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October 20 2011 – vol 206 no 3

“I plan for the worst and hope for the best. I’ve been a bit short-tempered this week, non-talkative. Maybe I can lighten up a bit now” MATT NEAL IS RELIEVED TO WRAP UP THE BTCC AFTER FIVE-WAY SHOOTOUT

NEWS

30 Number of cars that turned out for the British Touring Car

Championship finale at Silverstone, featuring 10

manufacturers

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COVERSTORY

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REPORTS

10 Dan Wheldon British racer killed at Las Vegas IndyCar race; other racers escape major injury; full obituary and appreciation

18 Mercedes steals a march Front-wing trick could spark new F1 design arms race 21 Renault in no hurry Kubica has time to prove fitness

IndyCar sadness at Las Vegas

26 Toyota back at Le Mans Japanese giant takes softlysoftly approach on return 31 Superleague on ice Match abandoned for 2011

FEATURES

64 Ready to rumble in Australia The Gold Coast 600 V8 Supercar race has a glittering entry of international stars

REGULARS

7 From the editor 8 Snapshot 25 Mark Hughes column 82 Subscribe for a free gift 96 Final drive Letters and latest gear

98 On track/on screen The best action in the next week 101 From the archive Dan Wheldon, Vauxhall Jr, 1996 102 Race of my life AJ Foyt, Indy 500, 1958

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36 Korean Grand Prix It’s 10 for Sebastian Vettel, as an inspired Hamilton fends off everything Webber can throw at him to claim second for McLaren 50 World of Sport NASCAR; Japanese GT; European GT3; Indy Lights 56 BTCC Silverstone

Full Korean GP coverage

Title fight boils down to an intra-team fight at Honda, and it’s Matt Neal who defeats Gordon Shedden for a third title as Plato slips out of contention 61 Silverstone supports Championship success for Alex Lynn, Dino Zamparelli, James Sutton and Adam Morgan

SPORTS EXTRA

The big one for FFord

79 EcoBoost Ford runs at Brands Scott Malvern displays new racer 80 McLaren AUTOSPORT BRDC Award finalists get tests in F2, DTM and McLaren GT machinery 86 National reports FFord Festival at Brands Hatch; Snetterton; Oulton; Rockingham 94 Ferrari 458 GT3 test Trying out one of the title contenders from British GT

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