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BRITAIN’S BEST MOTORSPORT WEEKLY CELEBRATIONS To celebrate 70 years of your favourite magazine you can now browse and buy prints and selected memorabilia from a curated selection of iconic front covers 1950 2020 Get your piece of racing history at prints.motorsportimages.com/autosport
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ETHERINGTON Hamilton leads group of fine 2020 champions “I’ve never been that emotional at the end of a race.” Lewis Hamilton has tried to play down the various records he has been approaching over the past couple of seasons but, as he has broken them, his true feelings have come out. And matching Michael Schumacher’s tally of seven Formula 1 drivers’ titles is a particularly special feat. The way he clinched the 2020 crown was fitting, too. As Alex Kalinauckas shows in our Turkish Grand Prix report on page 18, on a day when Mercedes didn’t have its usual advantage, Hamilton showed the perfect blend of patience, speed and guile to pull out another win. It was a ‘driver’s win’, not a car’s win. There were several deserving champions crowned last weekend. Mike Conway has been one of Britain’s unsung racers in recent years and it was great to see him secure the World Endurance crown alongside Kamui Kobayashi and Jose Maria Lopez (p46), while Ash Sutton was brilliant on his way to the British Touring Car title (p38). ● Our 70th birthday special, a separate publication from the normal magazine, is out today (19 November). All current print subscribers will receive a copy of the 196-page celebration for free. If you’re not a subscriber or would like to order an extra copy (!), please go to: autosport.com/autosport70th Kevin Turner Editor kevin.turner@autosport.com NEXT WEEK 26 NOVEMBER We talk to F1’s affable Daniel Ricciardo, and you can vote for the 2020 Autosport Awards COVER IMAGE Etherington, Sutton/Motorsport Images PIT & PADDOCK 6 Hamilton deal still not done for 2021 8 Toyota admits LMP1 rules gaffe 10 W Series joins F1 support package 13 Opinion: Alex Kalinauckas 14 Opinion: Gary Watkins 16 Feedback: your letters RACE CENTRE 18 Turkish GP report and analysis 34 Hamilton’s journey to seven titles 38 BTCC: Sutton takes crown at Brands 46 Conway and co are final LMP1 champs 52 Mazda wins the Sebring 12 hours 56 World of Sport: WTCR; GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup; Super Formula; Formula Renault Eurocup; MotoGP CLUB AUTOSPORT 68 New class and prizes for GT4 Supercup 70 Junior Saloons to expand driver initiative 72 World karting champ eyes sportscars 73 Opinion: Graham Johnson 74 National reports: Brands Hatch FINISHING STRAIGHT 78 What’s on this week 80 From the archive: 1957 Le Mans 82 Autosport 70: Senna stars on F3 debut SUBSCRIPTION OFFER 58 Special deals for Autosport VISIT AUTOSPORT.COM For other ways to read Britain’s best motorsport weekly HAVE YOUR SAY, GET IN TOUCH Autosport editorial Autosport Media UK Ltd 1 Eton Street Richmond TW9 1AG @ E-mail autosport@ autosport.com Visit our website autosport.com Twitter twitter.com/ autosport Facebook facebook.com/ autosport Instagram instagram.com/ autosport YouTube youtube.com/ AUTOSPORTdotcom 19 NOVEMBER 2020 AUTOSPORT.COM 5

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ETHERINGTON

Hamilton leads group of fine 2020 champions

“I’ve never been that emotional at the end of a race.” Lewis Hamilton has tried to play down the various records he has been approaching over the past couple of seasons but, as he has broken them, his true feelings have come out. And matching Michael Schumacher’s tally of seven Formula 1 drivers’ titles is a particularly special feat.

The way he clinched the 2020 crown was fitting, too. As Alex Kalinauckas shows in our Turkish Grand Prix report on page 18, on a day when Mercedes didn’t have its usual advantage, Hamilton showed the perfect blend of patience, speed and guile to pull out another win. It was a ‘driver’s win’, not a car’s win.

There were several deserving champions crowned last weekend. Mike Conway has been one of Britain’s unsung racers in recent years and it was great to see him secure the World Endurance crown alongside Kamui Kobayashi and Jose Maria Lopez (p46), while Ash Sutton was brilliant on his way to the British Touring Car title (p38).

● Our 70th birthday special, a separate publication from the normal magazine, is out today (19 November). All current print subscribers will receive a copy of the 196-page celebration for free. If you’re not a subscriber or would like to order an extra copy (!), please go to: autosport.com/autosport70th

Kevin Turner Editor kevin.turner@autosport.com

NEXT WEEK 26 NOVEMBER We talk to F1’s affable Daniel Ricciardo, and you can vote for the 2020

Autosport Awards

COVER IMAGE Etherington, Sutton/Motorsport Images

PIT & PADDOCK 6 Hamilton deal still not done for 2021 8 Toyota admits LMP1 rules gaffe 10 W Series joins F1 support package 13 Opinion: Alex Kalinauckas 14 Opinion: Gary Watkins 16 Feedback: your letters

RACE CENTRE 18 Turkish GP report and analysis 34 Hamilton’s journey to seven titles 38 BTCC: Sutton takes crown at Brands 46 Conway and co are final LMP1 champs 52 Mazda wins the Sebring 12 hours 56 World of Sport: WTCR; GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup; Super Formula; Formula Renault Eurocup; MotoGP

CLUB AUTOSPORT 68 New class and prizes for GT4 Supercup 70 Junior Saloons to expand driver initiative 72 World karting champ eyes sportscars 73 Opinion: Graham Johnson 74 National reports: Brands Hatch

FINISHING STRAIGHT 78 What’s on this week 80 From the archive: 1957 Le Mans 82 Autosport 70: Senna stars on F3 debut

SUBSCRIPTION OFFER 58 Special deals for Autosport

VISIT AUTOSPORT.COM For other ways to read Britain’s best motorsport weekly

HAVE YOUR SAY, GET IN TOUCH

Autosport editorial Autosport Media UK Ltd

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