Page 9
The Editor: "Not the last time Mr Motor Racing appears in our pages"
It’s been said that Sir Stirling Moss’s accident at Goodwood was the crash that saved his life. The logic is…
June 2020
Buy online
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
Page 10
Staff list / Details matter, June 2020
IN THE SPIRIT OF BOD AND JENKS Editorial +44 (0) 20 7349 8484 [email protected] 18-20 Rosemont Road, London NW3 6NE,…
Page 12
Matters of Moment: Sir Stirling Moss, 1929-2020
"It was one lap too many, he just closed his eyes,” said Lady Susie Moss of the moment her husband…
Page 14
Matters of Moment: The greatest race in F1 history?
May 13 is the 70th anniversary of the first Formula 1 World Championship race – held at Silverstone – and,…
Page 14
Matters of Moment: Mont-Tremblant deemed a noise nuisance
Despite being open for business since 1964 and having played host to two Formula 1 grands prix, the Circuit Mont-Tremblant…
Page 15
Matters of Moment: Czinger C21 3D-printed hybrid hypercar unveiled
It would be easy to dismiss the Czinger C21 as another one of those electrified hypercars which appear to think…
Page 16
Matters of Moment: John Horsman 1934-2020
He was the keen amateur photographer who sneaked trackside without ever getting caught. He also applied to Aston Martin for…
Page 16
Matters of Moment: Indy 500 moved to August
The 2020 Indianapolis 500 has been pushed back from May 24 to August 23 due to the effects of the…
Page 18
Mark Hughes
Formula 1 is grappling with a pandemic and its economic consequences, and it has reacted by delaying the new technical…
Page 21
Mat Oxley
Fifty years ago this summer, Barry Sheene was preparing to make his grand prix debut, at the 1970 Spanish Grand…
Page 23
Doug Nye
One of the most influential of early racing car constructors was the multi-national but Spanish-originated, and later French-based, Hispano-Suiza marque.…
Page 24
Andrew Frankel
It is perhaps a generational thing, but I find myself unable to get mildly enthused, let alone properly excited, about…
Page 26
Racing from your sofa
It’s a very difficult time for the whole world, but at the Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler Formula E team we…
Page 28
A mountain to climb for the 2020 Land Rover Defender
You weren’t expecting live axles and a ladder chassis, were you? Not only would making the new Land Rover Defender…
Page 30
Book review: From Le Mans to Americas Cup
When Briggs Cunningham died in 2003, he was to most Americans the man who captained his own boat to Americas…
Page 32
Book reviews: Formula 1 Car by Car 1950-59
Peter Higham is in some ways the keeper of the flame here at Motor Sport; our superbly comprehensive database of…
Page 34
Product reviews: Stay at home special
Smithers of Stamford ‘Carbecue’ British designer Smithers of Stamford often upcycles automotive bits and pieces to create bespoke items. This…
Page 36
The best the virtual world has to offer
Formula 1 Virtual Grand Prix series Formula 1’s Virtual Grand Prix series continues apace with back-to-back rounds filling the void…
Page 39
Racing Lives: Petter and Oliver Solberg
Petter Solberg climbed the ladder of rallying to his one and only World Rally Championship crown in 2003 with Subaru,…
Page 42
Bugatti power on the wrist
I’m struggling to believe that 15 years have passed since I travelled to Milan for the unveiling of the Type…
You may also like
F1
The importance of qualifying
As Fernando Alonso chased Nico Hulkenberg in the early stages of the Brazilian Grand Prix, it was apparent that on the long climb at the end of the lap the…
F1
Summertime in Sweden
Sunday June 8 will go down in the diary as one of those special motor racing days. Breakfast with Stefan Johansson, surely one of the truly great guys in the…
F1
The problems F1 and the FIA must fix over the winter break
It was a memorable F1 season but some of the controversies won't be forgotten any time soon. Chris Medland says the FIA has to address some major issues before next season
Opinions
GRID 2019 review
Codemasters revisits its GRID series with a 2019 release that aims to keep racing fresh no matter what you want to drive It has been five years since Codemasters last…