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THIS MONTH • It’s taken just seven years for the Sports Marketing Group (SMG) to establish itself as one of the top communications and marketing agencies in F1. As well as representing several of the biggest races on the calendar, SMG recently brokered the title partnership deal between Stake and Sauber. And the story began not far from here…

McLAREN: SURVIVING TO THRIVE • Troubled businesses attract vultures, chancers and speculators. But the McLaren Group has avoided falling into such hands thanks to the resilience of its majority shareholder, which has now executed a full takeover. What does this mean for the future of the brand – and its racing team?

THE LONG ROAD BACK • As another season pans out with one team – and one driver – very much in charge, a revitalised Ferrari is one positive indicator of title challenges to come. But it’s going to take a leap of faith. A major upgrade is coming – but when, and will it be enough to shake up the battle at the front?

SAINZ AND PORTENTS

IN CONVERSATION WITH FRÉDÉRIC VASSEUR • Ferrari’s team principal has been credited with engineering a resurgence in the team’s culture and fortunes. But as he explains, the reasons for Ferrari’s return to form run deeper than organisational changes…

HAPPENING ALL OVER AGAIN • Having spent two seasons bedevilled by bouncing, Mercedes has (almost) fixed that problem but its latest car is still capricious, difficult to drive, and ultimately slow. The team’s failure to get to grips with ground-effect Formula 1 suggests the beginnings of a Williams-style long-term decline from greatness – a view, it seems, Lewis Hamilton quietly shares…

WHAT FERNANDO WANTS • The double world champion remains a fiercely ambitious competitor – and now he’s signed a contract extension with Aston Martin which will take him to his 45th birthday and a potential 2026 title challenge. What prompted him to do that, given the more immediate possibility of a Red Bull seat?

10 THINGS I LOVE • Red Bull’s F1 reserve driver on his obsession with the Cars movie and ‘Kiwi dip’

COOPER T53 • Sketched on a plane, tested in secret, the car the team boss didn’t want to make was exactly what Jack Brabham needed to win a second world title

THE SECRET SERVICE • Episodes of fire and flood have destroyed much of motor racing’s historic records. The FIA is now archiving it safely in one of its French HQs. As GP Racing discovered, many of the documents – including letters from Enzo Ferrari – remain confidential to this day…

A RACE WEEKEND WITH… THE TEAM MANAGER • In the first of a new regular series, we go behind the scenes with key Formula 1 personnel over a grand prix weekend to explore the rigours of the job. Here we follow Haas team manager Peter Crolla through F1’s return to China…

ALTERNATIVE VIEW • Hang on tightly, let go lightly: ever the pragmatist, 1979 world champion Jody Scheckter is parting with his painstakingly acquired car collection rather than keeping it in a shed

FERNANDO ALONSO • With a new contract signed to the end of 2026, what better to time to look at his long F1 career

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