''Torque'' magazine is a monthly

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which is published by The Race Drivers Academy in the

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. It was first released in September 2008. The magazine's tag line is that it is 'By Drivers, For Drivers'. The magazine is written solely by racing drivers and includes interviews, guest columnists and articles written by other racing drivers. Whilst the main objective initially was to document news and mini biographies of The Race Drivers Academy's drivers, ''Torque'' has since attracted some top

celebrities for interviews and its open stance on many issues has seen it become popular amongst hardcore racing fans. ''Torque'' prides itself in being open and honest in its views on the motorsport world.

Torque Online

In October 2008, in addition to the monthly release of the magazine, Torque Online was launched to keep readers up to date with news, competitions and downloadable versions of the magazine. Torque Online is also the most popular method of subscribing to the publication.

Editors

The two main editors of ''Torque'' are (were?) students of The Race Drivers Academy which is a company based at

Silverstone Silverstone is a village and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England. It is about from Towcester on the former A43 main road, from the M1 motorway junction 15A and about from the M40 motorway junction 10, Northampton, Milton Keynes and B ...

. Both editors, Richard Puddle and Oliver Lewis, have raced at club and national level in saloon car and single seater racing, whilst contributary writer Chris Dymond,Chris Dymond
at driverdb.com races a

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References

External links

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The Race Drivers Academy websiteSilverstone websiteRichard Puddle Driver Database PageChris Dymond Driver Database Page
{{Refend Auto racing magazines Sports magazines published in the United Kingdom Monthly magazines published in the United Kingdom Magazines established in 2008 Online magazines published in the United Kingdom