Issue #646: Keeping the dream alive...

Headlining this week’s show, sorry edition, is the Las Vegas Grand Prix, the first of a season ending triple header. On the night, Max Verstappen triumphed while McLaren stumbled to keep Max’s dream alive. Graham Harris, Jack Smith and Many Curi were in Sin City while James Moy snapped the images. McLaren’s fubar provided the meat this week’s Start Your Engines as James Phillips outlines how the mistake will be inexcusable should it cost Lando the Drivers’ title. Elsewhere in Vegas, the F1 Academy was also in action as the campaign concluded with Doriane Pin clinching the championship. Fleur Rogerson and Tiana Soans report. Meanwhile, the annual post-season MotoGP test took place in Valencia, where Aprilia closed out the year’s on-track action with a 1-2. Henry Cheal and Eden Hannigan run you through all the latest happenings. Looking ahead now, a riveting 2025 FIA World Rally Championship season will come to an end this weekend in Saudi Arabia. David Ledbitter previews the action. And, as always, we have all the usual news, views and stories in this week's edition of the most widely read weekly motorsport magazine in the world!