July 2022

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Ignition
The seasons change, but the fundamentals of Formula 1 never really do. Abu Dhabi and the rancour of 2021 is gradually receding, and Red Bull anyway has new fish to fry this year thanks to resurgent Ferrari, but off-track the battle is still very much
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Contributors
Oleg sat down with Max Verstappen this month, for our exclusive cover feature (p30), and also played chess with Mick Schumacher (p56) Autosport's Formula 1 editor Matt takes a look at the form of the three home drivers ahead of the upcoming British
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GP Racing
Editor Ben Anderson President, Motorsport Network James Allen Vice President of editorial James Dickens Managing editor Stewart Williams Executive editor Stuart Codling Art editor Frank Foster Staff writer Oleg Karpov Principal photogra
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The Drive Of A Champion
It was a storming drive from Max Verstappen to win the Canadian Grand Prix – one of those races where just as you’re starting to think the outcome is a bit of a formality, something happens to disrupt those expectations. Although from a purely functi
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A Ray Of Light Before The Cloud Of Smoke
Ferrari’s form in Baku seemed much better than expected, given the track configuration favoured Red Bull... on paper. It was good for the championship to see Charles Leclerc stick it on pole position, less so to watch both Ferraris grind to a halt an
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Why Fernando Has Still Got It
It’s no secret that I’m a huge Fernando Alonso fan. I’ve had the privilege of working with him, on and off, since his early days as part of Renault’s driver development scheme. So it was fabulous to see him seizing the moment on Saturday in Montréal
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Splashing Through The Stygian Murk
You might have seen a similar angle to this if you follow the various Formula 1 correspondents on social media: I was able to gain access to a balcony in the building where the media centre is located, the advantage being a little bit more height and
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No Time For Tunnel Vision
You always have to be on the lookout for ways to do something a little different. Shooting through the Armco isn’t unique – heaven knows, F1’s legion of media centre ‘influencers’ were out doing it with their cameraphones every session – but the key
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F1 Insider
01 NEW PÉREZ CONTRACT LIGHTS UP DRIVER MARKET 02 IF THE CAP FITS… 03 24-RACE CALENDAR TAKES SHAPE Sergio Pérez’s contract extension with Red Bull, agreed beforehand but announced in the wake of his Monaco GP victory, came as little surprise – but
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Next Month*
HOW WELL HAS GEORGE RUSSELL PERFORMED IN HIS FIRST SEASON AT MERCEDES? > Otmar Szafnauer on life at Alpine > Nigel Mansell reunited with title-winning Williams FW14B > The long interview: David Coulthard > Now That Was A Car: Lotus 97T *CONTENT
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This Month
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F1 Mastermind
Q1 Lando Norris took his first F1 podium in the 2020 Austrian GP but who finished first and second? Q2 In his five years at Mercedes, how many times did Valtteri Bottas finish second in a GP: 27, 31 or 35? Q3 Marcus Ericsson won this year’s Indy 5
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The F1 Analyst
Optimism is such a valuable aspect of life. We are bombarded with evidence that proves the benefits to health, reduced stress and pathways to a more successful life. Many sports stars have grown up with it, and there was a clever call in late 2020 wh
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Under The Hood
The Spanish Grand Prix is traditionally a race where the first major updates of the season are seen and this year, although no longer the first European race, every team except Haas brought some development to their cars. What caught most people’s at
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Straight Talk
Two weeks before senior civil servant Sue Gray published her report into Number 10 Downing Street’s Partygate furore, Sebastian Vettel gave his verdict on Prime Minister Boris Johnson. “When you are in that position there are just certain things that
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One Is Not Enough
When it comes to a world champion’s itinerary, every minute is accounted for. GP Racing’s interview with Max Verstappen in Barcelona is scheduled for right after his Spanish TV appearance, and we watch as he’s invited onto the roof of Red Bull’s Ener
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Home Grown Heroes
SUNDAY TICKETS FOR THIS SUMMER’S BRITISH GRAND PRIX sold out faster than ever. Even the majority of stubs for Saturday were spoken for come mid-April. By then, pre-season testing and the opening three races of the 2022 season revealed Mercedes had fa
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Thai Dye Colour: Fast
ALEX ALBON IS MUSING OVER HIS motivation to become a charity patron – the reason for that red barnet he’s been sporting since the Australian Grand Prix – but GP Racing feels compelled to intercede and remind him that, at 26, he’s hardly ‘not young’.
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In Conversation With Stuart Pringle
Last year the British Grand Prix was the first race to welcome back fans in large numbers. How important was that for the future of Silverstone as a business? It certainly was important. A few weeks before last year’s race, it was unclear whether an
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The The History Of Brabham Downward Part 4: 1982-92 Spiral
Nelson Piquet failed to qualify for the 1982 United States Grand Prix in Detroit. A week later in Montréal he flashed across the finish line to win for Brabham – and, more significantly, for the first time with BMW’s turbo four-cylinder. That landmar
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Red Bull Rb5
Way back when – OK, a little over a decade ago – Red Bull wasn’t yet the all-guns-blazing championship contender it’s subsequently become. All the ingredients were there: Adrian Newey at the draughting board, the ultra-ambitious Christian Horner grow
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Schumacher’s Gambit
Mick Schumacher grabs a pair of pawns from the case, hides them behind his back, and a second later puts his two fists forward. GP Racing taps his left hand and he opens it… revealing a black piece nestling in his upturned palm. He gets to make the f
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Specification
Chassis Carbonfibre monocoque Suspension Double wishbones with pushrods and torsion bars (front), pullrods and torsion bars (rear) Engine Naturally aspirated V8 Engine capacity 2400cc Power 750bhp @ 18000 rpm Gearbox Seven-speed seamless-shift s
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Alternative View
ANYONE COMPLAINING about Miami ought to have seen Las Vegas in 1981 and 1982. As temporary tracks go, Caesars Palace was similar to any COVID test centre found adjacent to your local airport in recent years. You know the sort of thing – an abandoned
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The Monaco Gp In 5 Key Moments
“I don’t think I’ve ever driven in the wet here,” said Charles Leclerc after taking his second consecutive Monaco Grand Prix pole. “So it’s going to be tricky.” In hindsight these words seem prophetic, though ultimately it was a lapse in Ferrari’s op
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The Azerbaijan Gp In 5 Key Moments
Charles Leclerc described the Azerbaijan Grand Prix as his “third disappointment in a row” and it’s easy to see why. After notching up his fourth consecutive pole position Leclerc lost ground at the start, then regained it thanks to an opportunist pi
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Austrian Gp
One of the longer tracks in the F1 calendar is followed by one of the shortest. Greedy local landowners forced the former Österreichring to shrink when it was redeveloped in the 1990s. Now under the ownership of the Red Bull empire, it’s become a hub
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The Canadian Gp In 5 Key Moments
This was Max Verstappen’s most impressive display since Imola. Outqualified by Sergio Pérez in Monaco and Baku and seemingly out of sync with Red Bull’s RB18 – compromised particularly by its understeer tendencies – Verstappen was back to his best in
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British Gp
Straddling Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire, the speedbowl which hosted the very first world championship GP had a very short life as a wartime airfield before it was adopted by racers. It’s changed almost beyond recognition since then, but the c
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French Gp
Though just 10km inland from the spectacular French Riviera between Marseilles and Toulon, Paul Ricard feels more remote than it is since it lies atop a plateau and is serviced by small, winding roads which can make race day traffic a grind. Jackie S
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F1 Upgrades
Silverstone seldom stands still. The home of the British Grand Prix – and the first circuit to host a round of the world championship – has evolved continuously since an enterprising bunch of ex-servicemen covertly broke in to race their cars around
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Flat Chat
Much guff has been spouted over the matter of F1’s budget cap but now, perhaps, the subject has finally crossed the Rubicon (some might even say it has long since jumped the shark, if such a collision of cultural-aquatic metaphors were permissible in

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