in a modern world. Damien Smith returned for a long-overdue visit

Ferrari breaks the German hegemony

Frikadelli shocks, with a Briton leading the way

IN THE EYE OF THE STORM

IndyCar’s hottest talent has set tongues wagging on and off the track, and has even been linked with a future move to Formula 1. Alex Palou spoke with Rob Widdows to discuss the past, present, future and that spat last summer

24 HOUR KARTING PEOPLE

As the years pass, the chances of you appearing at Le Mans lessen. But as Jayson Fong finds out, the buzz of endurance racing can be tasted at a kart track in Kent...

Little wonders

They fostered some of the great drivers of the post-war era, and now a dedicated group keeps their small flames alive. Gordon Cruickshank went for a 500cc reunion

Wing commander

When he wasn’t making grand prix history, Jack Brabham also starred in F2 – and this BT23C is a gem, says Simon de Burton

Group A Merkur is touring car history

● Ford’s North American Sierra was the MERKUR

The spirit of adventure

Simon de Burton’s sale stars include a Camel campaigner and multi-coloured Moke

Laud of the ’Ring

Fans of motor racing art, artefacts and ephemera will find a huge range, including these collectibles, at the Motor Sport shop – motorsportmagazine.com/shop

THE EXPERT VIEW

Festival fever

HISTORIC RACING

Tackling Lincolnshire’s very own Nürburgring

JULY 18, 1953 SILVERSTONE

Is Ferrari driver Luigi Villoresi thinking through his