Getting under the skin of the F1 car they all have to beat

Just what is it that makes the Red Bull RB19 so good? That’s a question several rival designers in the Formula 1 paddock are doubtless asking themselves and is one we take on in this issue.

Jake Boxall-Legge looks at how the car is an improvement over the championship-winning and record-breaking RB18, as well as the team and driver factors that make Red Bull so hard to beat (page 18). Perhaps even more interestingly for neutral fans, he also ponders where Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez could be vulnerable in 2023.

Le Mans will celebrate its centenary in June and we’re already kicking o˜ our celebration of the greatest endurance race in the world. In the first of our Le Mans 100 series on the major manufacturers taking on the 2023 24 Hours (p28), Gary Watkins reveals Toyota’s relationship with the event and why winning this year is so important for a team that has won the past five Le Mans contests.

A popular venue that is no more, at least from a motorsport point of view, is Pukekohe. Andrew van Leeuwen looks at why the former New Zealand Grand Prix venue was so special with a driver who famously made the place his own two decades ago (p34)…

Goodwood Circuit was revived 25 years ago and Paul Lawrence is your guide to the Members’ Meeting in our preview on p38.

The Easter weekend was a big one for UK motorsport and our 19-page National section covers the highlights from p49.

Kevin Turner Chief Editor

kevin.turner@autosport.com

The rise of Aston Martin

Fernando Alonso’s latest

F1 challenge, plus our

bumper BTCC preview

Have your say, get in touch

Autosport editorial Autosport Media UK Ltd The Power House Isleworth TW7 6QG

E-mail autosport@ autosport.com

Visit our website autosport.com

Twitter twitter.com/ autosport

Facebook facebook.com/ autosport

Instagram YouTube instagram.com/ youtube.com/ autosport AUTOSPORTdotcom

Cover image

Getty Images/Red Bull Content Pool

PIT & PADDOCK

Massa bids to get 2008 title overturned
Verstappen fury over new sprint format
Azcona leads Hyundai World Tour attack
Aitken among Formula E rookie testers
Opinion: Alex Kalinauckas
Opinion: Jamie Klein
Feedback: your letters

FEATURES

Secrets of Red Bull’s F1 supremacy
Le Mans 100: Toyota’s point to prove
Farewell Pukekohe
Goodwood Members’ Meeting preview

RACE CENTRE

World of Sport: Super Formula; NASCAR

CLUB AUTOSPORT

Major GP cars join Silverstone 75 grid
Trucks to introduce sustainable fuels
O’Donovan wins British RX opener
Opinion: Stephen Lickorish
National reports: Oulton Park; Brands Hatch; Snetterton; Donington Park; Castle Combe

FINISHING STRAIGHT

What’s on this week
From the archive: 1993 Portuguese GP
My favourite car: Alexander Wurz

SUBSCRIPTION OFFER

Special deals for Autosport

VISIT AUTOSPORT.COM

For other ways to read Britain’s best motorsport weekly