“Fernando Alonso’s decision will have shocked Alpine, as it did everyone. The team expected him to stay”

THE EDITOR

Later this month at a small ceremony in

LETTERS

Nigel Mansell’s highly recognisable helmet design was the

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

“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

“For Marc Márquez this latest operation is his last roll of the dice”

MotoGP has lost its two greatest stars this

“The Cooper-Zerex is frontline road racing’s greatest ‘transformer’”

The Cooper-Zerex sports car’s homecoming, see page 12,

“The Aston Martin tagline is now ‘Intensity. Driven’. I wish they’d left it alone”

Do rebranding exercises actually work? I guess that

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

Claude Nahum with Steve Rendle If you’re fond

BUGATTI IN DENMARK

Frank Studstrup One tends to think of a

Night fever

SEPTEMBER–OCTOBER 2022

Vern Schuppan

From co-driving a 956 to Le Mans victory and helping Adelaide get its own F1 GP, to the perils of supercar projects. This Aussie adventurer expounds on precious moments and big characters

MY Greatest RIVAL

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

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

“THE BEST CAR OF MY CAREER”

Fifty years on from his first F1 world title, Emerson Fittipaldi tells Rob Widdows about his experiences in the Lotus 72 and why it remains a personal favourite

Back in black

When you get the chance to reunite a world champion with one of the sport’s most iconic cars, there are few places better than Brands Hatch. Simon Arron went to witness it

SMOKE AND HEAT

Mike Doodson was Lotus’s PR man during the tumultuous early years of JPS sponsorship. Here he relives the drama

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”

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

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 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

In 1967 Ferrari learned that revenge is a dish best served cold, then upended into your rival’s lap...

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

ALL PRODUCTS AVAILABLE AT MOTORSPORTMAGAZINE.COM/SHOP

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…

OFF THE SCALE

It may take several weeks to assemble, but

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!”

OCTOBER 26, 1969 CALIFORNIA, US

BERNARD CAHIER/GETTY IMAGES From front: Dan Gurney (McLaren