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UNDERLINING A RECORD OF GLORY

SHOCK AS ALPINE BOSS OAKES QUITS • Briatore takes over amid driver switch and Oakes’ brother’s arrest

Colapinto gets Alpine race seat

PEREZ IN ALPINE DRIVE LINK

McLAREN BRAKE DESIGN CLEARED

SAINZ SR EYES FIA BID

WSR LOCK-OUT AT BRANDS HATCH LANDS BTCC BENCHMARK FOR FAMOUS TEAM • Dick Bennetts-led squad becomes the most successful in UK tin-top history

ROSSI AND MAGNUSSEN TO PAIR IN SPA 24

TREBLE TOP FOR FERRARI IN WEC

PALOU CONTINUES INDY POMP

ALLIANCE FORCED TO WAIT ON CAR SWITCH

MANSELL JOINS FESTIVAL OF SPEED LINE-UP • ‘Mansell Mania’ coming to Goodwood for 75 years of F1 celebration and champ will drive two famous Williams

STARS COME OUT FOR SILVERSTONE’S C1 24-HOUR RACE

McLAREN TROPHY MAKES UK DEBUT

O’BRIEN BACK WITH A BANG

STREETCAR FESTIVAL BACK WITH FOUR EVENTS IN ’25 • Road-car based participation programme will be at Prescott, Knockhill and Anglesey this year

FASTEST MINIS SUSTAINABLY POWERED

PISZCYK POLE VAULTS TO F4 TABLE TOP AFTER SILVERSTONE DOUBLE

LANCIA’S WRC COMEBACK HOPES TAKE A BACK SEAT AS FAMOUS MAKE RETURNS • Ypsilon Rally4 project set to be the iconic rallying company’s motorsport focus following previous top-level return speculation is quashed

MEEKE ON A WINNING RUN AHEAD OF WRC RETURN

EVANS BRACED FOR “CHALLENGING” PORTUGAL

NEW WRC TECHNICAL RULES EDGING CLOSER

TOP STARS CREIGHTON AND CRONIN TO MISS JIM CLARK RALLY • Leading competitors will miss out on closed-road favourite in Scotland

NORTH WEST STAGES TO RETURN IN CLOSED-ROAD FORMAT

KELLY MAKES IT TWO FROM THREE STELLANTIS WINS

BROOKS WINS IN METCALFE TRIBUTE VAUXHALL NOVA

COLE SETS NEW WIN RECORD FOR RALLIES ON EPYNT CHALLENGE • Venue benchmark records a landmark victory at famous Welsh venue

WOODHOUSE AND WILDING SWAP SEATS FOR EPYNT

CORNTHWAITE AND SAVAGE TOP THE BERWICK CLASSIC

WOODPECKER RETAINS WELSH BASE AND STAGES FOR 2025

WHALE BECOMES ONE OF THE UK’S YOUNGEST RALLY DRIVERS

GREW PLANS LEARNING SEASON IN MITSUBISHI

TEENAGER REYNOLDS STARS ON HISTORIC RACING TIN-TOP DEBUT • Underfunded ace takes Cortina victory at his first attempt at Donington

THOMAS JOINS GROWING GT3 LEGENDS GRID WITH AUDI R8

BALFE FATHER AND SON TO SHARE LOTUS CORTINA

TORDOFF RACES FRESH JORDAN-BUILT MUSTANG

IN BRIEF

HOW McLAREN’S BALANCING ACT WILL NOT DERAIL ITS F1 TITLE AMBITIONS IN 2025 • Matt James explores the tense intra-team battle at the British squad that has been the headline storyline from the season so far

Friendly fire rivalry goes on all over the F1 grid

BMWs IN THE CLEAR AS HILL ENTERS THE GAME... • Matt James reports as the reigning champion got his 2025 show on the road - at last

IN BRIEF

SUPPORT RACES

DAVID ADDISON • MN’s columnist-at-large found some things were not as they seemed...

RESULTS

MATT JAMES • MN’s editor get to grips with the new touring car rules for 2025 – and says he quite likes them

DAVID KENNEDY: A MOTORSPORT LIFE WELL LIVED • Matt James puts the readers’ questions to the plucky Irish racer who forged a career masterminding motorsport success

GRAHAM KEILLOH • With 50 years of Knockhill car racing...