Indholdsfortegnelse for 01/11/18 i Autosport

Lewis Hamilton has now joined the legendary Juan Manuel Fangio on five Formula 1 world titles and it would be easy to argue that his 2018 campaign was his best so far. Ferrari had a faster car for significant chunks of the season and yet Hamilton had the points lead even before Mercedes came on strong after the summer break. It is remarkable that Michael Schumacher’s records of seven titles and 91 world championship grand prix wins – which just a few years ago seemed unapproachable – are now within range. Hamilton’s tallies are currently five and 71 respectively. Who you think is the greatest F1 driver of all time will depend on many factors, not least of which is likely to be your age and the type of driver…

INDYCAR SERIES Injured IndyCar racer Robert Wickens has admitted he is – for now – paraplegic, despite videos showing a small amount of movement in his legs, and says he is “far away from walking on my own”. The Canadian, who in 2018 proved to be Indycar racing’s most convincing rookie since Sebastien Bourdais in ’03, was injured in a 200mph-plus accident at Pocono Raceway in August, incurring a long list of injuries, the most severe of which was to his spinal column. The Schmidt Peterson Motorsports driver recently transferred from Indianapolis to the Craig Hospital in Englewood, Colorado, which specialises in rehab for spinal-cord injuries and traumatic brain injuries. Having used the word “paraplegic” in a social media post, Wickens then clarified his situation following several sensationalist headline-writers’ clickbait…

The stage was set for Max Verstappen to take his first Formula 1 pole position and break Sebastian Vettel’s record for the youngest driver to do so. Fastest in all three practice sessions, then in Q2 and on the first runs in the top-10 shootout, he certainly looked good for pole. Then, Verstappen’s Red Bull team-mate Daniel Ricciardo flashed across the line to take top spot by 0.026 seconds. It was still nip-and-tuck at that moment. Verstappen entered the stadium having completed the first two sectors just one hundredth of a second slower. Then he went deep into the tight Turn 13 left-hander and had to scrabble through the following corners as he shipped over two tenths of a second. The result was a lap slightly slower than his first,…

Daniel Ricciardo described his 2018 Red Bull as ‘cursed’ after retiring from a grand prix for the eighth time this year. Ricciardo, who started from pole position, was holding off Sebastian Vettel for second place on a one-stop strategy when he pulled off on lap 62 with an issue believed to have originated with a clutch-bearing problem not related to any Renault parts. In his disappointment after the race, Ricciardo suggested he would be happy to step aside and let Pierre Gasly, who will take his seat next year, complete the season. “I don’t think ‘frustration’ is the word anymore,” said Ricciardo. “Everything feels hopeless. Honestly, I don’t see the point of coming on Sunday; I don’t see the point of doing the next two races. “I haven’t had a…

What are you feeling right now? Right now, it just doesn’t feel real. I feel like I’m going to wake up in a matter of moments. It’s been such a difficult year and such a great battle but a lot of work. To try and raise the bar this year has been such a huge challenge. I think I had a great season last year and I was thinking how can I raise the bar, how can I squeeze some more out of myself? There is no secret formula but somehow I managed to find that balance and that flow, and I’ve had some of the best races of my career, and I think that’s ultimately why I’m sitting here. Are you surprised to wrap the championship up so quickly…

ELMS ALGARVE (P) OCTOBER 28 ROUND 6/6 United Autosports pair Filipe Albuquerque and Phil Hanson took their second win in a row in the European Le Mans Series season finale at the Algarve Circuit – it’s just a shame that it came too late to spice up the race for the title, which had already been won by G-Drive crew Andrea Pizzitola and Roman Rusinov. From second on the grid, Timothe Buret took a brief lead from the off in the Panis Barthez Competition Ligier, but it was polesitter Pierre Ragues in the Duqueine Engineering ORECA who hit back to take control. The car’s time in first place was shortlived, though, since broken suspension forced it to retire. That paved the way for a flying Felipe Nasr. He’d made significant…

@AS_National @AutosportNational LAKE TORRENT The future of the proposed £29million Lake Torrent circuit in Northern Ireland has been thrown into major doubt after the developer behind the project went into receivership last week. Some initial groundwork on the circuit, located 40 minutes’ drive from Belfast and planned for completion by the end of 2019, was carried out last year but progress then began to stall. The delays were caused by a planning issue regarding the possibility of old mineshafts being on the site, which was formerly a quarry. Matters came to a head last week when backers of the project refused to provide promised funds until the planning issue is resolved. That led to Manna Developments – the firm behind the circuit – entering receivership. In a statement, Manna said:…

BRITISH GT British GT runner-up Jon Minshaw is the latest frontrunning driver to reveal that they won’t be contesting a full season in the series next year, as Barwell Motorsport has unveiled its first pairing for 2019. Minshaw, 55, has finished second in the standings, driving a Barwell Lamborghini Huracan alongside Phil Keen, in each of the past three seasons with a total of 13 wins in the series. It is understood that he has other commitments for 2019 and will contest a select few international events, and could make the odd British GT appearance. Minshaw joins 2018 champion Flick Haigh, ’16 title winner Derek Johnston and ’17 victor Rick Parfitt Jr in ruling out a full campaign next season. A new driver will be announced soon and is expected…

SILVERSTONE 750MC OCTOBER 27 The 68th running of the 750 Motor Club’s Six Hour Relay – honouring founder Holland Birkett – brought an unprecedented Scratch result as a team of front-wheel-drive saloons covered the greatest distance. In the presence of a winning Bentley from 1951’s inaugural event, 66 hopefuls set off on the Grand Prix circuit. If Carl Swift, Stewart Lines and 2013 handicap winners Lee and Shayne Deegan’s stated intent to outrun Radical SR3s with a trio of mighty SEAT Cupra TCRs sounded like bluster to some, the sceptics hadn’t factored in that team’s prodigious speed or the wet weather. But for a broken CV joint on Swift’s Team Cupra car at the beginning of his second stint, the Spanish machines made light work of increasingly sodden conditions once…

Last Thursday, October 25, the fruits of a remarkable year’s graft under the radar manifested themselves when a new and innovative sports-racer emerged from Snetterton’s Archie Scott Brown Centre into the autumn sunshine to spontaneous applause. Following yet another late night and hours of tweaking in its garage, the sense of team achievement was palpable. Revolution Cars MD Phil Abbott’s eyes moistened as his son James growled the futuristically styled prototype, cloaked in marque branding, towards Riches corner accompanied by a delicious V6 soundtrack. “The past six weeks have been crazy with pushing [towards this moment]. Everybody involved in bringing this car to reality wanted a bit longer. But they didn’t get permission from me,” says Abbott, 63, co-founder of Radical Motorsport back in 1998. His ousting in June 2016…

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As a disabled petrolhead and writer, I am honoured to have been involved in such an enlightening project and feel very proud that Autosport has taken the lead in focusing on what is now a fast-growing element of motorsport. Through the incredible stories of people such as Billy Monger and Nathalie McGloin making mainstream news, it’s impossible to ignore the achievements and successes of disabled drivers today. But it wasn’t always the case, as many racers are limited more by discrimination than their disabilities. It’s a testament to the ‘never-give-up’ attitude of the disabled community within motorsport, and not just drivers, that their voices are now being heard. Doors that were once firmly shut are being unlocked by those who dare to ask, ‘why is it closed?’ rather than accept…

Stirling Moss, in his trusty Maserati 250F, gives Archie Scott Brown a lift back to the pits after winning the 32-lap Glover Trophy thrash at Goodwood on April 2 1956. Scott Brown was born severely disabled as a result of his mother contracting German measles during pregnancy. Some rivals jibbed against being beaten by a man with one hand and his competition licence was revoked; Autosport founding editor Gregor Grant was among those who supported his appeal. At Goodwood in ’56, Scott Brown led the away, ahead of Moss and Mike Hawthorn (BRM) until his Connaught failed him at half distance. For more great photographs, visit motorsportimages.com…

FORMULA 1 Newly crowned five-time Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton has targeted at least getting “close” to Michael Schumacher’s all-time record over the remainder of his career and outlined how he wants his legacy to extend beyond his on-track success. Hamilton moved level with Juan Manuel Fangio on five titles with his latest coronation last Sunday in Mexico, which means only seven-time Schumacher stands ahead of him in the all-time list. At the age of 33, Hamilton has become a five-time champion at the same age as Schumacher was when he managed it in 2002, and has at least two more seasons in F1 after renewing his Mercedes deal to the end of the ’20 season. In addition to his five titles, Hamilton has 71 wins, 132 podiums and…

Special memories of that first race What a great article Andrew van de Burgt wrote in last week’s Autosport (‘100 not out’, page 52). I haven’t been to half as many circuits and only been abroad to Le Mans, Monza and a day trip to Spa, but since attending my first race in my teens – a Wendy Wools event at Thruxton – I’ve always loved the anticipation of heading off to a circuit/hillclimb/sprint/rally venue. Been lucky enough to compete at a lot of mainly south and south-west hills and British circuits. All the emotions that Andrew described for his first event at Cadwell (right) I could recognise from my first hillclimb at Gurston in 1985 and certainly from my first circuit event at Pembrey in ’93. I must agree…

MOTOGP PHILLIP ISLAND (AUS) OCTOBER 28 ROUND 17/19 It was a case of now or never for Yamaha at Phillip Island. As crashes ruled out Honda’s main challengers, Suzuki’s challenge proved duller than expected, and Ducati still wasn’t quite a victory threat at its bogey circuit, the race was ultimately Yamaha’s to lose. Thanks to a perfectly executed ride in the Australian Grand Prix, Maverick Vinales ensured Yamaha made the most of it. A combination of impeccable timing and formidable speed paved the way for him to end a winless streak for the manufacturer, stretching 25 races back to Assen in 2017. By Friday evening there was a sense that the race had been thrown wide open. One of the pre-event favourites was unable to start: Cal Crutchlow, a winner…

PORSCHE SUPERCUP MEXICO CITY (MEX) OCTOBER 27-28 ROUND 8/8 Michael Ammermuller wasn’t the driver with the most wins in the Porsche Supercup this season, but he was the most consistent. This was what allowed him to clinch his second consecutive crown with a pair of characteristically calculated drives in the Mexico City double-header. While Ammermuller led the championship from start to finish, former Force India test and simulator driver Nick Yelloly did an outstanding job to run the German close in his first full season in the Supercup. With three races remaining he was just one point behind, but Ammermuller clinching both pole positions in Mexico always meant he was firmly in control. A slow start meant Ammermuller dropped to third behind the fast-starting Larry ten Voorde and Julien Andlauer…

1964 REIMS 12HRS FERRARI 250 LM (1ST) 10 John Surtees beat the Ford GTs to pole with Luigi Chinetti’s North American Racing Team Ferrari 250 LM, but fourth-starter Hill was also in the mix with his similar 3.3-litre Ferrari run by Maranello Concessionaires. Hill led the Fords of Richie Ginther and Bruce McLaren, and Surtees in an early scrap. McLaren was soon delayed in traffic, leaving a fierce fight between the leading trio. “Ginther’s Ford was slightly quicker down the straight, but on acceleration from Thillois and Muizon the five-speed gearbox of the Ferrari gave an advantage,” reckoned Autosport’s Bill Gavin. In his 1969 book Life at the Limit, Hill wrote: “We had an almighty thrash in the dark with speeds of up to 180mph – on this very narrow…

GOODWOOD Andrew Jordan hopes that Goodwood “realises what they are missing” to ensure that the 2020 Revival and Members’ Meeting avoid further clashes with the British Touring Car Championship. Both the April 6-7 Members’ Meeting and the September 13-15 Revival – both popular events for drivers – have been pushed back a week for 2019. They now fall across BTCC weekends: the Brands Hatch season opener and Knockhill. The chief reason for adjusting the date of the Members’ Meeting was to avoid the poor weather that blighted this year’s event, while the Revival’s change is to prevent a clash with the provisional date of the Italian Grand Prix. BTCC champions Jordan, Matt Neal, Jason Plato and more recently Ash Sutton are all regulars at Goodwood meetings. Jordan told Autosport: “I…

From previous experience with the entry-level Radical SR1, which only sold once a dedicated academy-type racing championship was created for it, Revolution’s principals know that an aspirational series will determine its new sports-racing car’s success. James Bailey (formerly of tyre supplier Dunlop) shares that vision. His Pitbox91 concern has masterminded the brand new UK Sports Prototype Cup and will promote it in conjunction with the BARC on Britcar programmes in 2019. A Revolution UK Trophy class headlines the UK Sports Prototype Cup, following a five-year agreement between the constructor and Pitbox91. Both car and series will be launched at MotorsportDays.LIVE at Silverstone tomorrow (Friday) and Saturday. “We wanted a multi-marque racing environment for lightweight sports-prototype cars in a premium weekend package,” says Bailey, whose 30-year motorsport career includes creating the Dunlop Great…

FROM THE ARCHIVE Bruce McLaren, Graham Hill and Jim Clark entertain Silverstone’s crowds racing side by side to the line in their Minis (although, strictly speaking, these appear to be Austin Sevens) ahead of the 1960 British Grand Prix. In the main event, McLaren (Cooper-Climax T53) was the only one to come away with anything to show for his efforts, collecting three points for a fourth-place finish, a lap behind winner Jack Brabham’s similar car, while Hill (BRM P48) spun out of the lead on lap 72 of 77 and Clark (Lotus-Climax 18) was classified 16th and last, hobbled by broken front suspension. For more great photographs, visit motorsportimages.com…

As a beaming Billy Monger put his BRDC British Formula 3 car on pole at Donington Park back in April, it was hard to believe that barely a year had passed since an accident at the same circuit had cost him both legs. It’s incredible to comprehend not only the 19-year-old’s courage but also the technical innovation on his adapted car, giving him the ability to continue showing his talents. It’s perhaps even more incredible to realise that only 50 years before, Monger could have been denied any opportunity to race. Not just because of the technology, but, rather shockingly, because many disabled drivers were banned from racing. Although disabled motorsport is still very much a ‘work in progress’, we’ve thankfully come a long a way since those dark days…

As well as working as a marshal at UK events, Steve Tarrant has also taken part in the Le Mans 24 Hours, as well as Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta. Both endurance races are events he cherishes, as is the warm welcome and team spirit he has been embraced by. One tradition for Tarrant came through these endurance events and extended worldwide: Daniel Poissenot, who was Le Mans 24 Hours race director for 13 years, would always make a point of stopping the course car at Tarrant’s post on the reconnaissance lap to shake his hand as a thank you. “Daniel was the one who gave his permission for me to be a marshal at Le Mans, and worked with me every year I did it,” says Tarrant. “It became a…

“It was a big sigh of relief because we realised actually we can work with this. It wasn’t a matter of strength”Sam waple The seemingly impossible happened at the opening round of the 2018 BRDC British Formula 3 Championship at Oulton Park back in March – less than a year after his horrendous Formula 4 accident at Donington Park, which resulted in a double leg amputation, Billy Monger was on the podium fighting back tears after finishing third on his racing return. It was a fairytale moment, not only for him but his family, friends and the Carlin team that had got him there. But how had a driver whose racing career seemed all but over been able to drive a single-seater competitively again? “I know that the podium at…

Henri Durand hasn’t relied on any kind of silver bullet during a career that’s now well into its fourth decade. Instead, his approach has always been that maintaining focus and a strong work ethic can overcome any challenge. Sharing the name of his father, an amateur racer in Ferraris and Bugattis, Frenchman Durand studied aeronautical engineering. It was a path that he hoped “would give me some credibility in the eyes of the Formula 1 teams”. Now 58 and working as chief chassis engineer at Toyota Racing Development USA, Durand has achieved success across Indycar and NASCAR as well as in F1. But perhaps the most historically significant element of his background is his decade at McLaren, for this was a period of rapid change at the pinnacle of motor…

WRC/WRX Sebastien Loeb barely had a moment to savour his 79th World Rally Championship win in Spain last weekend before he was thinking about next year and the potential to stay at Citroen, move to M-Sport or run his own Peugeot 208 WRX. Prior to Peugeot’s shock withdrawal from World Rallycross late last month, Loeb had fully intended to remain in that series with the Velizy factory squad. Now, though, anything is possible – including the potential for his Sebastien Loeb Racing squad to take the 208 WRXs and run them. Loeb admitted he knew nothing of Peugeot’s intentions. “I didn’t know this was happening,” said Loeb. “One or two weeks ago I was sure I would do a full season in World Rallycross [in 2019] and now I have…

FORMULA 1 Dan Ticktum experienced his first taste of Formula 1 machinery last week on Silverstone’s Grand Prix circuit, his prize drive for winning the 2017 McLaren Autosport BRDC Award. The 19-year-old Macau Grand Prix winner took four victories this season on the way to finishing as runner-up in the Formula 3 European Championship with Motopark, losing out to eventual champion Mick Schumacher. Ticktum drove McLaren’s Mercedes V8-powered MP4-28, as campaigned by Jenson Button and Sergio Perez in 2013. After an installation lap on intermediate tyres, Ticktum undertook four runs of five flying laps each on demonstration-specification slicks. He told Autosport: “Everyone will say it who’s done it, but it’s impossible to put into words how driving an F1 car feels. It’s been hard work with a lot of ups…

MAX VERSTAPPEN WAS NOT A HAPPY MAN AFTER MISSING OUT ON POLE POSITION FOR THE Mexican Grand Prix. The P2 marker board that he booted over with the nose of his Red Bull as he parked up at the end of the session was testament to that. But after a fitful night of tossing and turning, during which he managed only three hours of sleep, he brought his A-game not just to win, but to dominate a race that presented very testing conditions, and to upstage newly crowned five-time world champion Lewis Hamilton. Verstappen blamed car problems, specifically under braking, for missing out on pole. But the feeling was that he still had the speed to have beaten team-mate Daniel Ricciardo to first on the grid on a weekend where…

Carlos Sainz was on course to win Formula 1’s ‘Class B’ midfield battle when he retired in the stadium near the end of the 29th lap. Sainz was leading Renault team-mate Nico Hulkenberg, having jumped ahead of the slow-starting German before the first corner, when he pulled off after suffering what the team called an “electrical shutdown”. Had he finished the race, Sainz would likely have taken the sixth position that Hulkenberg claimed. Hulkenberg finished 11.564 seconds clear of Sauber driver Charles Leclerc in the battle for midfield honours. Hulkenberg’s result means he’s on the brink of sealing the unofficial ‘Class B’ title. He now leads Sergio Perez by 41 points thanks to the Racing Point Force India driver retiring with a brake problem while on course for seventh place.…

STAT 79 Loeb scored his 79th WRC win, 35 more than second-best Sebastien Ogier The Citroen mechanic looked anxiously up at the screen, a waiting Sebastien Loeb’s due time into the service park at 0843. The mechanic couldn’t keep still. Moving from foot to foot, he went through some stretching exercises, trying to heat fingers chilled by a damp, dank autumnal seven degrees. Eyes up, 0839. More stretching. Four minutes later, the #10 C3 WRC turned in. Action stations. The king was back. The previous time Loeb had woken up to a Sunday morning in Salou, a 76th World Rally Championship win was waiting. Almost half a minute ahead, his DS3 WRC wouldn’t miss a beat and the podium’s top step was his. Of course it was. The year was…

WTCR SUZUKA (J) OCTOBER 27-28 ROUND 9/10 If the fight to be the inaugural World Touring Car Cup champion had previously looked too close to call between a trio of Hyundai drivers, the three races at Suzuka offered up a clear favourite for the 2018 crown heading into the Macau season finale later this month. Gabriele Tarquini may not have been the star of the weekend – that honour went to a driver less than half his age: Kevin Ceccon – but he did capitalise brilliantly on a tough weekend for Yvan Muller and an utterly wretched one for Thed Bjork. It means that 56-year-old Tarquini goes into the triple-header on the streets of Macau 39 points clear of Muller, while Bjork has 53 points to make up. The vagaries…

You’d have got long odds on Enaam Ahmed being the best driver from the two British teams during the early-season Formula 3 European Championship races in 2018, but that’s exactly what the Londoner and series rookie was. Fresh from its title with Lando Norris, Carlin continued with 2017 race winners Jehan Daruvala and Ferdinand Habsburg, and gained Sacha Fenestraz. Like Norris, Fenestraz arrived in F3 as the reigning Formula Renault Eurocup champion, comes from the same ADD management stable, drove Norris’s old chassis and was even sharing a house with his predecessor. Hitech GP had endured a disappointing 2017, albeit with an upturn in form towards the end of the season, and placed its trust in underrated and underfinanced Spaniard Alex Palou to lead the team. Alongside him it signed…

BRITISH F4 Ginetta Junior title contender Luke Browning will graduate to British Formula 4 next season. The 16-year-old will remain with the Richardson Racing team that he has competed with in Ginettas for the past two campaigns. He finished third in the standings this year, taking eight wins. “The fact that I’m able to remain with the team has been a key factor in this deal because we have developed a really good working relationship over the past two seasons,” said Browning. “They have helped to mould me into the driver I am and we know how each other works, so there is no-one else I would want to graduate with. “Running in a single-seater is going to be totally different to anything I’ve done before, but the team has…

WALTER HAYES TROPHY Newly crowned Historic Formula Ford 1600 champion Cameron Jackson has decided against competing in the Walter Hayes Trophy this weekend. Jackson had planned to contest the Silverstone event in a SpeedSport-run Van Diemen RF07 alongside fellow Historic FFord racer Ed Thurston, but has now elected to focus on developing the car for events next year. “We had a bit of a testing programme, had issues along the way, so we’ve not really been able to develop the car,” he said. “Myself and Mike [O’Brien, SpeedSport boss] made the decision not to do it. “We don’t want to just make up the numbers. We want to prove we can get on the pace. A couple of things went wrong, we had some engine issues, we ran out of…

WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN? WHO IS THIS? This trailblazing prodigy was rewriting the record books when he was cut down in his prime. After starring on two wheels, he took a Mickey Mouse route into four-wheeled racing, where he became a national hit. Despite his youth, he quickly moved onto the international scene where he crossed a beetle with a spyder to make his mark. Despite being declared too young to race from dusk ’til dawn at his first request, he was picked up by Il Commendatore and given his big break. Belying his years, he took the fight to the established regulars and did more than enough to get a full-time role. His programme was limited, but he impressed near the Pyrenees and won the great race around an…

William Archibald Scott Brown wasn’t a great driver despite his physical problems – he was simply a great driver. His mother, Jeanette Watson, contracted German measles during pregnancy and the result was significant underdevelopment of three limbs: Scott Brown, born in 1927, had no proper right forearm, with just a thumb and palm below the elbow. His parents decided on surgery; his legs were straightened by being broken and reset, and he had extensive operations on his feet, which included bringing out some ‘internal’ toes. The young Scott Brown went through more than 20 operations and was finally able to walk by the age of six. Father Bill taught him how to drive and built him a special car for his 11th birthday. Scott Brown also took part in many…

Alex Zanardi never won at Misano in his Italian Formula 3 days, but this would surely be a nice, simple, back-to-hisroots venue on which to compete in a one-off DTM event for BMW. Or so thought the manufacturer’s sports chief Jens Marquardt. Not so. You see, not only has the layout been changed since the 51-year-old (who has since turned 52) Indycar champion, Paralympic gold medallist and all-round sporting hero battled his way around there in the late 1980s and early ’90s, it has also switched from anti-clockwise to clockwise… “When Jens called, one of the first things he said was, ‘This will all happen on a friendly, familiar circuit for you, because I know that you know Misano very well’,” laughs Zanardi. “And I said, ‘Yeah, I’ve raced there…

Billy Monger goes rallying. We know what you’re thinking: Autosport has a disability supplement, so let’s get the most famous disabled British driver out there at the moment and thrust him shamelessly into the limelight. But there’s far more to it than that. He wasn’t chosen for his fame or because of his disability, but in spite of it. After his crash at Donington Park in April 2017, Monger lost both of his legs. No-one can prepare for that and few can begin to understand what the Monger family must have gone through. cockpit encloses his body, he’s a racer, just like anyone else. But Monger is the perfect person to show what this supplement is all about – he doesn’t think of himself as disabled. He returned to racing…

■ It’s all about beating your rivals so be competitive, or else you have to be a genius. We all have weaknesses but if you’re competitive you can compensate. ■ Be humble and associate with the right people. It’s a team sport, not a solo job, so absorb knowledge and experience from others. ■ You need maturity to point your guns in the right direction and decide where the low-hanging fruit is. It takes time and focus to get the best bang for buck.…