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FORMULA 1

12 Pit + Paddock 16 Opinion: Ben Hunt 19 Opinion: Alex Kalinauckas 20 Opinion: Pat Symonds 22 Hamilton at Ferrari 38 Lewis’s early success with Vasseur 42 Is Norris ready to be champion? 48 The rookies of F1 2025

56 Big interview: Oliver Oakes 64 The fastest racers of 2024 68 True value of constructor points 72 Alternative view 74 Great debate 76 10 things I love: Graeme Lowdon

SINGLE SEATERS

80 Pit + Paddock 83 Opinion: Marcus Simmons

84 Young Driver Award: process 86 Young Driver Award: finalists 88 Loake’s F1 Aston Martin prize test

SPORTSCARS

94 Pit + Paddock 99 Opinion: Gary Watkins 100 Wayne Taylor’s Cadillac return 106 Porsche’s unraced Le Mans car

RALLYING

116 Service Park 117 Opinion: Tom Howard 118 Rovanpera returns for his crown

TOURING CARS

126 Pit + Paddock 129 Opinion: Phil Branagan 130 Cammish in the BTCC

NATIONAL

136 Pit + Paddock 141 Opinion: Stephen Lickorish 142 Autosport Rankings 2024 results 148 National racing’s showman

FINISHING STRAIGHT

154 Previews 156 Gear/Product reviews 158 From the archive: 1968 Spanish GP 161 Next week 162 Autosport 75: 1951 Spanish GP