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

SEPTEMBER 7, 2025 SANTA POD, NORTHANTS

F1 frontline • Ben Sulayem’s push for piercing engines is in tune with the public’s wish. As MARK HUGHES tells, his demands are falling on deaf ears

F1 insider • The next few races will not only determine the championship but also some key driver seats for next year, says KARUN CHANDHOK

Drive OF THE month • International LMPs returned to Silverstone for the first time in six years – and it gave us a home-win hero, with Jamie Chadwick and her IDEC team-mates defying the rain

Driver briefing notes • Notable outings at Goodwood and the Nürburgring…

Top 5… Stuart Turner triumphs • The former BMC and Ford competitions manager has died aged 92. Let’s revisit the stand-out victories he played a hand in – many involving Minis – during his long career

Testarossa returns – but this is no ’80s throwback

Österreichring

My month on the track • A jaunt to Sweden sees Nigel Greensall visiting Ronnie Peterson’s brother – then it’s to Silverstone and Zolder

On the road… • THE MOTOR SPORT MONTH THROUGH THE LENS OF MICHAEL HOYER

POSTCARD FROM America • He made the Indianapolis Motor Speedway a success, now Doug Boles is tackling IndyCar. He’s the right man, thinks JOHN OREOVICZ

A postwar sport venture captured in 400 images • Mostly drawn from Alfa Romeo’s own archive, this photographic history holds some real racing diamonds, says Damien Smith

THE COLLECTOR • Bookshelf essentials

Rumblings • Goodwood’s Revival was a Jim Clark love-in, but what was the man really like? DOUG NYE remembers racing’s most revered driver

From the archives… • Just like today, 70 years ago Mercedes was providing winning power in F1. As our 1997 feature reveals, Rudolf Uhlenhaut was its architect

ON THIS MONTH… • Office hotline, taking cues and E welcome

North country blues • Two thousand miles on two wheels to Norway’s chilly top? SIMON DE BURTON needs a Bremont Terra Nova

Motorbikes • With Guenther Steiner’s arrival as CEO at Tech3, MAT OXLEY wonders if MotoGP is about to have its Drive to Survive moment

Road cars • ANDREW FRANKEL is let loose on some of Britain’s more-derided models of the past and is forced to re-think his opinions

What would Parry-Jones say? • Would Ford’s former chief of worldwide product development have OK’ed this Puma EV? Andrew Frankel thinks not…

Formula E • So why take part in Formula E? As JLR motor sport research and tech manager JACK LAMBERT explains, it’s linked with road cars

LETTERS

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‘Just me, in a 300 SLR on an empty track’ • How do you drive a car that’s worth more than £100m? As Andrew Frankel will tell you, very carefully… for this is the ultimate W196 S, chassis 10 – Mercedes’ planned racer for ’56

Best of its time – and of all time? Perhaps… • One truncated and tragic season, that was all. But the 300 SLR can never be forgotten

50 Greatest drives by women • Women sports are having a moment. In football this year, the Lionesses won their second Euros, the Red Roses bloomed in the...