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SAVE THE DATES! START YOUR ENGINES FOR AN ADRENALINEFUELLED 2025 SEASON OF RACING AND ACTION AT CASTLE COMBE CIRCUIT. RACE DAYS • Howard’s Day Mon 21 April 2025 • May Madness Mon 26 May 2025 • Summer Spectacular Weekend Sat 28 & Sun 29 June 2025 • Modern & Retro Weekend Sat 2 & Sun 3 August 2025 • Combe Countdown Sat 25 August 2025 • Autumn Classic Sat 20 & Sun 21 September 2025 • Grand Finals Sat 4 October 2025 • Motorcycle National Weekend Sat 11 & Sun 12 October 2025 ACTION DAYS • Spring Action Day 29 March 2025 • JDM Combe Sat 31 May 2025 • Summer Action Day Sat 19 July 2025 • Autumn Action Day Sat 6 September 2025 • Halloween Action Day Sat 25 October 2025 2025 SEASON PASS Get admission to all these incredible events* SCAN HERE for more information Various options available, see website for availability. *Not valid on marked events. FOR ALL THE LATEST NEWS, EVENTS, EXPERIENCES, TRACK DAYS & TICKETS Call 01249 782 417 or visit castlecombecircuit.co.uk @castlecombecircuituk @castlecombe Castle Combe Circuit @castlecombeuk CASTLECOMBE Chippenham Wiltshire SN14 7EY T 01249 782417 castlecombecircuit.co.uk
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COVER IMAGE: MARK SUTTON/ MOTORSPORT IMAGES 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

SAVE THE DATES!

START YOUR ENGINES FOR AN ADRENALINEFUELLED 2025 SEASON OF RACING AND ACTION AT CASTLE COMBE CIRCUIT.

RACE DAYS • Howard’s Day Mon 21 April 2025 • May Madness Mon 26 May 2025 • Summer Spectacular Weekend

Sat 28 & Sun 29 June 2025 • Modern & Retro Weekend

Sat 2 & Sun 3 August 2025 • Combe Countdown

Sat 25 August 2025 • Autumn Classic

Sat 20 & Sun 21 September 2025 • Grand Finals

Sat 4 October 2025 • Motorcycle National Weekend

Sat 11 & Sun 12 October 2025

ACTION DAYS

• Spring Action Day

29 March 2025 • JDM Combe

Sat 31 May 2025 • Summer Action Day

Sat 19 July 2025 • Autumn Action Day

Sat 6 September 2025 • Halloween Action Day

Sat 25 October 2025

2025 SEASON PASS

Get admission to all these incredible events*

SCAN HERE for more information

Various options available, see website for availability.

*Not valid on marked events.

FOR ALL THE LATEST NEWS, EVENTS, EXPERIENCES, TRACK DAYS & TICKETS Call 01249 782 417 or visit castlecombecircuit.co.uk

@castlecombecircuituk @castlecombe

Castle Combe Circuit

@castlecombeuk

CASTLECOMBE

Chippenham Wiltshire SN14 7EY

T 01249 782417 castlecombecircuit.co.uk

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