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THIS MONTH • In 2021 the newly rebranded Aston Martin team announced Cognizant as its title partner. Chief Marketing Officer Gaurav Chand oversees all aspects of the IT company’s marketing: creative, digital and communications. He explains why technology companies now find Formula 1 so irresistible

WILLIAMS FW10 • The race winner that really put Honda’s turbo on the map

HOW TO FIX F1* • Domination by one team and driver inevitably causes mainstream interest in Formula 1 to sag. In the past it’s led to knee-jerk calls for change. But quick fixes often come with unintended consequences. Matt Kew investigates which tweaks might improve the spectacle, and which ones might actively harm it despite all those good intentions…

ON THE GRID • Haas F1 chief mechanic Toby Brown explains the team’s setup on the starting grid

LET’S STAY TOGETHER • Sergio Pérez started last year promisingly but then everything went downhill. As his season dissolved in a slew of on-track blunders, speculation about his future naturally followed. Publicly at least, Red Bull is standing by its man…

BACK TO SCHOOL • McLaren provided the springboard for Emanuele Pirro’s racing career – one which led him from developing championship-winning F1 cars to victory at Le Mans. Now he’s back with a mission to do the same for a new generation of talent…

PATRICIO O’WARD • Last year Patricio ‘Pato’ O’Ward scored seven podiums on his way to fourth place in the IndyCar championship, was named one of McLaren’s Formula 1 reserve drivers, and took to the MCL60’s cockpit in FP1 and the tyre test at Yas Marina. While the Mexican wants to give McLaren the prestigious Indy 500 win, he still dreams about F1…

THE HIT FACTORY • There’s a team which many senior figures in motor racing believe is good enough to join the Formula 1 grid… but it’s not Andretti. Meet the organisation which has been shaping world champions for 40 years…

PICTURES OF THE YEAR • A stunning gallery of the best of F1 2023 from Motorsport Images and its platinum roster of photographers

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IN CONVERSATION WITH PAT FRY • The former Benetton, McLaren, Ferrari and Alpine engineer made an eye-opening move to Williams as chief technical officer last autumn. Returning this championship-winning team to the front of the grid won’t be the work of a moment, though…

THIS IS EMERSON FITTIPALDI • He was the first Brazilian to scale the pinnacle of Formula 1, kicking open a door for the likes of Nelson Piquet and Ayrton Senna. While it’s now half a century since he moved to McLaren and claimed his second F1 world championship, that was just another waypoint for a driver who would also win the Indianapolis 500 twice…

10 THINGS I LOVE • Aston Martin’s technical director on his home music studio, guitars and fondness for Italy

SHOWCASE NIKI LAUDA • 40 years ago this remarkable triple champion began his last title campaign

MAURICE HAMILTON’S ALTERNATIVE VIEW • To beat up an Oscar Wilde witticism, unpunctuality is the thief of live timing – as our man found out when he was unavoidably delayed ahead of the season finale…

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