Autosport – 25 July 2019

Kevin Turner

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Giorgio Piola

PIT & PADDOCK

4 What F1 could look like in 2021

6 Ricciardo hit with £10million claim

8 The BTCC’s hybrid future

9 German Grand Prix preview

11 Opinion: Edd Straw

13 Opinion: Ben Anderson

15 Feedback: your letters

INSIGHT

16 What Red Bull has done for Formula 1

24 Meet Japan’s best driver

28 Kings of the Ford Capri

RACE CENTRE

34 Newgarden dominates IndyCar Iowa

38 World of Sport: W Series; IMSA; ELMS;

DTM; NASCAR Cup

CLUB AUTOSPORT

52 Brit GT title contenders in trouble at Spa

54 Ecurie Ecosse Jaguar XJ13s to be built

56 Famous Wasp to return to Goodwood

57 Opinion: Kevin Turner

58 National reports: Spa; Cadwell Park;

Brands Hatch; Donington Park; Knockhill

FINISHING STRAIGHT

68 What’s on this week

71 Interview with a Pikes Peak winner

72 From the archive: 1984 BTCC

74 Pit your wits against our quiz

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Red Bull is not the most popular team in Formula 1. A (relative) lack

of history is probably part of the reason, as is its domination during

the later years of the V8 era in 2010-13. Perhaps its public and not

always entirely pleasant spat with Renault doesn’t help either.

But fans of F1 – and indeed motorsport in general – have much

to thank Red Bull for, as Scott Mitchell shows on page 16. As well

as providing two F1 teams, supporting drivers at many levels

of the sport and helping to bring back the Austrian Grand Prix,

Red Bull has also boosted F1 by doing the sort of off -the-wall

things that it’s hard to imagine Ferrari or Mercedes trying.

And, importantly, it’s a seriously strong racing operation too,

despite (or because of?) all the laughs. Red Bull Racing is arguably

the best team strategically on the current grid and is already the

sixth most successful squad in F1 history. On current form, the

Red Bull-Honda-Max Verstappen combination seems more

likely to stop the Mercedes steamroller than any other team.

So, Dietrich Mateschitz’s organisation might not be your

favourite, but we should all be glad that he chooses to spend

some of his money in motorsport. And, despite the criticism

Red Bull’s junior driver programme receives, there are plenty

of drivers who are grateful too.

O We are happy to include the second instalment of the Autosport

Historics supplement this week, following the inaugural one in 2018.

The focus is on the Silverstone Classic, but there’s plenty more we

intend to explore in future issues and online. The next edition

will appear on 12 September, ahead of the Goodwood Revival.

The underappreciated

Formula 1 giant that

could stop Mercedes