Motor Sport Magazine

A century ago, The Brooklands Gazette was launched by an enterprising publisher, dedicated to covering the best of the burgeoning world of motor racing. The magazine was soon renamed Motor Sport and now, 100 years on, continues to flourish as an independent, free-speaking voice for racing fans worldwide. As we celebrate the momentous year in 2024, we will feature the latest articles and podcasts that look back over a century of racing; the ways that you can get involved; and some of the best writing from the magazine’s history.

THE EDITOR

Motor Sport Magazine

OCTOBER 8, 2025 HIGH COURT, LONDON

F1 frontline • How has Max Verstappen been able to turn up the pressure on the McLaren duo? MARK HUGHES looks at Red Bull’s wing flex

F1 insider • If Max joins Mercedes, where will that leave George Russell? Here’s what the Singapore GP winner must do, says KARUN CHANDHOK

Drive OF THE month • Taking over from Extreme E, the new hydrogen-powered Extreme H series got off the ground in the Saudi desert – a typically seat-of-the-pants production by Alejandro Agag

Driver briefing notes • Aston’s IMSA podium and a new BTCC king

Top 5… Super Formula stars • Kalle Rovanperä is sensationally ditching the WRC for Japan’s high-powered Super Formula single-seaters. Here’s a glimpse of the talent pool he’s diving into

Is this the coolest Aston of them all?

Roskilde Ring

My month on the track • Racing’s much-travelled leading man Nigel Greensall reaches a personal milestone – a 200th track victory

OUR TOP EVENTS THIS MONTH

On the road… • THE MOTOR SPORT MONTH THROUGH THE LENS OF PHIL RAINFORD AND SHIRLEY WOODALL

POSTCARD FORM America • IndyCar needs a stroke of genius to excite future fans, says JOHN OREOVICZ. Could JR Hildebrand’s wingless wonder be just that?

On the double: Enzo’s unbeatable Le Mans car • Few chassis have triumphed at La Sarthe twice but this is one of them – with a somewhat murky past, says Damien Smith

Rumblings • When is a car not a car? DOUG NYE looks into the murky business of chassis serial numbers, which even Porsche swapped in period

From the archives… • In this article from 20 years ago we tell the story of a pivotal rally for Juan Manuel Fangio – one that cost a friend’s life but convinced him to race on

ON THIS MONTH… • Croydon rabble, Rebel dread and F1 fiascos

Power, precision and prudence A measured approach to ballooning

Motorbikes • Traction control and stability assistance have made MotoGP safer. At what cost? As MAT OXLEY explains, top riders just want to race

Road cars • ANDREW FRANKEL on counting the cost at JLR, a return to the track for Jason Plato and marking a personal Motor Sport milestone

More smiles for your miles • A car that wants to be driven? It’s rare-delight territory for Andrew Frankel who bids farewell to the Cayman GTS

LETTERS

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JIM’S EPIC YEAR 1965 LOTUS 33 & 35 REUNITED • For Jim Clark, ’65 was his annus mirabilis, yet for all his world-class talent, it was the F1 and F2 Lotus racing cars that provided the tools to do the job. Doug Nye remembers the perfect marriage of man and machine

Third time’s a charm • Jim Clark and Lotus ruffled the establishment yet came up short of victory in their first two attempts at conquering the Indianapolis 500. But at the third time of asking in 1965 there was no stopping Jimmy, as the annual diversion from Formula 1 finally paid full dividends

Lotus’s band of brothers • Colin Chapman, Jim Clark and Team Lotus reshaped Formula 1 in their own image during the 1960s. But their 1965 Indy 500 win was at least as significant for...