It’s the one you’ve been waiting for, where Top Gear and Formula 1 collide in a handy to use magazine format. Jeremy Clarkson meets Lewis Hamilton down at the Top Gear test track, James May gets to grips with the six eras of F1 and the Stig thrashes the arse off F1’s safety car.
We get to grips with the new technical regulations, the new technical innovations that the BBC Sport F1 team are bringing to your telly, and we humbly talk about The Legend that is James Hunt.
Then we strong arm your new BBC commentary team into the Chevrolet Lacetti so they can have a crack at being stars in the telly show’s Reasonably Priced Car. “If anyone beats me today, I’ll cut my arm off,’ Eddie Jordan announced before they began, so you can count on it not being an uncompetitive outing.
We even manage to stop Sebastian Vettel from drinking cans of Red Bull long enough to have a chat with him about beating everyone this year.
And as if all that wasn’t enough, there’s a huge 40-page guide to the teams, drivers and circuits by David Coulthard, Eddie Jordan and Martin Brundle.
Plus loads of other great stuff.
So get amped for the new season of F1, only in the Top Gear Grand Prix 09 magazine, that’s on sale now.
F1 made simple – how hard can it be?
still, hamilton is talented, but not with the new car. he should learn to curb his ego.
is this magazine part of the subscription?
if i have a subscription will i get this?( cuz i’m from romania and i can’t buy it anywhere else)
Does this mean Clarkson now likes F1?
I was just going to ask the same question as comments 2 & 3…
Clarkson has always liked F1, it was Hammond who didn’t like it..
(whats this? I just went on a potty break and now they posted this?)
I’m guessing this is a different magazine to the usual TG… So not part of the subscription…
How can I subscribe to this magazine?
¿can you buy it now at any shop?
is it on my subscribtion or do i have to go and buy it?(how boreing!)
cool
take the video links off until you get permission to use them
McLaren not good atm, BRAWNGP and Button the new British superpower this year!
Can’t agree more. Button has been given a rubbish car for the last two years, and now he can show Hamilton who’s the Brit boss around in F1. After all, who’s more experiened???? Oh yes, Button is.
experience means nothing if you have less tallent and button has far less tallent than LH
How good would it be if both mclaren and BrawnGP were at a similar standard. Then we can really findout who’s better! Hamilton or Button?
Hasn’t Hamilton already posted the same time around the TG track in the wet as Button did in the dry??? Would love to see BrawnGP cause an upset this year though,roll on Melbourne!
why cant all the british issues be sentto aus?
go massa and vettel
When is the magazine out? (Go massa + vettel)
WILL THE MAGAZINE COME WITH THE TOPGEAR SUBSCRIPTION AS I DON’T WANT TO BUY IT AND THEN HAVE IT GIVEN FREE BY TOPGEAR
Will it caome as part of the subscription!!!!!!!!!!!!
(GO HAMILTON!)
*Will it come as part of the Topgear subscription!!!!!!!!!!!!! !
(GO HAMILTON!)
Cool Good luck to Lewis
When are these ppl start to understand there are petrol heads like me from not so sophisticated countries, like from India? Is there an e book associated? I can’t wait to hear about this.
I want it but have a TOP GEAR subsription.
Could someone please answer the question highlighted by comments 2,3,5,7,8,10,21,22 & 23?
I am also wondering if it is included in my subscription. Last months issue was really boring.
“We flew Tom Ford all the way to Las Vegas at your expense…and he wrote a third of a dreary page for you.”
If it is not included I may cancel my subscription.
God… I saw this and immediately went to my local newsagents only to return empty handed and find that it’s not even out yet!!!! That has ruined my day!!!!
does this mean a top gear 1 off ?F1 program befor the season starts?
ma ndo se compra?
THAT IS THE BEST
BECAUSE TOP GEAR AND F1 ARE MY FAVE PROGRAMS
OH WELL I WILL SEE YOU LATER I AM AWAY YO BUY THAT MAGAZINE
Just went out to the shops and bought it. Good magazine, it’s got a 40 page guide to all the teams tracks and drivers plus loads of other great features like the lewis interview,the inside story on the great final lap and a great story on the stig driving the safety car. Great magazine and utterly worth buying!
thats great im deffinitly buying that its great
and this is not on the blog because ? yup…
what´s next bbc ? a subscription for the homepage membership ? public service my arse !
so I should pay 10quid, to look at pics of jeremy talking to hamilton and read about f1 gurus laptimes around the track,which, I´m guessing will also be featured on the show included in my license.. and while the beebs get fatter drowning the rest of the pages in dreary adds.. kinda makes the hompage absolete though..bad taste bbc top gear, very bad indeed !
charge us for membership and let´s have it all up here please !!! cheaper, better, faster, easier and the cashflow..would rocket out of the galaxy ! Most of the people on this chain are here because this is their only access…use it.
btw. the above is purely personal opinion and not anti-propaganda, so please feal free to correct me if I´m wrong.
ps love the show,great fun pls keep up the good work,
the mag however is always a let down, always !
woooooooooooooooooooo i need to buy that
cool i need that lol
PLEASE AWNSER THE QUESTION DOES IT COME WITH THE TOP GEAR MAGASINE SUBSCRIPTION I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR AN AWNSER FOR FLIPPING AGES
T E L L U S N O W P L E A S E
im bying it
i get the impression it isn’t included with the standard topgear magazine!
come on BBC can’t you just add it as a supplement in the topgear magazine every month. Surely 4… quid for the magazine is enough to cover costs. Reward all your loyal subscribers please !!
where do i get a copy of this from? doesnt appear to be in the shops yet.
looks like a great magazine i want it
…
but hamilton is being silly to say he can go faster, he forgets that alonso, raikonen, massa and soon to be a great f1 driver vettel. should do really well and well with the 2009 mclaren, not going to be at its best performance it’s not going to go well….
Put this magazine out at 6:30am at work this morning when it came in and immediately took a copy out into the warehouse to buy after work. Having now read it from cover to cover i say BUY IT!!! brilliant coverage of all the drivers, teams and tracks. loads from the new bbc presenting and commentary team and with 2 weeks to go i really cannot wait for the new season to start. but what were the stigs times in the F1 Safety car??? i want to know!!!
oh yeah to anyone who buys it and remembers what the chain means to people who used to watch F1 on BBC, read the last 4 laps of brazil article while listening to The Chain music. personaly found the result quite intresting, but then always loved that song….
will this be for sale in america? if so when?
how much will the mag be as i want 1 now soooooo badly!!!!!!
Listen up.
Hasn’t anyone seen Bernie
in a ferrari uniform on the
Ferrari ski trip. Look on the
F1 website.
i think its a 1 off evri1, just went to shops and i cant find it =( want it now!!!! try whsmiths lol thats where im gna try next
i dont know wether to buy this or not cuz i dont know if its in the subcription
@ 49. Ah, but did you also see him earlier in the year in a press conference, zipped up to the neck in a Ferrari coat, basically saying he wants to award the Championship on wins rather than points after Massa had won more races than Hamilton in 2008?
I don’t want to start this whole ‘buyism’ fight off again – it was annoying enough last year – but come on! Can’t you get F1-branded stuff instead?
Btw this guide is probably like the TopGear Supercars special issue, but having said that I’m waiting until Wednesday when my subscription arrives in the post. Just in case…
If Channel 5’s Fifth Gear programme can give away a used car as a competition prize, then surely, due to the unique way the BBC is funded, Top Gear could prove it’s a better show by offering a brand new car as a prize to all it’s loyal fans!.
I cant find it in any shop I tried loads of times but they dont have it
Ron, they make the money to do that by charging you £5 to answer an obvious question. Lots of people do it, ergo lots of monies!
TOPGEAR ANSWER ALL OF OUR QUESTIONS IS IT IN THE SUBSCRIPTION!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!
(GO HAMILTON & BUTTON)
The GP mag is not part of the subscription to Top Gear magazine, as it’s a one-off special that we produced with BBC Sport. So you’ll have to go to the shops and buy yourself a copy.
But is it available outside of the U.K?
Does Coulthard drive a reasonably priced car. Also does he do Donuts after the lap
Hamilton has to learn a lot and I am sure it becomes one of the best drivers in the history of F1, but Fernando Alonso is without doubt the best track pilot.The problem now is that it seems that everything is not Spanish deserves to have the best and trampling is a synonym for worthiness. Sorry if offended by my level of English.
I think Hamilton is a good Driver, but the N°1 is THE STIG…
I support STIG for new 2009 Ferrari Driver then MAssa….
P.s. Jeremy is my IDOL
i got it 2day its wicked but i havce a subscription and i didnt get so its a bit off a rip off in that respect
i think hamster should be the new presenter of f1 it would be funny
how much is it?
went too look for it today, and it wasn’t out
will look again tomorrow.
The official f1 racing magazine has a good season preview as well tbf.
Forza Kimi!!
Thank you Jamie.
I will buy it ………………………. NOW!!!
what is the point
…
does this come with the normal subscription of tg mag or is it a separate subscription
Will this mag be a regular thing. i would happily subscribe.
Sweeeeet!!!
68. jookson see 57. Jamie Hibbard
they have just announced the Ecclstone medals rule for this year… where the top gear thread so we can shout out our abuse at the organisers?
@ 72. No medals, but the champion is the one who wins the most races.
Points are still on offer. If at the end of the season there are drivers tied on wins, the champion is the one with most points.
same rubbish different package
i have looked everywhere for it i cannot find it anywhere
http://www.formula1.com/n ews/headlines/2009/3/9024 .html
do you think button will win a race in the brawn GP car this year
f1 racing is a gr8 mag! i think that hamilton will fall behind this year! yes! he has always been pampered. lets see how good he is with a rubbish car!
oh, and the magazine is great! i love the drivers chart! And the new most wins rule is awesome!
come on BMW!
get in come in lewis!! carnt wait for new f1 season
Is there no end to what TG can do it just gets better and better keep going chaps cant wait for the next series
What a load of rubbish. No price on the mag, no price mentioned on the page. Why bother when there are plenty of other mags available.
Why haven’t the questions raised above been answered?
If BBC coverage is anything like this we’re in trouble!!
By the way, I’ll be looking out for the free Guardian preview – I get it every year!
come on you stig!!!!!!!!!!!!
bit random, but is it true that the f1 video game will get released in october?
Is this part of the subscription?? Anyone?
is this next months mag ?? cool
it’s £3.95 if anyone was wondering..
Thanks amanda! At last – an answer!
Go Hamilton
where csn i find it i’ve looke everywhere
and it aint in whsmith too…
i found it in whsmiths in the motorsport section rather than with the usually TG mag and it costs £3.95
Is this part of the subscription?
thanks oliver!
the new season is upon us and the F1 team have obviously be practiceing in the snow! Spectator sports in the snow are limited as it is too cold to watch outside. So F1 is a spectator sport so Y O Y have we got cars that look like prams with a snow shovel on the front. Get a grip with the rules these things look UGLY. I think we should get looking at the JPS lotus and classic GP racing. MAX and Burnie are haveing a little joke! But may be not after a corner or 3 the halve of the front wing will be there for the marchals to take home or turn into a TG sofa. And the Front ends will look like something from the skirted area! Please do not let me be alone in condemnation of these silly machines!
Come on Guys, get a grip, no it’s not part of your subscription, it costs £3.95 and hey, we are that much closer to the start of GP 2009
i just got it today it’s great u should by it
the price is £3.95/$10.99
!!!!!! lewis !!!! hamilton!!!!! rules!!!
also go fernando aloso
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