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The next big race and the struggles of an F1 team

We’ve just had the Monaco Grand Prix and Indianapolis 500, which can mean only one thing. It’s time for the third of motorsport’s Big Three events: the Le Mans 24 Hours. We’ve got our traditional free 52-page guide this week, covering all the contenders, with Porsche, Ferrari and Toyota the current favourites. Next week, we’ll bring you the latest from the Test Day to see what’s changed ahead of the race on the 15-16 June.

In this magazine, Alex Kalinauckas talks to Bruno Famin (page 18) to find out what is going on at Alpine, which seems to be having so many staff changes at the moment it’s hard to keep up with (p4)!

F1 pundit Karun Chandhok took time away from the GP scene to visit the Indy 500 last month and was pleasantly surprised by what he found. He outlines the things European racing could learn from America’s biggest motorsport event on p24.

There was plenty of drama in the major contests last weekend. Scott Dixon emerged from a frankly chaotic Detroit IndyCar race to take the points lead (p36), while fellow legend Sebastien Ogier was denied on the very last stage as the World Rally Championship visited Italy (p30). Events at the Nurburgring 24 Hours were so controversial that the result remains provisional (p40)…

A special anniversary race for Lotus Elan 26Rs, a look back at Super Saloons, and reports from Silverstone, Knockhill, Spa and Shelsley Walsh are just part of our 17-page National section covering the best of UK club racing.

Kevin Turner Chief Editor

kevin.turner@autosport.com

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PIT & PADDOCK 4 Ocon on market a”er Alpine F1 split 6 Ferrari linked to Formula E entry 8 Car chosen for FRegional Macau GP 10 Coventry could host World Rallycross 11 Canadian Grand Prix preview 13 Opinion: Jake Boxall-Legge 15 Opinion: Lewis Duncan 17 Feedback: your letters

FEATURES 18 F1: what’s going on at Alpine? 24 Chandhok’s nice surprise at the Indy 500

RACE CENTRE 30 WRC: Ogier denied as Tanak wins in Italy 36 Dixon masters IndyCar Detroit chaos 40 World of Sport: Nurburgring 24 Hours; IMSA; Super GT; NASCAR Cup; MotoGP

CLUB AUTOSPORT 53 Over 30 Elans for special anniversary race 54 Adam admits Brit GT title thoughts over 56 Strong Ford vs Chevy entry for SpeedFest 59 750 Motor Club action at Oulton Park 60 National reports: Silverstone; Knockhill;

Spa; Shelsley Walsh 66 Verstappen’s sim team-mate on real racing 68 Remembering Super Saloons, 50 years on

FINISHING STRAIGHT 70 What’s on this week 72 From the archive: 1965 Le Mans 74 My favourite car: Jackie Oliver

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LE MANS SUPPLEMENT Porsche’s battle to take its 20th victory, Le Mans newcomers and our team guide covering all the entries are just part of our free 52-page guide on the 92nd running of the 24 Hours.

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