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KALLE ROVANPERÄ: TALENT BEYOND HIS YEARS How Kalle Rovanperä is breathing down Colin McRae’s championship record
FESTIVAL OF SPEED A look at this year’s running of the Goodwood Festival of Speed
RACING HISTORY Alex Brundle is spending a year racing historic cars
KNOW YOUR CUSTOMER A detailed look at McLaren’s Customer Racing Programme
THE ART OF PHOTOGRAPHY A look at the motorsport photography of Amy Shore
THE END OF A CHAPTER, BUT START OF A LEGACY
REVIVING A LEGEND Reviewing in detail the history of Formula 1 team, BRM
COLLECTING MOTORSPORT MEMORIES The racing car collection belonging to McLaren CEO Zak Brown
THE EVA The Group B Lada EVA that was the Soviet Union’s bit of colour in an otherwise grey period of time
FROM RACE DRIVER TO SIM RACER Mike Epps’ journey from BTCC driver to sim racing superstar
THE BUGATTI SPECIALISTS The Bugatti restorations undertaken by Tula Precision
THE GREEN MACHINE
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KALLE ROVANPERÄ: TALENT BEYOND HIS YEARS
WORDS BY LUKE BARRY IMAGES BY TOYOTA GAZOO RACING
RACING HISTORY BRINGING HISTORIC CARS BACK TO LIFE
WORDS BY ROB HANSFORD IMAGES BY PHD PHOTO / ROB OVERY
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IMAGE BY CRISTIANO RIBEIRO
RALLY PORTUGAL IT’S NOT ALL ABOUT THE WRC ENTRANTS ON THE WORLD’S GREATEST RALLIES. THERE’S ALSO A NUMBER OF LOCAL PRIVATEER ENTRIES. AT THIS YEAR’S RALLY PORTUGAL MIGUEL CORREIA TOOK PART IN HIS SKODA FABIA R5 EVO, COMPETING IN THE RALLY 2 CLASS, BUT HE UNFORTUNATELY CRASHED OUT ON THE SECOND STAGE. 44 THE PIT STOP
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THE ART IN
PHOTOGRAPHY
WORDS BY ROB HANSFORD IMAGES BY AMY SHORE
REVIVING
A LEGEND
WORDS BY ROB HANSFORD IMAGES BY PHD PHOTO / GF WILLIAMS / BRM ARCHIVE
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IMAGE BY ED WAPLINGTON
BENETTON B190 THE BENETTON B190 WAS AN INCREDIBLY COLOURFUL CAR, UNMISTAKABLE ON THE GRID, AND WASN’T MUCH OF A SLOUCH EITHER. IN 1990 NELSON PIQUET WON TWICE IN THE CAR, TAKING VICTORY IN THE JAPANESE AND AUSTRALIAN GRANDS PRIX.
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COLLECTING MEMORIES MOTORSPORT
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WORDS BY ROB HANSFORD IMAGES BY IAN CUNNINGHAM ART / PHD PHOTO
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THE EVA
THE GROUP B LADA EVA WAS THE SOVIET UNION’S “LITTLE BIT OF COLOUR IN AN OHTERWISE GREY PERIOD OF TIME” 110 THE PIT STOP
WORDS BY GEORGE EAST IMAGES BY VYGANDAS ULICKAS
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THE BUGATTI SPECIALISTS WORDS BY ROB HANSFORD IMAGES BY MARK FELL THE PIT STOP 137