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/ L AT S B LOX H A M So much depends on Ferrari in F1 2016 GREAT FORMULA 1 SEASONS ARE DEFINED BY RIVALRIES. While a Lewis Hamilton-versus-Nico Rosberg championship battle does have potential for fireworks, ideally what the sport really needs is for Ferrari to get into the mix. Mercedes has enjoyed a comfortable margin during the past two seasons, and the six races it has failed to win in that time have more often than not been down to its own problems and errors. In 2015 Ferrari was there to capitalise, but it will take more than a stolen win or three for Sebastian Vettel to get into the title fight. So the question Ben Anderson asks this week in our cover feature is whether Ferrari really can make a big enough step to take the fight to Mercedes week in, week out. The odds favour a negative answer. There have been no significant regulation changes, so it’s down to Ferrari to outdevelop Mercedes. It took a massive step from a low starting point going from 2014 to ’15, but the law of diminishing returns means that it will be tougher to make anything like that big a stride this time. But let’s hope, for the sake of F1, that it does. A genuine fight between not just two drivers, but two teams is what everyone wants to see. Based on last year’s late-season form, Rosberg could also be a factor, and if Kimi Raikkonen rolls back the years he might even be in the mix to take a first win since 2013. So there’s a lot riding on the folks of Maranello right now. F1 desperately needs a classic inter-team title battle. EDD STRAW EDITOR edd.straw@haymarket.com @eddstrawF1 REVEALED: THE BEST F1 DRIVERS NEVER TO WIN LIGIER WINS CLASSIC DAYTONA 24 HOURS WHY MAGNUSSEN DESERVES F1 SHOT HOW FERRARI CAN CATCH MERCEDES MAX CHILTON BRIT LANDS BIG INDYCAR BREAK “IN F1 YOU HAVE TIME TO RELAX BUT NOT ON OVALS” Feb 4 2016 UK £3.70 CAN $8.99 COVER IMAGES Photo4 / XPB Images; Owens/IMS COVER STORY 14 Can Ferrari beat Mercedes? 10 Gary Anderson on the Scuderia’s task 10 PIT+PADDOCK 12 Why Magnussen deserves his chance 14 Toyota eyes Loeb and Solberg for WRC 16 Tyre war returns to LMP1 19 Ben Anderson: in the paddock FEATURES AND REPORTS 20 Daytona 24 Hours in-depth report 29 The best F1 drivers never to win 40 Max Chilton on his IndyCar move 46 Senna versus Prost 2.0 RACE CENTRE 48 MRF Challenge; Toyota Racing Series CLUB AUTOSPORT 61 Seb Morris lands Bentley British GT drive 62 Files lands semi-works Opel seat 65 Humble Pye 66 National Focus: Tim Gray FINISHING STRAIGHT 70 What’s on 72 From the archive 74 Top Brits in Indycars 74 AUTOSPORT SUBSCRIPTION OFFER 68 Sign up and get a FREE Williams team cap FIND US ON Facebook “f ” Logo CMYK / .eps Facebook “f ” Logo CMYK / .eps autosport.com twitter.com/autosport facebook.com/autosport instagram.com/autosportdotcom/ youtube.com/AUTOSPORTdotcom at the Apple App Store digitalmagazine.autosport.com Apple News FEBRUARY 4 2016 3

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S B LOX H A M

So much depends on Ferrari in F1 2016

GREAT FORMULA 1 SEASONS ARE DEFINED BY RIVALRIES. While a Lewis Hamilton-versus-Nico Rosberg championship battle does have potential for fireworks, ideally what the sport really needs is for Ferrari to get into the mix. Mercedes has enjoyed a comfortable margin during the past two seasons, and the six races it has failed to win in that time have more often than not been down to its own problems and errors. In 2015 Ferrari was there to capitalise, but it will take more than a stolen win or three for Sebastian Vettel to get into the title fight.

So the question Ben Anderson asks this week in our cover feature is whether Ferrari really can make a big enough step to take the fight to Mercedes week in, week out. The odds favour a negative answer. There have been no significant regulation changes, so it’s down to Ferrari to outdevelop Mercedes. It took a massive step from a low starting point going from 2014 to ’15, but the law of diminishing returns means that it will be tougher to make anything like that big a stride this time.

But let’s hope, for the sake of F1, that it does. A genuine fight between not just two drivers, but two teams is what everyone wants to see. Based on last year’s late-season form, Rosberg could also be a factor, and if Kimi Raikkonen rolls back the years he might even be in the mix to take a first win since 2013.

So there’s a lot riding on the folks of Maranello right now. F1 desperately needs a classic inter-team title battle.

EDD STRAW EDITOR edd.straw@haymarket.com @eddstrawF1

REVEALED: THE BEST F1 DRIVERS NEVER TO WIN

LIGIER WINS CLASSIC DAYTONA 24 HOURS WHY MAGNUSSEN DESERVES F1 SHOT

HOW FERRARI CAN CATCH MERCEDES

MAX CHILTON

BRIT LANDS BIG INDYCAR BREAK

“IN F1 YOU HAVE TIME TO RELAX BUT NOT ON OVALS”

Feb 4 2016 UK £3.70 CAN $8.99

COVER IMAGES Photo4 / XPB Images; Owens/IMS

COVER STORY 14 Can Ferrari beat Mercedes? 10 Gary Anderson on the Scuderia’s task 10 PIT+PADDOCK 12 Why Magnussen deserves his chance 14 Toyota eyes Loeb and Solberg for WRC 16 Tyre war returns to LMP1 19 Ben Anderson: in the paddock FEATURES AND REPORTS 20 Daytona 24 Hours in-depth report 29 The best F1 drivers never to win 40 Max Chilton on his IndyCar move 46 Senna versus Prost 2.0 RACE CENTRE 48 MRF Challenge; Toyota Racing Series

CLUB AUTOSPORT 61 Seb Morris lands Bentley British GT drive 62 Files lands semi-works Opel seat 65 Humble Pye 66 National Focus: Tim Gray

FINISHING STRAIGHT 70 What’s on 72 From the archive 74 Top Brits in Indycars 74 AUTOSPORT SUBSCRIPTION OFFER 68 Sign up and get a FREE Williams team cap

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