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In this issue

Formula 1 Championship… Showdown!
How the 2025 season was blown wide open.

This issue uncovers the drama behind McLaren’s resurgence and the battles that reshaped the 2025 F1 season. We sit down with Guenther Steiner as he reflects on life after Haas — and whether he’d ever return to the sport. Andrew Frankel takes Mercedes’ breakthrough electric car for a drive, we explore motor racing’s enduring connection with rock ’n’ roll, and revisit how Lotus legend Peter Wright reinvented ground-effect engineering.

F1 frontline

The Ferrari chief has put the boot into Hamilton and Leclerc, but for the problem is the organisation, not the drivers

3 mins

F1 insider

In a see-saw season for McLaren's drivers, the F1 title is now Lando's to lose. KARUN CHANDHOK charts an incredible turn of fortune

3 mins

Drive OF THE month

Silverstone has seen some sizzlers down the years, but does 2025's Walter Hayes Trophy top the lot? Here's what happened when Jason Smyth started from way back in 13th...

1 mins

Top 5... Jenson Button's non-F1 races

As the 2009 world champion bows out of professional motor sport, let's remember how there was more to his career than F1

2 mins

Bigger, faster, funkier... the future of Formula E

Formula E may have its detractors, but it knows how to make a good-looking race car.

2 mins

Nazareth Speedway

Nazareth, in eastern Pennsylvania, is synonymous with American motor racing, the town steeped in the history of the sport. Mario Andretti still lives there and when he won the Indy 500 in May 1969 the street where he lived at the time was renamed Victory Lane. Two months later he won the USAC Dirt Champ car race at the Nazareth Speedway.

1 mins

My month on the track

This month Nigel Greensall's tally of race starts for the year went into triple figures. When does the man sleep?

2 mins

POSTCARD FROM America

NASCAR once again showed that wins don't always bring titles. As JOHN OREOVICZ explains, the Playoff format is wearing thin for some drivers

3 mins

The Straight story: cars, Cambridge and conflict

From motor racing on the continent to a 'good war' with the RAF, this is a story of speed and spectacle, says

2 mins

Rumblings

With new regs for 2026, DOUG NYE recalls the situation in 1963 when racing chiefs were summoned to Paris to discuss Fl's future

4 mins

From the archives...

In 1985 the new Metro 6R4 was put on the RAC Rally podium by Tony Pond. As our 2002 piece tells, he was a bigger pull than Gilbert O'Sullivan

1 mins

Off to the races

TAG Heuer gets a late-season win with its Fl-75 Carrera. SIMON DE BURTON is holding the chequered flag

2 mins

Motorbikes

Venus & Serena, Bobby & Jack, Vitali & Wladimir - now Marc & Alex have joined the list of top-level sporting siblings

3 mins

Road cars

ANDREW FRANKEL on the Jersey speed limit, noise reduction on our roads and why an Aston Martin DB9 seems like a good idea

4 mins

Mercedes back to blazing a trail

A noted critic of electric cars, but this month Andrew Frankel can only heap praise on this CLA EV... BMW take note!

4 mins

2025 TITLE SHOWDOWN

This year looked like being a high-noon shootout between McLaren's inform drivers. .. before Max arrived with a fistful of victories. Mark Hughes looks back at the season so far

10+ mins

AUDI'S FORMULA 1 DAWN

As this season's F1 reaches its thrilling conclusion, James Elson is in Germany to witness the birth of a new racing dream

6 mins

PUMP UP THE VOLUME

Music and motor sport have been close allies since the dawn of driving. From jazz to The Chain and superstar DJs, Will Farmer charts the soundtrack to wheeled racing

10+ mins

Prepare to meet your maker

While much has been made of F1-75 there has been little fanfare for the constructors' centenary.

9 mins

IN YOUR FACE!

While Storm Amy did its best to scupper the Weston Beach Race, a schedule adjustment gave as many as 100,000 spectators the usual sandy spectacle of motorcycle mayhem

3 mins

FAST-TRACK TO THE TOP

The likes of Gasly, Lawson and Vandoorne have all impressed in the far east, and now WRC's Kalle Rovanperä is making the leap too. As Jamie Klein reveals, Japan is a route to racing's big-time

7 mins

"F1 AGAIN? NEVER SAY NEVER. BUT IT WOULD HAVE TO BE A PROJECT. I'M DONE WITH JOBS"

Drive to Survive made the then Haas principal a household name, yet his switch to F1 came late in his career. Here he talks of his rally years, a pivotal call from Niki Lauda and his decision to trade four-wheeled racing for two

10+ mins

A different perspective

From BRM to Lotus to the FIA, Peter Wright was one of the great F1 engineers. Shortly before his untimely death, Damien Smith met him at his off-grid home

10+ mins

Getaway with you

Villains with a love of 1960s style may need to pull off a bank job to own this beauty.

2 mins

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Motor Sport Magazine Description:

Publisher: Motor-Sport-Magazine

Category: Automotive

Language: English

Frequency: Monthly

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, Chris Medland & Karun Chandhok.