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

BIG PICTURE

F1 frontline • Does Red Bull have the upper hand for the new season as Toto Wolff claims? After testing in Bahrain, MARK HUGHES isn’t so sure

F1 insider • Having studied the laps in Bahrain, KARUN CHANDHOK already has an idea how the teams will progress in the early stages of 2026

Drive OF THE month • Stripped of pole due to an overly ground-down skid block, Cadillac No31 had a mountain to climb at Daytona from the back of the GTP field. Step forward Jack Aitken

Driver briefing notes • Elfyn wins, Bathurst argy-bargy and FE has another victor

Top 5… F1 season-opener venues • McLaren’s Lando Norris begins his Formula 1 title defence in Melbourne on March 8 – but where does the home of the Aussie Grand Prix rank in our table of Round 1 circuits?

What the Esprit was always meant to be

Bridgehampton

Diary of a historic racer • How do you get an invite to race at Goodwood? There are a few different routes, as Alex Brundle explains

OUR TOP EVENTS THIS MONTH

On the road… • He’s been covering the Asian Le Mans Series of late, but JAKOB EBREY has had a recent mix of jobs including some short-oval mayhem

POSTCARD FROM America • An IndyCar race celebrating the 250th anniversary of US independence is on the 2026 calendar. It’s polarising fans, says JOHN OREOVICZ

Striking parallels • Modern F1 fiction? Is the real thing not exciting enough? Marcus Simmons on Risk vs Reward

THE COLLECTOR • Big and beautiful

Rumblings • While ’66 was billed as a ‘Return of Power’ in F1, it was a death knell for Goodwood. DOUG NYE sets the scene in the run up to closure

From the archives… • It’s back to September 1968 where we report on the insecure future of ‘atmospheric’ Silverstone due to plans for an international airport

ON THIS MONTH… • GP on ice, Panther protest and Leo Sayer

Light reading • At 43.2g, you’ll forget you’re wearing Chopard’s watch collaboration with Zagato, says SIMON DE BURTON

Motorbikes • Will three-time World Superbike champion Toprak Razgatlioglu storm MotoGP in ’26? MAT OXLEY on the Turkish rider’s chances

Road cars • ANDREW FRANKEL on Daytona 24 Hours vs Le Mans 24 Hours, breaking records in a Saab 900 and retro styling of the Ferrari Luce

Don’t worry… it won’t bite • Andrew Frankel approached the new V8 Lamborghini Temerario with trepidation… but there’s playfulness with all that power

LETTERS

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Start of a new era (again!) • Having bid farewell to the downforce years, F1’s latest rules aim to give more excitement for fans. So how has this affected the cars? Mark Hughes has all the answers

THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN’ • Ahead of the Australian GP the first real glimpse of which teams had made progress under the new regs came during Bahrain testing and Edd Straw was trackside to give his verdict on the winners and losers

NEW POWER GENERATION • The teams, the drivers, the cars: your season starts here

2026 race calendar • With 24 grands prix and a further six sprints, there’s a lot of racing ahead of us...