Motor Sport Magazine Specials

The authoritative voice of motor racing since 1924 covers the entire motor racing scene. In these Special Editions, the team digs into the archives to give exclusive insight, rare photographic footage, detailed race reports, and a unique take on the subject matter; from world-class drivers through to iconic car marques, and also how some of these real-life stories have been adapted for the big screen.

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Motor Sport Magazine Specials

THE MEN (& WOMEN) • The great machines of our sport would be nothing without the hearts and souls behind them. Here we celebrate a collection of characters who helped push British motor sport to the farthest frontiers

COLIN CHAPMAN ‘YOU SEE? IT DESIGNS ITSELF…’ • These were the favourite words of Anthony Colin Bruce Chapman and showed just how easily car design came to him. Then again, explains Gordon Cruickshank, the man was a bona fide genius

How Clark drew Chapman’s attention • Paul Fearnley looks at a how a damp day in Kent shaped a legend

COLIN McRAE • Britain’s first global rallying star won both his sole world title, and the hearts of the sporting world, in 1995

RICHARD BURNS • A sensation in his own right, and a key rival to McRae during a golden age of British world rally success

WHEN COLIN McRAE WON THE 1995 WORLD RALLY TITLE • Anthony Peacock recalls the Scotsman’s brilliant Rally GB win, a drive worthy of a true champion

RICHARD BURNS’ NIGHT IN CARDIFF • Anthony Peacock on how the Subaru driver became England’s one and only World Rally champion – and why it almost didn’t happen

SIR FRANK WILLIAMS • Given his place in F1’s hall of fame, it’s hard to believe he once ran his grand prix team from a phone box…

LEENA GADE • The triple Le Mans winning race engineer recalls how she overcame self-doubt to take charge of the Audi pitlane – and how she became comfortable as a trailblazing motor racing role model

HINTS OF FUTURE GLORY • Sir Stirling Moss made his world championship grand prix debut in Berne for the 1951 Swiss Grand Prix. Mark Hughes looks back at the start of a glorious career

THE MACHINES • British engineering has produced more world-beaters than any other, and still thrives today with seven of the 10 F1 teams based in the UK. Here, we look at some of the works of genius created to win, both on home soil and far beyond

Nobody’s done it better • The writing was on the wall during 1992 when Williams forged ahead with active technology. But its 1993 FW15C took things to a whole new level, arguably one the sport has never again reached. Adam Cooper talks to those who helped create it

WILLIAMS FW15C • It’s hard to pick a single area where the Williams FW15C excelled as the design was the sum of ingenuity all round. Take a tour of the technology encapsulated within this groundbreaking grand prix car with our pinpoint guide

Prost’s final fling • Having spent 1992 on the sidelines after his departure from Ferrari, Alain joined Williams seeking redemption

Back when Hill had a mountain to climb • Promising yet unproven, Damon Hill was the surprise candidate for a Williams seat in 1993. Yet the British driver proved doubters wrong in the finest fashion

THE GREATEST RACING ENGINE EVER MADE • Cosworth’s DFV engine dominated Formula 1 for more than a decade, also finding success at Le Mans and in IndyCar. Lawrence Butcher examines what made it unbeatable

On a wing and a prayer • The chance to drive a revolutionary ground-effect Lotus 79 doesn’t come around every day. So you take it, whatever the weather…

OUT OF TIME • Aston Martin’s DBR4 meets the Ferguson P99 in a battle of the F1 what-might-have-beens. Jack Phillips discovers two grand prix legends that never were

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