Motor Sport Magazine

Published as the Brooklands Gazette in 1924, Motor Sport magazine is the best-known motor racing magazine in the world. From the very first issue celebrating record-breaking motor cycle racing at Brooklands to Stirling Moss’ win in the 1000-mile Mille Miglia, right up to modern F1 we’ve been there, bringing the action to the fans in the best format with unbeatable quality and authoritative content. As ever, the pages are brimmed with stunning images, plus anecdotes, tales and insight from leading writers including Nigel Roebuck, Maurice Hamilton, Doug Nye, Mark Hughes, Mat Oxley and Simon Arron.

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Formula 1 set to shine on the Strip • By adding Las Vegas as a third annual race in the United States, it looks like grand prix racing may have finally cracked America…

MARK HUGHES

MAT OXLEY • “Gilberto Parlotti’s death at the 1972 Isle of Man TT was a watershed moment”

DOUG NYE • “This is not the first hiccup in the Mercedes marque’s GP history”

ANDREW FRANKEL • “Was this the greatest collection of Group C Porsches ever seen?”

TRACKSIDE VIEW • It’s early days, but Ferrari and Red Bull are painting towns vibrant shades of red and orange. Here are our observations and explanations from Jeddah and Albert Park

From Saudi strikes to Aussie highlights • After a troubled race in Jeddah, the Red Bull vs Ferrari contest played out in front of a packed Albert Park, says Mark Hughes

Spare parts and false starts for Sainz • With his team-mate flying, Carlos needed a boost in Australia, but he was let down by a host of issues

Word on the beat • Kyalami looms, as does Porsche and Audi...

It’s the pits for Checo • Was Saudi Arabia an opportunity missed for Red Bull pole-sitter Sergio Pérez? Probably not, argues Mark Hughes

Formula 1’s Mr Nice Guy • Extraordinary tales from the Motor Sport digital archive

Good month, bad month • Charting the ups and downs of the F1 circus

The rise and fall of F1 cars • Why is there so much bouncing around this year and what are the top teams doing to fix it? Mark Hughes explains porpoising

Ask Mark… • F1 befuddlement? Our GP editor is here to help

JOHNNY HERBERT • “When I first got into an F1 car I expected it to be the most difficult thing I’d raced... and it was”

It’s playtime at Porsche • As much fun as a 911 GT3? A smitten Andrew Frankel puts forward the case for the more affordable Cayman GT4 RS

The future starts here • An EV you’ll want to spend time in. This is an historic moment

Bavaria’s EV safe bet • Figures add up for this likeable, honest, family friendly BMW i4

Laps meet luxury • Spotted at a recent Geneva horology convention was a striking Bulgari and Ducati collaboration that’s as loud as a Desmosedici

Gridiron is out, grid is in • Hopefully there will be no porpoising as Formula 1 finally arrives in Miami, with a circuit centred around the Dolphins stadium

Richard Attwood • Meet and speak to a Le Mans legend at our Game Changer event – held at the Classics at Braxted Park Day in June 2022

From silver shoots it grew... • Porsche’s racing history isn’t all 911s and 962s. Now a new work tells the formative story, says Gordon Cruickshank

Lewis, look away now... • Dive into Max Verstappen’s karting days and discover what made him a world champion in an insightful, albeit subjective, new title

Perry McCarthy • He’s been called the unluckiest man in motor racing and yet for all his career-threatening accidents, mechanical failures and financial difficulties, this Brit Pack battler was never short of good, old-fashioned bouncebackability

MY Greatest RIVAL • JACKIE OLIVER ON GEORGE FOLLMER...