COVER IMAGE: MERCEDES

FORMULA 1

12 Pit + Paddock 16 Autosport Awards 18 Opinion: Alex Kalinauckas 21 Opinion: Oleg Karpov 22 Opinion: Pat Symonds 24 Is Russell ready to lead Mercedes? 34 Chandhok’s big questions of 2025 44 Big interview: Ollie Bearman 50 Now that was a car: March 701

58 Forever young: Chris Bristow 64 Alternative view 66 Weekend with… David Cro‹ 70 Great debate 72 10 things I love: Ayao Komatsu

SINGLE SEATERS

76 Pit + Paddock 79 Opinion: Jamie Klein

80 IndyCar preview: Prema’s attack

SPORTSCARS

86 Daytona 24 Hours debrief 88 Pit + Paddock 91 Opinion: Gary Watkins

92 Aston Martin’s Le Mans Hypercar 98 What to watch in WEC in 2025

RALLYING

104 Special Stage 107 Opinion: Tom Howard 108 Ford’s Dakar challenge

TOURING CARS

114 Pit + Paddock 117 Opinion: Marcus Simmons 118 NASCAR Cup preview

NATIONAL

124 Pit + Paddock 129 Opinion: Marcus Pye 130 The future of club motorsport 138 Star club car: Vauxhall Cavalier

FINISHING STRAIGHT

142 What’s on 148 Gear up: product reviews 150 From the archive: 1996 Brazilian GP 152 Autosport 75: 1962 Dutch GP 153 Next month: F1 2025 guide