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THE F1 ANALYST • A BIGHT FUTURE AHEAD FOR SEIDL AND McLAREN
UNDER THE HOOD • IT’S A FAMILY AFFAIR FOR FERNANDO
STRAIGHT TALK • ASTON MARTIN GETS SERIOUS WITH MOERS
Mike Jones CEO, Gulf Oil International Group • Gulf Oil was a key backer of Bruce McLaren’s young team in the 1960s and now the modern iteration of the company has rekindled the historic partnership – with a presence on McLaren’s Formula 1 cars but also taking a more wide-reaching role in the high-performance road-car products rolling off the production line in Woking
ALONSO & RENAULT A MARRIAGE…
…(RE)MADE IN HEAVEN? • Fernando Alonso will end a two-year spell on F1’s sidelines by returning to the grid with Renault next season. They have a storied history together, but is that good enough reason to get together for a third time, or is this latest reunion destined to backfire on both team and driver?
THE SHOCK OF THE NEW(ISH) • Mugello has never hosted a grand prix before – but it’s not entirely unfamiliar ground for Formula 1 cars
RETURN TO IMOLA
RACING UNDER A CLOUD • THREE DRIVERS BEGAN THIS SEASON ALREADY KNOWING THEY WOULD BE MOVING ELSEWHERE FOR NEXT YEAR. SO WHAT’S IT LIKE TO BE CARLOS SAINZ, DANIEL RICCIARDO OR SEBASTIAN VETTEL, RACING FOR A TEAM YOU’LL BE LEAVING – AND NOT NECESSARILY IN THE MOST AMICABLE WAY?
FORMULA 1’S SEVENTY GREATEST INFLUENCERS • OUR SEVEN-PART TRIBUTE TO F1’S MOST INFLUENTIAL CHARACTERS MOVES ON TO AN ERA SYMBOLISED BY POWER: THE 1980s, WHEN HORSEPOWER RULED ON TRACK AND BRUTAL POWERPLAYS ROCKED THE ESTABLISHED OFF-TRACK ORDER
POWER THE HISTORY OF WILLIAMS WITHOUT PART 5: 2000-05 CONTROL • A new partnership with BMW promised to return Williams to championship glory – but that hope remained unfulfilled as tensions mounted behind the scenes…
NIGEL ROEBUCK’S FORMULA ONE HEROES
MERCEDES W196 • The car that spearheaded Mercedes’ post-war return to glory
IMOLA • It’s been 14 years since it hosted a world championship F1 race, but these strange times mean Imola is back…
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