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PARADES
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images
F1INSIDER
Lewis Hamilton’s
pushfor diversity
in Formula 1
F1ANALYST
Ben Edwards
on team-mates
and rival ry
UNDER
THEHOOD
Pat Symonds
on the return
to racing
SUBSCRIPTIONS
Three issues of
GP Racingfor £
PREVIEWS
A look aheadto
races inAustria
and Hungary
VIRTUALF
Luke Smith on sim
racing’s outcomes
PRODUCTS
Reviews of the
best F1gear
FLATCHAT
Stuart Codling on
a possible endto
team cosiness
CONTENTS
JULY
SECTOR
FORMULA1 RETURNS...
... but not as we know it.What’s
new and what else can weexpect
REWARDEDWITHRED
How Carlos Sainzovercame
setbacksto secureFerrari seat
5REASONSTO BECHEERFUL
Why Daniel Ricciardo’s 2021
McLaren switch could be smart
SURVIVALTIME
Howteams plan on surviving
when racing during a pandemic
FORMULA1@ 70 - THE1960s
Further analysis of the most
influential people in F1 history
THEHISTORYOFWILLIAMS
Renault engines and dominance:
part three of our seven-part
series on Williams F
NIGELROEBUCK’SHEROES
Jacky Ickx, the all-rounder
who raced with humility
NOWTHATWASA CAR
Kimi Räikkönen’s dream machine,
the sophisticatedFerrari F
MOTORSPORTSHOWCASE
British GP photographic delights
from Motorsport Images
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UP A LEVEL
THE LAST
FERRARITO
CARRY A
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CARLOS
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RICCIARDOTO McLAREN:
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RIGHT CALL
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F1 IS BACK!NEWRACES, NEWRULES, BUTNOFANS...
ODYSSEYTHE WILLIAMSPART 3
MANSELL MANIA!
STRA IGHTTALK
Mark Gallagheron the timing
of Formula 1’s budget cap and
whether it has cometoo late
PROFILE
Daniel Obajtek, CEO of PKN Orlen,
Alfa Romeo’s title sponsor
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COUNTING DOWN THE
REASONS RICCIARDO MADE THE RIGHT CALL
44 GP RACING JULY 2020
DanielRicciardojoin McLarenfor 2021, before 2020’s disrupted campaign had even begun,decidedto end his lucrative association withRenault and
but there are several reasonsWORDSA EX KALNAUCKASwhy this cP CTURES ould be a shrewd career move
36 GP RACING JULY 2020
ROBE
THE SAINZ
WERE THERE
(IF YOU KNEW
WHERECarlosSainzhas trodden aTO LOOK)tough career pathto becoming
Ferrari’s choiceperfect, because although Sainz has endured setbacks withto replace SebastianVettel in 2021. The timing is
Red Bull andhas primed himRenault, going through F1’s school of hard knocksfor one of thetoughest driving gigs onthe grid
Carlos San qu te the way he probably expected when he startedtheourneybut n this game you must take your chances whennzfinally has hs date with destny. It s not arrived
they come. Racing for Ferrari in Formula 1 is someththey all say so. It is never smooth sashambolic evenand rarely does it end weling often itl even for thes chaotng elsec
w nners. But ithistory and passion like no other. Irresistible you might say.Sainz certainly couldnsspecial– a Formula 1 team wt resistand very soon he with culturel be
turning out resplendent in scarlet redemot ons savoured only by those who ride the mythical horsesof Enzoa Ferrari driver. But first there is the small matter of 2020s stableliving he l fe dreams are made of –enjoying the uniquehe l fe of
P CTURESPORWORDSRAITSB N ANDERSONADR AN MYERSMLAREN
PART 3: 1989-
development of high-tech electronic suspensionA new alliance withRenault and the rapid
control systems opened the doordominancefor Williams in the early 1990s.to absolute
But this set off aprompted a sharp FIA clampdown...technological arms race which
THE
GAME
CHANGER
THE HISTORYOF WILLIAMS
WORDSPICURESDAMEN SMITH
64 GP RACING JULY 2020
THE FERRARI
NOW
GP RACING JULY 2020 5
IGNITION
Sainz has atough
job to do before
Ferrari switch
PARADES
Classic French GP
images
F1INSIDER
Lewis Hamilton’s
pushfor diversity
in Formula 1
F1ANALYST
Ben Edwards
on team-mates
and rival ry
UNDER
THEHOOD
Pat Symonds
on the return
to racing
SUBSCRIPTIONS
Three issues of
GP Racingfor £
PREVIEWS
A look aheadto
races inAustria
and Hungary
VIRTUALF
Luke Smith on sim
racing’s outcomes
PRODUCTS
Reviews of the
best F1gear
FLATCHAT
Stuart Codling on
a possible endto
team cosiness
CONTENTS
JULY
SECTOR
FORMULA1 RETURNS...
... but not as we know it.What’s
new and what else can weexpect
REWARDEDWITHRED
How Carlos Sainzovercame
setbacksto secureFerrari seat
5REASONSTO BECHEERFUL
Why Daniel Ricciardo’s 2021
McLaren switch could be smart
SURVIVALTIME
Howteams plan on surviving
when racing during a pandemic
FORMULA1@ 70 - THE1960s
Further analysis of the most
influential people in F1 history
THEHISTORYOFWILLIAMS
Renault engines and dominance:
part three of our seven-part
series on Williams F
NIGELROEBUCK’SHEROES
Jacky Ickx, the all-rounder
who raced with humility
NOWTHATWASA CAR
Kimi Räikkönen’s dream machine,
the sophisticatedFerrari F
MOTORSPORTSHOWCASE
British GP photographic delights
from Motorsport Images
SECTOR
SECTOR
F1RACINGPRO
1 ETON STREET, RICHMOND,
LONDON, TW9 1AG, UK
44
HAS
RICCIARDO
MADE THE
RIGHT
DECISION?
64
WILLIAMS:
STEPPING
UP A LEVEL
THE LAST
FERRARITO
CARRY A
DRIVERS’
CHAMPION
36
COVER STORY:
CARLOS
SAINZ’S
ROUTE TO
FERRARI
32
36
44
50
56
80
96
6
8
18
22
24
94
98
74
INSIDE
UKED£5JULY 99 TION
2020
HOWWILLF1COPEWITH
RACINGINAPANDEMIC?
THEINGENIOUSTRANSFORMEDSTARSWHO
FORMULA
F
@
(^70) PART 2:
CARLOS SAINZ
FROM MADRID
TO MARANELLO
VIA F1’S SCHOOL
OF HARD KNOCKS
RICCIARDOTO McLAREN:
REASONSIT’S THE
RIGHT CALL
5
F1 IS BACK! NEWRACES, NEWRULES, BUTNOFANS...
ODYSSEYTHE WILLIAMSPART 3
MANSELL MANIA!
STRA IGHTTALK
Mark Gallagheron the timing
of Formula 1’s budget cap and
whether it has cometoo late
PROFILE
Daniel Obajtek, CEO of PKN Orlen,
Alfa Romeo’s title sponsor
74
82
92
64
72
29
30