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

DECEMBER 7, 2025 YAS MARINA, UAE

F1 frontline • There was all-round shock when Adrian Newey was announced as Aston Martin’s team principal. MARK HUGHES explains the shift

F1 insider • Transforming Lando Norris into world-champion material needed key personnel who could give stability, says KARUN CHANDHOK

Drive OF THE month • Win 14 times in a season and you’d expect a title for your troubles. Not so in NASCAR-like Supercars. Regardless, Broc Feeney’s victory in Adelaide was world class

Driver briefing notes • Superlative skills from F2, Formula E and the Macau GP

Dakar ’26: let’s see what Land Rover is made of

Top 5… F1 drivers to IndyCar • With Mick Schumacher joining Rahal Letterman Lanigan next season, he should study the stats of these series swappers who all made an impact when shifting Stateside

Thomson Road

When the stars came out to play

OUR TOP EVENTS THIS MONTH

POSTCARD FROM America • Ex-F1 star Mick Schumacher – son of Michael – will join IndyCar for 2026. It’s a win-win for the driver and the series, says JOHN OREOVICZ

Man with the mic makes us all racing ‘insiders’ • From ITV to the Beeb to Sky, reporter Ted Kravitz looks back at his years on paddock duty – a true pro, says Damien Smith

THE COLLECTOR • That little extra

Rumblings • Tapes from 1958/59 record Bruce McLaren’s arrival in Britain. As DOUG NYE tells, these times were a world away from today’s F1 glitz

From the archives… • It’s 1968, and our diligent continental correspondent Denis Jenkinson sidesteps a French postal strike with a lengthy drive to file his copy

ON THIS MONTH… • Seatbelts, Jackie’s F1 speedo and little Hill

Rainbow warrior • Bamford’s update of its Mayfair is a kaleidoscope of colour. SIMON DE BURTON praises an affordable ‘V2’

Motorbikes • With a new book out on Keith Campbell, Australia’s first motorcycle world champion, MAT OXLEY recalls the short career of a wily soul

Road cars • ANDREW FRANKEL on our love of a good gearbox, the faltering fortunes of the once-mighty Ford and the TVR that could ride again

Tripping the light fantastic • Weighing less than a tonne, this Eagle E-type really flies. Andrew Frankel takes this fearsome featherweight on the road

LETTERS

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2025 Champion! • Congratulations Lando Norris – F1 world champion! But as Mark Hughes reveals, McLaren’s Brit was made to sweat every step of the way

F1: When two tribes go to war • Has the F1 title race been a battle of conflicting cultures – the wokeism of Woking against the old-fashioned bluster of Red Bull?

Our top 10 F1 drivers of 2025 • End-of-year F1 standings don’t always tell the full picture of which driver has excelled. That’s where Mark Hughes’s annual list comes in

F1: Portrait of a season • Lando Norris won the first race and claimed the title, but as our photo picks from 2025 show, so much happened in between…

WRC: Now that the dust has settled… • It was a season of falling records as a Toyota intra-team title chase developed between a...