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M LAREN CELEBRATION TION 50YEARS ON 50YEARS ON JEP Celebrating a special success with two legends of the 1970s Winning the Formula 1 world championship and the Indianapolis 500 are two of the biggest achievements in motorsport and only a handful of teams and drivers have managed both. Just two constructors have taken those successes at the top of the singleseater ladder in the same season, and McLaren did so 50 years ago. The break in the F1 season therefore seemed like a great opportunity to look back at McLaren’s remarkable 1974 and talk to some of the key people involved (page 16). And, perhaps best of all, Autosport was able to join McLaren’s Heritage team for a special day at Pembrey with the M16 and M23 chassis involved in the triumphs of Emerson Fittipaldi and Johnny Rutherford. McLaren was a winner in IndyCar this year, too, though it was Chip Ganassi Racing’s Alex Palou who came away with the title, his third in four years. Joey Barnes explains how he did it in our season review (P30) – and picks out the top 10 drivers of the campaign. We’ve not completely ignored modern F1, though! As Daniel Ricciardo apparently waves goodbye to F1 (p4), we speak to someone who has resurrected his career. Nico Hulkenberg has been one of the stars of F1 this season and he chats to Alex Kalinauckas on p24. The World Rally Championship seemed to be heading Hyundai’s way until a dramatic Rally Chile last weekend. Tom Howard reports on Toyota’s revived chances and a win for Kalle Rovanpera on p36. Several titles were decided in the UK last weekend, including British GT and GB3, which are in our National section (p53). Kevin Turner Chief Editor kevin.turner@autosport.com NEVER MISS AN ISSUE Special deals for Autosport p52 Autosport editorial Motorsport Network Media UK Ltd 2 Stephen Street London, W1T 1AN @ E-mail autosport@ autosport.com Visit our website autosport.com Twitter twitter.com/ autosport Facebook facebook.com/ autosport Instagram instagram.com/ autosport YouTube youtube.com/ AUTOSPORTdotcom Cover image JEP PIT & PADDOCK 4 Lawson replaces Ricciardo for rest of 2024 6 Andretti steps back from front role 8 Porsche exclusion hits Tandy title bid 11 Obituary: Rupert Keegan 13 Opinion: Alex Kalinauckas 15 Guest column: Tom Gamble FEATURES 16 McLaren’s remarkable 1974 24 F1 2024’s midfield star 30 IndyCar review: Palou’s hat-trick RACE CENTRE 36 Rovanpera reignites Toyota’s WRC hopes 42 World of Sport: ELMS; Formula Regional European; NASCAR Cup; DTM; MotoGP CLUB AUTOSPORT 55 Magnussen to tackle Walter Hayes 56 TOCA Junior car completes first test 58 TCR UK to join the BARC for 2025 60 National reports: Spa; Brands Hatch; Snetterton; Kirkistown; Loton Park FINISHING STRAIGHT 70 What’s on this week 72 From the archive: 1992 British GP 74 My favourite team-mate: Jorg Muller Visit autosport.com for other ways to read Britain’s best motorsport weekly 3 OCTOBER 2024 AUTOSPORT.COM 3

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