Autosport

The UK’s ‘must-read’ motorsport magazine AUTOSPORT is revered by fans and industry personnel alike as the ultimate source of motorsport news and analysis. The magazine’s expert editorial covers all aspects of the sport, from major international series such as Formula 1, Sports Car racing and the World Rally Championship, to the less glamorous but hugely important grassroots events in UK club motorsport

40 years on from when Porsche’s 956 made sportscars great again

F1’s 2026 engine rules are finally done. Now for Porsche and Audi

GIOVINAZZI ENTERS THE EQUATION FOR 2023

Vettel wants ‘green’ funding

Audi great Rast defects to join BMW

Sprint race shock for MotoGP ’23

NASCAR

Espargaro move sets up Mir switch to Honda

Taylor plots Acura Le Mans attack

Fenestraz joins Nato in all-new Nissan line-up

Kankkunen rates hydrogen car

IN THE HEADLINES

F1 BELGIAN GRAND PRIX PREVIEW

Bouncing back • The holidays are over. Now at Spa, Mercedes could be about to find out how far it has progressed from its pain-inducing aerodynamic troubles

Summer Sale! • Get ready for the second half of the season with Britain’s best motorsport weekly

Battling on two Porsche fronts • The Lechner Porsche driver and BRDC SuperStar on his season as a title contender in Porsche Supercup and Porsche Carrera Cup Benelux

PORSCHE’S LE MANS LEGEND THAT CHANGED THE GAME • The 956 set the bar at the dawn of Group C, and that mark only rose higher through the 1980s, both in the world championship and in the US. Here’s why – and how

ACHIM STROTH • Kremer team manager at the helm when the team finished third at Le Mans in 1983 and won Daytona in 1995

DEREK BELL • The most successful driver across the world championship and IMSA in the 956/962 with 32 victories

NORBERT SINGER • Led development of the 956 and the 962 right through until 1994 and the Dauer 962 LM Porsche

PORSCHE’S HOPEFUL LE MANS FUTURE MEETS ITS ILLUSTRIOUS PAST • Rising sportscar star Adam Smalley had to pinch himself when offered the chance to drive the car that won the world’s most famous enduro in 1987

THE PRESSURE OF BEING THE ‘LAST CAR STANDING’

THE RETURN OF STUCK’S FAVOURITE 962 • The car closest to the German racing legend’s heart is one of the less storied examples. It’s been brought back to (almost) original spec by the Porsche museum

HOW RACING PUSHED THE PDK FORWARD

VITAL STATISTICS • The main successes scored by Porsche’s remarkable racer during a career spanning two decades

SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY AT SILVERSTONE CLASSIC • Old favourites and new, plus celebrations galore, reshape the massive historic jamboree for its revised August bank holiday date. Here are 10 highlights to look forward to

There’s plenty more left in the Tanak • The 2019 champion is turning things around at Hyundai. First a win on Rovanpera’s roads in Finland, and now victory in Neuville’s homeland

SOUL-SEARCHING AT M-SPORT

Newgarden heats up the title race

Barren streaks end as Nojiri closes on title

Larson wins after drama with team-mate Elliott

Van Gisbergen untouchable

WEEKEND WINNERS

Brabham’s late strike opens gateway to win

Bagnaia fends off Quartararo for hat-trick

Chadwick, Smith plan BRX debuts

More top 10 tin-top showdowns planned

BIKE RACER LEES SWAPS TO FF1600

Eastwell plans Festival and Hayes returns with KMR

New race winner Rashid pays tribute to mentor O’Connell

Slater impresses in place of banned Ginetta driver Aguilera

Allan Trophy, HRDC at Combe

IN THE HEADLINES

VAUXHALLS ON PARADE

Carlton makes delayed Vaux Valves race...