AUTOSPORT

The UK’s ‘must-read’ motorsport magazine AUTOSPORT is revered by fans and industry personnel alike as the ultimate source of motorsport news and analysis. The magazine’s expert editorial covers all aspects of the sport, from major international series such as Formula 1, Sports Car racing and the World Rally Championship, to the less glamorous but hugely important grassroots events in UK club motorsport.

Is Russell favourite as F1 starts new era?

FORMULA 1

FERRARI GIVES HAMILTON NEW ENGINEER FOR 2026

JOHN MACDONALD 1947-2026

SLATER JOINS McNISH-RUN AUDI JUNIORS

2026 AUTOSPORT AWARDS • The 38th Autosport Awards took place on 21 January at London’s Roundhouse. Hosted by Greg James, it celebrated the reigning F1 world champion – and many other stars

INSIDER • F1 should have had more faith in its engineers’ abilities, argues Stuart Codling

INSIDER • The new crop of F1 cars just look better, reckons Jake Boxall-Legge

INSIDER • Why have F1 engine compression ratios been in the news? Pat Symonds explains

Can Mercedes offer Russell a shot at the 2026 title? • Much of the buzz surrounding the run-up to the new F1 season has this team/driver combination pegged as championship favourites. Here’s why…

McLaren takes aim at a third consecutive title-winning year

WHAT TO WATCH OUT FOR IN TESTING • With the tentative steps of shakedown complete, much more will be revealed about this new era of F1 as the running in Bahrain kicks off in earnest

THE SAME, BUT DIFFERENT • When drivers got their first taste of the new-generation Formula 1 cars in the simulator, all manner of scare stories emerged. Sentiments have changed now they’ve driven them for real – but there are a host of new challenges to which they must adapt

OUT AND BACK AGAIN Why Honda can’t kick its F1 habit • Honda has conceded “perhaps we will struggle” as its latest F1 partnership begins – but its entire history in grand prix racing has been characterised by embracing risk

SHADOW DN5 • This aerodynamically advanced car caused a sensation with its runaway pace at the start of the 1975 F1 season, but the constraints – chiefly financial – of a small-scale operation meant it couldn’t deliver on its potential

THE NON-CHAMPIONSHIP CHAMPIONS • What if there had been an alternative title up for grabs for the non-world championship F1 races that once dotted the motorsport calendar?

ALTERNATIVE VIEW • The significance of hair care for F1 drivers, Indy 500 mechanics and “Speedmen”

SINGLE SEATERS

EVANS WIN FOLLOWS CASSIDY’S AS KIWIS SWEEP LATEST ELECTRIC ACTION

ROSIN FAMILY IN SHOCK PREMA EXIT

HAMILTON PLANS NEW SERIES

ROVANPERA ON PODIUM IN NZ

RACE WINNERS 10 January - 1 February

INSIDER • John Oreovicz casts an eye over the IndyCar class of 2026

CAMARA TAKES AIM AT F2 • A former rival of Andrea Kimi Antonelli and Arvid Lindblad, can the reigning F3 champion follow in the footsteps of Gabriel Bortoleto and Leonardo Fornaroli to conquer F2 as a rookie?

MERCEDES' NEW STAR • Sportscar ace-turned-F1 Academy champion Doriane Pin has reinvented herself in single-seater racing and been rewarded with greater responsibility by Toto Wolff

SPORTSCARS

PORSCHE AND NASR COMPLETE DAYTONA HAT-TRICK

SARGEANT AMONG FIRST THREE AT FORD HYPERCAR

HANSON REWARDED WITH FERRARI FACTORY STATUS

PETER FALK 1932-2026

McLAREN NAMES JENSEN FOR 2027

HANS HERRMANN 1928-2026

INSIDER • Gary Watkins ponders a key difference between Americans and Europeans

“I WANT TO WIN LE MANS SO BAD” • Mikkel Jensen’s career path has taken many twists and turns, but the Dane’s ambition with McLaren’s Hypercar project is unequivocal

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