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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: 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

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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