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January 26 2012 – vol 207 no 4

Up-to-the-minute news and reports from F1, WRC and more. Subscribe for must-read opinion, stats and images

“In tough times one should find ways of expressing full commitment, rather than pulling out” FIA PRESIDENT JEAN TODT IS NOT IMPRESSED BY PEUGEOT’S WITHDRAWAL FROM SPORTSCAR RACING LAST WEEK

FEATURES & REPORTS

COVER IMAGES: FERRARO/LOTUS F1 TEAM INSETS: LAT, GILHAM/GETTY

COVER STORY

10 Number of trees Sebastien Ogier knocked down with his Skoda Fabia in his Monte Carlo Rally crash. He counted them!

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NEWS

26 Williams without Head Celebrated team has a new path without its original tech pioneer 30 Nigel Mansell special Full 18-page lookback at the career of Britain’s 1980s/’90s Formula 1 folk hero

50 Monte Carlo Rally Back in the WRC, which means it’s another win for Loeb 56 Daytona 24 Hours preview Grand-Am has been in for plastic surgery – and the future looks much better for it

Mansell and his Williams-Honda

60 Daytona 50 years on It’s the golden anniversary of the big enduro, so we look back at its inaugural running as a three-hour race in 1962 63 World of Sport Toyota Racing Series; Brazil F3

COVER STORY

REGULARS

5 From the editor 6 Snapshot 15 Mark Hughes column 58 Subscribe for a free gift 84 Final drive Letters and Latest Gear

86 On track/on screen The best action in the next week 89 From the archive Nigel Mansell in the BTCC, 1998 90 Race of my life Jason Plato, BTCC Brands, 2009

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8 Raikkonen steps back on it Ex-champion up to speed as he shakes the rust off at Valencia 10 F1 getting ready The teams are flat-out to be as last-minute as they possibly can… 13 This week in Formula 1 Round-up of the latest stories 16 Toyota may grow LMP1 plan Japanese manufacturer weighs up more races as Peugeot pulls out

Raikkonen steers back into an F1 life

18 Plato teams up with MG BTCC star reckons wins are on as the ‘Octagon’ returns to racing 21 WTCC SEATs back at base Tarquini’s Leon to be run from Spanish make’s factory 23 Hakkinen: nein to the DTM He tested a Merc – but here’s one Finn who’s opted against a return 24 Todt pushes WRC future FIA boss has North One ‘roadmap’

SPORTS EXTRA

77 Manor quits Renault UK Category’s famed team switches to Formula Renault Eurocup in new tie-up with Dutch team MP 78 Bimmer for British GT BMW Z4 enters UK supercar series as Barwell gets Blancpain Endurance-winning machine 82 Series focus WTCC superstar Rob Huff goes for a Time Attack – in a 987bhp Mitsubishi EVO VI… Yikes!

Huff scares himself at Snet

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