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

AUGUST 21, 2025 SILVERSTONE, NORTHANTS

F1 frontline • As we settle in for a two-man McLaren fight for the 2025 F1 title, MARK HUGHES recalls the characters who’ve shaped the team

F1 insider • Time to take stock and re-focus, says KARUN CHANDHOK. Here are the issues F1 teams will be grappling with in the summer break

Drive OF THE month • Last season’s BTCC champion has had a tough time lately but a weekend in Scotland proved a tonic for the West Surrey Racing BMW man – and there are nine rounds still to go

Driver briefing notes • Summer sizzlers in WRC, Formula 3 and NASCAR

Grand Prix • With special guests Alex Brundle & David Brabham

Top 5… F1 races at Goodwood • From 1948 to ’65, the West Sussex circuit was a Formula 1 non-championship favourite. Ahead of this year’s Revival (September 12-14), let’s look at its most-mesmerising moments

Gordon Murray – you have new competition

Reims-Gueux

My month on the track • From a Morgan at Le Mans to a Chevron at Imola, let’s catch up with Nigel Greensall’s flat-out racing schedule

On the road… • THE MOTOR SPORT MONTH THROUGH THE LENS OF STEVE JONES

POSTCARD FROM America • It’s a fourth IndyCar title for Álex Palou while veteran Will Power has shown there’s still life in the old dog yet – as JOHN OREOVICZ reveals

Just Sir William: Jaguar past and future… in 1969 • A lecture from 56 years ago, printed word for word, is the story of a marque as told by its creator. Damien Smith dives in…

THE COLLECTOR • Photo finish

Rumblings • While F1-75 dominates 2025, DOUG NYE looks forward to a celebration next year closer to his heart – the RAC GP centenary

From the archives… • It’s time to dust down an old issue – back to 2015 where we find Ed Foster in conversation with Nigel Mansell about Lotus pangs and tricky team-mates

ON THIS MONTH… • Bombshells, straw bales and bellyaching

Chief concern: revive old glories • Can the world’s secondoldest dial name bring back the good times? SIMON DE BURTON on the return of Favre Leuba

Motorbikes • In MotoGP, Marc Márquez has had a phenomenal first half of ’25 but is it true he’s clueless about set-up? MAT OXLEY dispels the myth

Road cars • As ANDREW FRANKEL reaches a milestone, he wonders which car he might settle down with when put out to journalistic pasture

This is how to plunder the past • It isn’t every day that Andrew Frankel sings the praises of an electric vehicle, but, like buses, two have come along this month

Formula E • After a thrilling climax to the season for Jaguar, race director GARY EKEROLD lays out his plans to keep the team performing

LETTERS

WILLIAMS FIGHTS BACK • After years in the doldrums, green shoots are finally emerging from Grove. Mark Hughes meets team principal James Vowles, the man tasked with the rebuild of a British racing institution

My favourite Williams moments • Being part of Williams’ Heritage division allows Karun Chandhok a unique view through a window to the past. Having experienced some of the sport’s greatest machines, these are his favourites

25 YEARS OF PAIN WILLIAMS • It takes more...