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Zoute Grand Prix Week • Amazingly, this stunning Belgian event centred around the chic North Sea resort of Knokke-Heist is already in its 13th year. Now boasting a wide range of events spanning four days, it attracted more than 600 classic cars and the public paying days were completely sold out, with some 10,000 visitors. Highlights were parades through the town by the 200-plus cars on the Zoute Rally by Stow and the GT Tour, Prado Zoute showcasing the latest manufacturer cars, a buzzing Bonhams auction and the centrepiece 75-car concours at the Royal Zoute Golf Club. The next running is on 5-8 October 2023.

COMING UP… • Even in the depths of winter the calendar is packed with great events, so wrap up warm and get out there

Starting them young • The issue of where the next generation of classic fans comes from is being tackled head-on by clubs, museums – and now businesses

Other young driver experiences

NEWS FEED • Two one-off C-type recreations; Bulldog on the charge; RAC gongs; Turin expo; Delahaye is top dog; Bicester full, for now; art at Hedsor; driving route; Privé tickets; Alfa heritage scheme

Big bangs raise big bucks • Silverstone charity track-day was a triumph

Mauro Forghieri b.1935

Two into Seven will go • Hughie Walker’s Austin Seven special has flat-twin power

Mamod steam engines

Angela Hucke • Having grown up with (and raced) Bugattis via her father Uwe, Angela was ‘made’ for her current role as curator at The Bugatti Trust

JAY LENO • The Collector

DEREK BELL • The Legend

STEPHEN BAYLEY • The Aesthete

ROBERT COUCHER • The Driver

The friendlier face of Ferrari

The factor • 2023 marks the 60th anniversary of the Mini Cooper S – and this example is the oldest survivor. Mark Dixon tells the story of a Mini that has truly lived a life

Heat & light • The Maserati A6G/54 is a thinly disguised racer with just enough civility for the road – beautifully wrapped in ultra-lightweight Zagato bodywork. Peter Tomalin is treated to a rare thrill

DESERT RIDER • In 1986, one privateer tackled the Paris-Dakar in his own very special Range Rover-Audi Quattro Proto. This is its story

DREAM INTO ACTION • For one entrepreneur, the lure of Italian beauty with American power was not enough: it needed German build quality, too. The result was the Bitter CD

FLYING WITH MANTUANS • Is anything more idyllic than three days of spirited driving in Italy in a pre-war Aston Martin? That might depend on the weather, says James Elliott

Jenson Button • The 2009 Formula 1 season is the stuff of legend, and it certainly made one of Button. Time to look back at how it happened, and ahead to what’s still in store

FLIPPING ITS LID • The Ferrari 575M was a watershed modern-era Ferrari. But it was the Leonardo Fioravanti-developed Superamerica that really opened it up

WHAT THEY SAID AT THE TIME • Jethro Bovingdon for Evo, July 2005

HISTORIC MOTORING AWARDS 2022

THE HISTORIC MOTORING AWARDS 2022 • The judges – and you – have spoken: here are the winners of the twelfth Historic Motoring Awards, the most prestigious event celebrating the entire classic car world

JUDGING PANEL • The awards are judged by experts from across the motoring world

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