F1 Racing UK – August 2019

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Having bought back its oldis strugglingtorecapture the glory days of theteam,Renault

mid-2000s when it stoodAs thetotal spend creeps past a billion dollars and the projecttoeto toe withFormula 1’s greats.

remains way off track, we ask if this is now an impossible task...

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Zandvoort sand dunes

SHOWCASEDUTCH ORIGINALSF1 returnsso we’re taking a look back atwhat made the Dutch GP uniquetoZandvoort in 2020

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IGNITION

Renault is still

strugglingto

catch up

PARADES

The best images

fromAustria

and Britain

F1INSIDER

CouldFernando

Alonso really

returntoFerrari?

F1ANALYST

EddStraw on

Carlos Sainz’s

career salvation

UNDERTHE

HOOD

A half-term

team report from

Pat Symonds

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What’s on your

mind this month

DEBRIEF

Reports from the

Austrian and

British GPs

PREVIEW

A lookforwardto

the Hungarian GP

TRAVELGUIDE

Visiting the

UnitedStates

GP inAustin

PRODUCTS

Reviews of the

best F1gear

FLATCHAT

StuartCodling’s

take on the Rich

Energy saga

CONTENTS

AUGUST 2019

SECTOR

RISKANDNOREWARD?

Renault’s bidtoreturntothe F

summit may be destinedtofail

RELAXEDANDHAPPY

Awayfrom the pressure of

Ferrari, Kimi Räikkönen opens up

ANTONIOGIOVINAZZI

A chat with the Italian about

getting a proper crack at F

ANDREASSEIDL

The man head-hunted from

Porschetofix McLaren

AWAYBACK FORWILLIAMS?

The revolution that should

catapult theteam up the grid

NOWTHATWASA CAR

The car that brought success

backtoBrabham, theBT 49

BT49UNCOVERED

Under the skin of theBT49, with

extra Giorgio Piola illustrations

NIGELROEBUCK’SF1HEROES

Ricardo Rodríguez,onehalf of

a tragicFormula 1 family

DUTCHORIGINALS

Stunning Motorsport Images

archive shots from Zandvoort

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RENAULT:

THEBILLION

DOLLAR GAMBLE

...ANDTHE

CONSEQUENCES

F1 FACES IF

IT FAILS

KIMI RÄIKKÖNENSHOWS HISSOFTSIDE

RACING

WHY IT’S NOTALLDOOM &

GLOOMWILLIAMSAT

TO INFINITI(AND BEYOND)

NICOHÜLKENBERGTRIES SOME HYBRIDTRICKLE-DOWN TECH

NIGELF1’S‘TRAGICROEBUCK:FAMILY’

THE MANFIX MCLARENTO

STEPANDREAS SEIDLFORWARD

STRAIGHTTALK

Mark Gallagher on Jackie

Stewart’senduring earning power

PROFILE

Gabriele Mazzarolo, President

and CEO of Alpinestars

PERFORMANCE

How different is driving a bad F

car compared with a good one?

ENGINEERING

F1hybridtech on the road, with

Nico Hülkenberg and Infiniti

ENGINEERING

Why brake ducts are more than

they seem, illustratedbyPiola

FITNESS

Neck strengthening with McLaren

test driver Sérgio Sette Câmara

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