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THE DAWN OF A NEW F1 ERA • More than just a run out for young drivers, the 2021 Abu Dhabi postseason test was a small glimpse into 2022 and a new start for Formula 1
THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE UNBELIEVABLE • Formula 1’s craziest title fight in years was long in the making. Andrew Benson has the inside story
MAX VERSTAPPEN • The 34th driver to win the world championship reflects on a tumultuous season, a remarkable rivalry with Lewis Hamilton, and the pure emotion of giving engine partner Honda a victorious send-off
HEAD TO HEAD LEWIS VS MAX IN PICTURES • The 2021 season’s explosive finale in Abu Dhabi remains hotly debated – and rightly so. But how did we get there? Our photographers caught the major flashpoints that built to a fiesty championship run-in between Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen
SECRETS OF THE ‘MONSTER DIVA’ • After a shaky start, the W12 delivered Mercedes an eighth consecutive constructors’ championship. Speaking exclusively to GP Racing, tech bosses Mike Elliott and Hywel Thomas explain the reasons for the team’s toughest-ever title defence…
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PICTURES OF THE YEAR • Across a record 22 races, Motorsport Images and its band of hugely talented photographers had every angle covered
THIS IS motorsport IMAGES • Motor racing’s biggest and best image resource boasts a century of racing and motoring experience
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THE RISE AND FALL OF AN F1 REBEL • Jacques Villeneuve was an unconventional and mercurial F1 talent who this year celebrates 25 years since becoming world champion. In this candid interview, he explains that skiing taught him everything he knows, how his father’s sudden death was the making of him, and why he doesn’t like pushy racing dads…
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