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The UK’s ‘must-read’ motorsport magazine AUTOSPORT is revered by fans and industry personnel alike as the ultimate source of motorsport news and analysis. The magazine’s expert editorial covers all aspects of the sport, from major international series such as Formula 1, Sports Car racing and the World Rally Championship, to the less glamorous but hugely important grassroots events in UK club motorsport

The records, stories and battles of Formula 1 in 2023

F1 teams unite amid legal row over FIA crying Wolff

BAN ON AERO TESTING AHEAD OF 2026 RULES

Madrid talk played down

Hydrogen group set up for future of sport

IndyCar delays hybrid until after next May’s 500…

Ilott secures Jota Porsche Hypercar seat

…as WRX re-admits ICE power

Lamborghini makes a splash by topping Daytona test

Macau king Browning stays with Hitech for F3 attack

Dull Sundays prompt points tweak

POURCHAIRE TO JAPAN AFTER STRONG DEBUT RUN

Gounon champ, other Merc wins

Tyre warmers banned from Le Mans after all for 2024

Hyundai gives Mikkelsen a return

Doble doubles up for more in Astra

WEC/WRC

Dennis stakes future at Andretti

ROSEMARY SMITH 1937-2023

An apology to Lando Norris • A recent interview with the McLaren driver prompted a need to reflect on previous sentiments, which in turn helped highlight one of his key strengths

YOUR SAY • Wheel-banging, provided it is not deemed to be inherently dangerous, injects excitement and unpredictability that the genuine motorsport fan wants to see

F1 season review • Max Verstappen, three-time world champion? That was a slam-dunk. But everything else in 2023 was up in the air

Verstappen makes it a one-Bull race • Win records fell as Max Verstappen picked up momentum, in one of the most comprehensive F1 campaigns delivered by anyone – ever

Race by Race

The jostle behind the champion • The can only be one choice for the top spot after such a season. But the rest of our top 10 proved much harder to decide

The technical battlegrounds of F1 2023 • Red Bull built upon its mastery of F1’s most recent rules reset, while in its wake cost-cap-conscious upgrades aided the jockeying for position throughout the field

The best race drives of 2023

An extended blip or end of a dynasty? • A second year in the doldrums for the team that once dominated F1 will have really smarted. It knows this cannot be allowed to become a trend

Ferrari faces reality check as revamp shows promise • Expectations were high following Fred Vasseur’s takeover as Maranello chief, but in 2023 Ferrari soon woke up to the reality of facing a transitional year

Vasseur’s work has only just begun

The opposing fortunes of McLaren and Aston Martin • It was definitely a season of two halves for two great motorsport names, with slow-starters McLaren eventually defeating early surprise package Aston Martin

Alpine in no man’s land

The driver who saved F1 2023? • The evergreen Fernando Alonso helped ensure there was often a ‘show’ for fans to relish while Red Bull went about its business of domination

Alonso’s 2023 highlights

“I realised last year, in March or April, that from the aero side we were not going in the right direction. We had a wrong philosophy” • AlphaTauri faced playing catch-up early in Franz Tost’s final season at the helm, as an improving Yuki Tsunoda found himself teamed with and against three drivers in the other car

Williams reaches seventh heaven

Future stirrings under calm waters? • A relative lack of political turmoil doesn’t exactly mean peace in our time. Matters on multiple fronts might soon bubble to the surface

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