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CONTENTS / MAY 2013 FIRST SECTOR: THE REGULARS 10 IGNITION SEB REVEALS HIS TRUE COLOURS 12 PARADES THE VERY BEST F1 PHOTOGRAPHY 18 PITPASS NEWS, OPINION AND ANALYSIS 26 PITPASS TECH IN-SEASON CAR DEVELOPMENT 28 PETER WINDSOR SEPANG JUST WON‘T GO AWAY 31 DIETER RENCKEN WHO WILL BE THE NEXT BERNIE? 33 VALTTERI BOTTAS ON HIS VERY FIRST GRAND PRIX RACING 34 INBOX YOUR VIEWS ON ‘MULTI-21-GATE’ 36 NOW THAT WAS A CAR THE BRABHAM BT20 106 SUBSCRIBE AND GET A FREE MCLAREN T-SHIRT COVER STORIES SECOND SECTOR: THE FEATURES 100, 60 44 38 THE DARK SIDE OF VETTEL Flav‘s got plenty to say about 80 Sepang has been the talk of the season. After Sebastian 80 team ownership, ditching 92 Vettel‘s sunny side was suddenly eclipsed, Andrew Benson managers… and ‘Crashgate’ asks: do Red Bull have only themselves to blame? 44 BULLETPROOF BUTTON While no one wants a car like this year‘s MP4-28, Teflon- 38 tough Jenson Button has endured far worse over the years 52 A CHAT WITH MARTIN WHITMARSH McLaren‘s head honcho on a difficult season ahead 54 WHEN TECH GOES BAD McLaren aren‘t the only ones: we investigate how teams can go from hero to zero over the course of a winter break 60 THE RETURN OF ADRIAN SUTIL Putting that nightclub fracas far behind him, Sutil returns to his Force India drive with a new perspective on life VETTEL It‘s a case of no more Mr Nice 38 Guy as Seb asserts himself at Sepang 66 HÜLKENBURG STEPS SIDEWAYS Force India to Sauber wasn‘t an obvious promotion for young Nico. But his ultimate destination is Maranello 72 AT SAUBER, EVERY DETAIL COUNTS… …as we learn from their chief designer, Matt Morris 74 MONISHA: F1‘S FIRST LADY The sport‘s only female team principal on the pressures of leading a team from the midfield BUTTON When the going gets tough 78 GO FIGURE 44 he always finds a way to pull through Spain‘s involvement in F1 – in number 80 LUNCH WITH FLAVIO BRIATORE Maurice Hamilton enjoys a lively catch-up with one of the The highly rated Nico Hülkenberg most flamboyant and controversial figures ever to grace F1 66 is on a fast track to Ferrari – with a detour by way of Sauber 88 YOU ASK THE QUESTIONS Pirelli boss and Ricky-Gervais look-alike Paul Hembery tackles your questions about tyres… and calendars FLAV Brace yourself as the 92 THE ORIGINAL ‘AUSSIE GRIT’ 80 outspoken Mr Briatore lets rip An exclusive interview with the only man ever to win the championship in his own car: Sir Jack Brabham 100 PERFORMANCE DRIVING WITH PROST F1 Racing takes a few lessons from the sport‘s Mr Smooth THIRD SECTOR: FINISHING STRAIGHT PROST How making the best of 110 MALAYSIAN GP REPORT TEAM ORDERS GO AWRY 100 your car makes you a better driver 114 CHINESE GP REPORT RUBBER RUNS THE SHOW 118 SPANISH GP PREVIEW A VERY FAMILIAR CIRCUIT 121 TOM CLARKSON IN TROUBLE AT THE AIRPORT 122 MURRAY WALKER NOT AT ALL HAPPY ABOUT SEPANG Adrian Sutil‘s got his old drive 60 back at Force India. But what has he learned in his time away? 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