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

JUNE 2, 2025 ISLE OF MAN

F1 frontline • Ferrari’s team principal Frédéric Vasseur is in the media firing line. MARK HUGHES smells some strong management meddling

F1 insider • We saw a rare apology from Max in Spain. KARUN CHANDHOK isn’t expecting many more niceties from the Schuey of our times

Drive OF THE month • Ferrari makes it three wins in three at the Le Mans 24 Hours – a dream for the manufacturer but a fairy tale for Robert Kubica

Top 5… Fastest FoS times • Goodwood’s Festival of Speed – which takes place July 10-13 – reaches a swiftness zenith with its hillclimb shoot-out. Here are the zippiest cars and drivers to have tackled the incline

Porsche’s 963 Hypercar takes to the streets

GREAT LOST CIRCUITS Longford

My month on the track • It’s a few more miles on the clock for Nigel Greensall who gets the chance to drive his hero Ronnie Peterson’s F1 racing car

On the road…

POSTCARD FROM America • JOHN OREOVICZ reports on a knife-edge finish for Acura in the Watkins Glen 6 Hours, while NASCAR hops the border to Mexico

Does racing’s new blockbuster have the winning formula? • With a hot-shot director and one of Hollywood’s biggest actors, what could go wrong for F1? Well, quite a lot, says Katy Fairman

THE COLLECTOR • If the glove fits…

Rumblings • Our ears may be thankful, but, says DOUG NYE, the heart misses the V10 howl that was the soundtrack to F1 races 20 years ago

From the archives… • With superb new documentary Earnhardt now on Amazon, we rewind to a 2011 Motor Sport feature written 10 years on from Dale’s death at Daytona

ON THIS MONTH… • Aintree odour, Brits abroad and Moss’s C

Stirling work marks ’55 Mille Miglia • It’s 70 years since Moss & Jenks’ win in ‘722’. As SIMON DE BURTON says, watchmakers love an anniversary

Motorbikes • Piero Taruffi is best known for his drives in 1950s F1 and sports cars but his love of speed started on two wheels, says MAT OXLEY

Road cars • With another Le Mans under his belt, ANDREW FRANKEL looks back at his weekend with Aston Martin, whose key aim was to finish

Is Morgan finally in the pink? • An update (of sorts) of the Plus Six is here. As Andrew Frankel finds out, beneath the art deco curves there’s modernity – and fun!

Formula E • Good times return at Jaguar TCS Racing with a win in Shanghai. Game on for Berlin and London, says principal JAMES BARCLAY

LETTERS

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It’s crunch time • Will McLaren’s Lando Norris or Oscar Piastri be 2025’s world champion? As Edd Straw says, this is not just a test of driver skill – it’s also a battle of the mind

Aussie Grit • Australia is never far from a major sporting triumph. Paul Fearnley reckons there’s another on the way – in F1. Here’s why it happens…

THE REST IS HISTORY • Martin Brundle, Ollie Bearman and cars from the first F1 World Championship race. James Elson is trackside for a 75th anniversary showdown

Well, you knew it would be a two-horse race • For a while we’ve suspected this season would be a McLaren shoo-in. As a muchtravelled Mark...