Autosport
| Type | Weekly magazine |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | Motorsport Network |
| Editor | Kevin Turner |
| Founded | 1950 |
| Circulation | 18,022 Jan-Dec 2016 |
| ISSN | 0269-946X |
| Website | www |
Autosport (ISSN 0269-946X) is a weekly magazine covering motorsport, published in the United Kingdom every Thursday. It was first published on 25 August 1950 by Gregor Grant, immediately prior to the Silverstone International Trophy meeting of that year. In 2016, Haymarket Media Group sold Autosport and other motorsport media outlets to Motorsport Network.
Its current editor is Kevin Turner, having assumed the role from Edd Straw in early 2016. Previous editor-in-chief Andrew van de Burgt, oversaw a comprehensive relaunch of the magazine in March 2009. Cartoonist Jim Bamber was one of its other regular contributors, with his cartoons of motorsport news topics until his death due to cancer in June 2014 . Another cartoonist to have a regular appearance from 1970 to 1994, when Bamber took over his regular slot following his battle with cancer, is Barry Foley, with his Team Catchpole strip.
The team's current roster of staff journalists includes F1 Group Editor Jonathan Noble, Assistant F1 Editor Ben Anderson, Deputy Editor Marcus Simmons, Autosport.com editor Glenn Freeman, Features Editor Scott Mitchell and Rallies Editor David Evans.
As well as covering all significant worldwide motorsport events, Autosport also covers the UK national, club and historic racing scene in the "Club Autosport" section, which includes a weekly column by Marcus Pye. Autosport also organizes the McLaren Autosport BRDC Young Driver Award for young British racing drivers. David Coulthard and Jenson Button are both on the list of previous winners.
John Vary Bolster (24 May 1910 – 13 January 1984) became technical editor of Autosport on its foundation in 1950 and one of motoring journalism's most colourful personalities. John contributed weekly road tests and technical articles. He filed his last report for the magazine a few days before his death. Active in motor sport during the 1930s and in the 1940s with specials at Shelsley Walsh and Lewes (in particular his 7 cwt twin-engined later four-engined 200 bhp Bloody Mary usually holder of the fastest time of the day) and other venues his racing career was ended by a near fatal accident driving an ERA which overturned in the 1949 British Grand Prix. Owner and driver of a 1911 Silver Ghost Rolls-Royce and a 1903 Panhard-Levassor driven in every possible Brighton Run he was also an enthusiast for Stationary engines. In 1982 he received the Pemberton Trophy, the Guild of Motoring Writers' award for his achievements within his profession.
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