Issue #676: King Charles reigns in Silverstone

This week starts at UK's home of motorsport - Silverstone! In Formula 1, Charles Leclerc ended a painful drought to secure his first win in 640 days under controversial circumstances. Graham Harris, Jack Smith, James Phillips, Sue Justice and Fleur Rogerson were all on the ground to cover the action, with support from Anirban Aly Mandal, on what was an exciting Sprint weekend. As usual, James Moy and his team snapped the brilliant images. While in Formula 2, Formula 3 and the F1 Academy, it was a similar dose of excitement, with some late drama and heroics, as well as a plethora of interest for home drivers. Fleur and Tiana Soans covered all the action. Over in China, heavy rain affected the Formula E schedule, but there was no doubting the chaos, as Pascal Wehrlein continued his quest for the title with victory, and was joined by soon-to-be-retired veteran Lucas di Grassi, who took an emotional win, both for himself and for the Lola team, the British marque celebrating their maiden Formula E victory. Lena Ferle has all the details. In Start Your Engines, Jack and James look at what makes Britain the hub of breeding young talent and this is accompanied by the first in a two-part interview with former F1 engineer Rob Smedley, founder of the FAT Karting League. In Mid-Ohio, Kevin Dejewski has all the action and images, as Pato O'Ward took a first IndyCar victory of the season, fending off McLaren teammate Christian Lundgaard, with title-leader Alex Palou struggling to make his usual impact. There was another maiden win, this time in Rome - the Rally di Roma Capitale to be precise! Roberto Dapra took a first-ever success in Italy, leading a 1-2-3-4 for Skoda. David Ledbitter brings you all the action. Back to F1, and James examines how witnessing a set of classic F1 cars on-track at Silverstone, complete with their eardrum-piercing noises, could reignite excitement with Formula 1 prepping its return to V8 power. Finally in Carla's Corner, there is a look back at Cadillac's miserable double-DNF in Austria in the form of a musical classic. And, as always, we have all the news, views and stories in this week's edition of the most widely read weekly motorsport magazine in the world!