June 14 2012 – vol 208 no 11 Contents

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“It’s more relaxed, we enjoy ourselves in the evenings and have a very good time” so that’s why sebastIan vettel Is a race of champIons fan…

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RepoRts 26 Canadian Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton thrashes the opposition with blistering pace and tactical nous to become the seventh winner of 2012 40 BTCC Oulton Park

What you needed around in Cheshire last weekend was a Honda Civic. As Matt Neal and Gordon Shedden proved 44 BTCC Supports Oulton Park Tordoff breaks Porsche Carrera Cup duck; Ingram and

Murray do Ginetta doubles; Hodgetts supreme on Clio return 46 World of Sport

NASCAR Sprint Cup; Grand-Am; ADAC GT Masters; Super TC2000; Super GT 52 IndyCar Texas

Rules tweaks put an end to flat-out pack racing on the 1.5-mile oval with Briton Justin Wilson coming good 56 British F3 Rockingham

It’s a Carlin rout for Jaafar, Tincknell and Harvey 58 British GT Rockingham

Steve Tandy and Joe Osbourne on top in Trackspeed Porsche 60 World GT1 Slovakia Ring

Winning BMW pair Bartels and Buurman take points lead news 8 Who’s controlling Lewis Hamilton’s future?

McLaren star’s contract-bargaining power slipping away as Red Bull, Ferrari and Mercedes doors close 10 F1 unpredictability is no lottery

So say team bosses, who put the seven-from-seven tally down to the complex technical nature of race management 12 Fresh fears over 2014 F1 engine costs

Ferrari, Mercedes and Renault lead calls to ensure turbo engine future does not spiral out of financial control 15 This week in F1

The latest happenings from the world of Formula 1 18 Thumbs up for Texas after classic IndyCar encounter

Drivers and teams praise efforts to eliminate flat-out pack competition at Texas Motor Speedway 20 DeltaWing set for US sportscar future

Don Panoz behind ALMS move for experimental racer 23 British F3 to include six F1-level circuits in 2013

Plans in place to expand the single-seater-ladder series 25 Richards urges new manufacturers to embrace WRC

Prodrive chief on why rocky series offers golden opportunity

RegulaRs 5 From the editor 6 Snapshot 17 Mark Hughes column 50 Subscribe for a free gift 88 Final drive

Letters and latest gear 90 On track/on screen

The best action in the next week 93 From the archive

Derek Bell on his third Le Mans victory back in 1982 94 Race of my life

Karl Wendlinger, Canadian GP 1992

spoRts extRa 73 Plato launches driver-support scheme

Funding and support for young talent on offer from BTCC ace 74 Jackson and Wrathall for Silverstone Classic outing

BTCC stars Mat Jackson and Frank Wrathall to race tin-tops in Silverstone historic extravaganza 78 National reports

Snetterton HSCC/Autosport 3 Hours; Cadwell Park VSCC; Brands Hatch BRSCC; Loton Park BHC; Mondello Park MEC; Silverstone BARC; Lydden SEMSEC; Brands Hatch AMOC

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