Of course, we are busily creating a special bumper issue of the magazine, due to go on sale next summer to coincide with the month of our first ever issue. It will be filled not just with our usual mix of interviews, features, analysis and comment but also with your memories and highlights from down the years – details on how to get involved will be announced shortly. Plans are also afoot for a gala evening of celebrations around the British GP. Watch this space for more information and also our social channels and website for latest news and plans on this. All the while we’ll be honouring two of the most significant figures from Motor Sport’s history, who set our tone and character, by celebrating the centenary in the spirit Bod and Jenks.
Motor Sport has always had a particular and special relationship with its readers (I learn as much from the Letters pages and the feedback we receive as I ever have from the history books) and we are also acutely aware that we simply would not have made it to this point were it not for those of you who loyally buy us every month or subscribe to the magazine or read us via our website. It is your magazine as much as anyone’s so if you have any thoughts and ideas about what you would like to see featured in our pages please email us at the usual address (I can’t promise we will do it all but we will do what we can!).
One thing that is worth remembering amid all the excitement about celebrating our unique history is that we must keep one eye on the present and future. Motor Sport at its best draws an erudite line between events of the past and talking points in today’s world of racing.
Writers such as Doug Nye, Gordon Cruickshank and Mark Hughes are masters at spotting a recurring trend, quirk or similarity and artfully constructing a narrative that links them, which illuminates the present and brings the past to life.
So we will continue to bring you the latest news and most incisive comment on all aspects of racing from Formula 1 to Formula E, via both the magazine and website.
As Seyd wrote in that first issue, Motor Sport is “far more than a compendium of knowledge on motoring sport. Current sporting events in this country and abroad will be regularly reported, reviewed and illustrated, and the journal will provide a faithful mirror of all that is happening in the realms of motoring sport and development…
“We will, also, provide a platform upon which everything of interest to keen motorists can be freely discussed as amongst our readers.”
Joe Dunn, editor
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Next Issue: Our February issue is on sale from December 27