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TRUE GRIT Mark Webber on Porsche, WEC and Why His Motor Sport Story Is Far from Over INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THE FIA: ISSUE #5 MISSILE COMMAND PRODIGAL POWER Inside the jet-fighter test After five years away from centre where top researchers Formula One’s global stage, are dealing with the problem Honda returns to the sport of flying debris in F1P24 with power and purpose P50 THE LONG WALK TIME LORD The Mandela family have led Six decades ago, Jack Heuer the Long Short Walk campaign took over the family business to the UN General Assembly and turned it into one of motor and around the world P42 sport’s iconic brands P64 P30 TRUE GRIT Mark Webber on Porsche, WEC and why his motor sport story is far from over... THE CHOICE OF TOP CAR BRANDS EVEN IN WINTER. Customised technology to enhance your car’s performance in any winter weather condition. ISSUE #5 DYNAMIC DUOS AUTO THE FIA Sometimes motor racing partnerships The Fédération Internationale just click: think Jim Clark and Lotus or INTERNATIONAL de l’Automobile is the governing JOURNAL OF THE FIA body of world motor sport and the federation of the world’s Michael Schumacher and Ferrari. Now, leading motoring organisations. a new partnership has the world of Editorial Board: Founded in 1904, it brings together 236 national motoring JEAN TODT, DAMIEN CLERMONT, motor sport eager with anticipation and sporting organisations from GERARD SAILLANT, RICHARD WOODS, over 135 countries, representing – that of Mark Webber and Porsche. TIM KEOWN, SAUL BILLINGSLEY millions of motorists worldwide. Editors-in-chief: In motor sport, it administers The potential embodied by the coming together of DAMIEN CLERMONT, RICHARD WOODS the rules and regulations for all international four-wheel sport, Executive Editor: MARC CUTLER one of Formula One’s toughest (and most popular) including the FIA Formula One Editor: JUSTIN HYNES World Championship and FIA competitors and the legendary sportscar racing Copy Editor: JEZ SMADJA World Rally Championship. marque to take on the FIA World Endurance Art Direction and Design: JAMES GREENHOW Championship makes for a fascinating story. AUTO Photo Editor: CATHERINE SHAW Contributors: BEN BARRY, TONY THOMAS, THE FIA FOUNDATION spoke to the Australian driver and the men behind JOE SAWARD, AVI SILVERMAN, IAN WAGSTAFF The FIA Foundation is an Porsche’s 2014 challenger to see how the project Logistics: MARIE DUJET independent UK registered charity that supports an international is developing. Repro Manager: ADAM CARBAJAL programme of activities promoting Another of motor sport’s great partnerships is set Printing: MANOR CREATIVE road safety, the environment We would like to thank the following and sustainable mobility. It to be renewed in 2015, when Honda will attempt for their help with this issue of AUTO: was established in 2001 with a to revive its grand prix glory years by once again KUNIHIKO AKAI, MARIAM BOUAZIZ, donation of $300 million from the DIANA FAUNER, EMMA HALE, FIA and is governed by a Board of teaming up with McLaren. As part of a special Trustees. Among its activities, the SHINGO HINO, ADAM MCDAID, Japan report AUTO examines how new FIA Foundation participates in various ANDY MELLOR, AUDE RAYNAUT, UN road safety and environment regulations sparked Honda’s latest F1 adventure. KATE ROBSON, CHRIS RODWELL, related partnerships and is a GIUSEPPE STILO, THOMAS VILLETTE member of the UN Global Road Elsewhere, Ferrari and the FIA Institute have Advertising: Safety Collaboration. joined forces to deal with an important racing STEPHANE FILLASTRE safety issue – the dangers of missile-like debris [email protected] THE FIA INSTITUTE in motor sport. We went behind the scenes at a The FIA Institute is an international military jet test centre to see how researchers are not-for-profit organisation that develops and improves motor working to improve driver protection. sport safety and sustainability. It leads projects that encourage Safety for pedestrians is a central theme of the the rapid development of new Long Short Walk campaign, led by the Mandela and improved safety technologies; Legal: © 2013 FIA. All rights reserved. Except to the extent that facilitate higher standards family in partnership with the FIA Foundation. permitted under applicable copyright laws, no part of the information found in this publication may be reproduced of education and training; The campaign recently visited the UN General or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in and that raise awareness of a data base or retrieval system, without the prior written Assembly to lobby for road safety’s inclusion in permission of the FIA. safety and sustainability issues. The Institute was established the body’s Post-2015 Development Goals. AUTO Cover image: THOMAS BUTLER in October 2004 and funds its activities through annual grants was there to document the results. from the FIA Foundation. 05 AUTO / CUE AUTO / CUE From the 24 Hours of Le Mans NEWS/ to the Carrera Panamericana P12-19 From race circuits to road, the stories making the and beyond, this is AUTO headlines, including F1 legends embracing Formula Contents E, fan awards at the FIA’s annual prize-giving and why UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon is calling for more funding for road safety ANALYSIS/ P20 THE BIG QUESTION Can motor sport shake off its ageing image and appeal to younger generations? We ask the experts P22 SIM SAFETY Unveiling F1’s new extrication simulator, a fibre- 24MISSILE CONTROL: glass replica race car cockpit that gives trackside THE FIA TAKES UP THE teams regular access to driver egress DEBRIS DEFLECTION P24 MISSILE COMMAND CHALLENGE Inside the Italian military jet test centre where the FIA is modelling debris impact to take F1 64 helmet safety to a new level TIME MACHINE: JACK HEUER ON FERRARI, LAUDA, AND FOCUS/ MAKING MOVIE MAGIC P30 LONG DISTANCE RUNNERS If Porsche’s return to endurance racing wasn’t a big enough story, the famous marque had added F1 star Mark Webber to the plot. AUTO talked to man and team to chart the return of a legend P42 LIFE-SAVING STEPS Led by Zoleka Mandela, the Long Short Walk recently visited the UN to lobby for road safety’s 20 inclusion in the body’s Post-2015 Development Goals ‘ IT HELPS IF FANS P49 JAPAN SPECIAL EDITION Despite downturn and natural disaster Japan’s auto CAN IDENTIFY industry is thriving and boosting the country’s motor sport. AUTO looks at how Japan is racing ahead WITH SOMEONE P64 THE TIME OF HIS LIFE THEIR OWN AGE.’ After almost six decades, racing watchmaker Jack Heuer is bowing out of the timing business, but not F1’s Esteban Gutierrez on how motor before choosing his key motor sport moments racing can win over younger generations P72 WORLD OF SPORT In May, the FIA joined SportAccord, the umbrella organisation of sports federations. AUTO looks at how it strengthens sports through togetherness FINISH/ P74 FREEZE FRAME We travel back to the dawn of motoring – when petrol-driven problems pointed to an electric future 30 P76 STATS AT THE BACK ENDURING LOVE: AUTO presents all 75 participants in the 2013/14 PORSCHE GETS SET 42 49 FIA Institute Young Driver Excellence Academy TO REIGNITE ITS ZOLEKA MANDELA RISING FORCE: AFFAIR WITH LONG TAKES A LONG SHORT JAPAN IS P78 RALLYING RETURN DISTANCE RACING WALK TO THE UN BOUNCING BACK As Hyundai readies its return to WRC, team PHOTOGRAPHY: MARCO PERUZZO, DPPI, SHUTTERSTOCK PERUZZO, MARCO PHOTOGRAPHY: principal Michel Nandan offers his predictions 06 07 AUTO \ XXXXXXX AUTO / MOTIVE Formula One FEELING THE FOURTH Such is the volume of Formula One records that have tumbled Sebastian Vettel’s way since he made his grand prix debut at the wheel of a BMW- Sauber at the 2007 United States Grand Prix that when his name and the word achievement are used in conjunction, eyes tend to glaze over. Youngest points scorer, youngest pole position winner, youngest race winner, champion, double and triple title winner – it’s a Schumacher-like litany of smashed records and jaw- dropping benchmarks. But out of all the landmarks recorded in Vettel’s relatively short career, the securing of his fourth successive F1 title at October’s Indian Grand Prix stands out as something genuinely special. In taking his 10th win of the 2013 season, the 26-year-old Red Bull Racing driver became just the fourth driver in the 63-year history of the sport to take four titles and he’s certainly the youngest to do so. Juan Manuel Fangio was a relatively senior 45 when he took his fourth crown in 1956, Alain Prost was 38 in his final title year of 1993 and even Vettel’s mentor Michael Schumacher was six years older than the Red Bull driver when he claimed his fourth championship in 2001. The only question now is just how many more pages will need to be stitched into the record books for Vettel. CLASS ACT At the Indian GP, Sebastian Vettel became just the fourth driver in F1 history to win four titles and only the third to rack up four in a row. The Red Bull Racing star took a remarkable sixth win on the trot to make his 2013 points lead unassailable. / INFINITI RED BULL RACING XXXXXXXXXX VLADIMIR RYS PHOTOGRAPHY: 808 099 AUTO / MOTIVE DELTA FORCE Bringing the BladeGlider’s front wheels close together reduces drag and aids manoeuvrability, whilst aerodynamic downforce Sustainability is created by the highly rigid yet lightweight carbon-fibre underbody, hence the lack of ELECTRA drag-inducing wings. GLIDER First came the Delta Wing, then the Zero Emission On Demand Racing Car (ZEOD RC). Now Nissan is bringing these concepts to the road with the extravagantly-titled BladeGlider. But this is more than a cutting- edge concept.
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