Matters Picture Special
September: Charles Leclerc, Singapore
Perhaps the height of Ferrari’s intra-team feud. Leclerc looked nailed on to win before the team favoured Sebastian Vettel on race strategy
September: Ferrari, Monza
Charles Leclerc made history by becoming the first Scuderia driver for a decade to win the Italian Grand Prix, and celebrate with the adoring Tifosi
November: Carlos Sainz, Brazil
It had to endure 118 races without a rostrum finish since the 2014 Australian GP – amounting to some 2072 days – but Carlos Sainz finally ended McLaren’s drought in Brazil, albeit a few hours after the race had finished. He also helped McLaren to fourth in the Constructors’ Championship
December: Lewis Hamilton, Abu Dhabi
To cap his dominant year – in which he secured his sixth F1 world title – Hamilton performs donuts in the dark after victory at Yas Marina
February: NASCAR, Daytona
Sparks flew as the Daytona 500 ended prematurely for many in this huge pile-up, which accounted for 21 of the runners with 10 laps to go
February: Formula E, Mexico
The all-electric single-seater series continued to gain momentum, racing in front of a bumper crowd in Mexico City
November: Hyundai, WRC
The Korean firm scored its first major motor sport crown by landing the World Rally Championship teams’ title. The i20 WRC scored four wins, three with Thierry Neuville and one for Dani Sordo
December: Nyck de Vries, Formula 2
After a roller-coaster ride, Dutchman de Vries finally landed the F2 title at his third attempt, a year after splitting from McLaren’s Young Driver programme
November: Aussie Supercars, Newcastle
Fabian Coulthard hops his whale-tailed Mustang over the kerbs on his way to twin podiums at the street circuit
November: WEC, Shanghai
A fan of cars of all colours, shapes and sizes pleasingly assembles in China
January: Mini, Dakar Rally
Carlos Sainz gets stuck into the dunes at the wheel of his X-raid Mini JCW. He’d finish down in 13th after suspension damage early on
February: Bathurst 12 Hours
They don’t call it Mount Panorama for nothing: Porsche, Mercedes and Bentley battle it out as the Australian sun sets on the spectacular view ahead
September: Dario Franchitti, Goodwood
The four-time IndyCar champ and three-time Indy 500 winner made his racing return at the glorious Revival
November: DTM/Super GT, Fuji
In the shadow of Mount Fuji, Alex Zanardi handles his BMW M4 DTM in the combined ‘Dream Race’ between the two series
March: Marc Márquez, Thailand
In a rare moment when he wasn’t winning everything in MotoGP, Márquez walked away from this spectacular accident during practice at Buriram
November: Kyalami 9 Hours, RSA
The return of world-class GT racing to South Africa also brought turbulent weather. Drew Gibson captured these stunning lightning strikes
May: Simon Pagenaud, Indianapolis 500
On his eighth attempt, Frenchman Pagenaud collected the biggest prize in American motor sport, and stops to salute the crowd at The Brickyard after winning the Indy 500
December: Ford GT, WEC
After a four-year run that included a Le Mans victory in 2016, Ford ended its factory GT programme in both the WEC and IMSA
October: BTCC, Brands Hatch
The BTCC season finale was dramatic for many reasons. Sadly Jack Goff’s weekend ended early after this heavy hit in race two
August: Chadwick’s W Series triumph
After a fraught race in which she started on pole, Jamie Chadwick’s fourth place at Brands Hatch was enough to take the $500,000 prize
April: Porsche’s 917 at 50
With one of racing’s great icons turning half-a-century old in 2019, Porsche recreated its famous Stuttgart factory rollout image with a host of 917 variants