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Matters of moment, June 1979
• Outlook uncertain Although motoring remains one of the most enjoyable relaxations, within the limits set by its ever-increasing cost,…
• Outlook uncertain Although motoring remains one of the most enjoyable relaxations, within the limits set by its ever-increasing cost,…
Further increases in the cost of raw materials and wage increases in the printing industry leave us with no alternative…
We are aware that Bill Lake's GP Sunbeam is started with the aid of Ki-gas, not Ki-grass (page 831). This…
Five new World Records, including the absolute World Record for closed circuits, fell to the experimental Mercedes-Benz CIII Mark IV…
The Essex Constabulary are searching for a stolen 1934 Morgan Sports, registration number LJ 9820, chassis number D/1024, colour maroon…
Some good driving Zolder, May 13th The little Zolder circuit, which is situated in the sandy scrublands of north east…
At the end of each season the members of the International Racing Press Association vote for the most amiable Formula…
A Section devoted to old-car matters The Itala Trophy Silverstone, April 21st Since this event was run off at Silverstone…
Bentley Facts Sir, Oh dear! Those Bentley production figures again. I thought I had laid all this to rest in…
Interview Behind every classified advertisement there must be a story, but it is unusual to find that two lines in…
"The Le Mans 24 hours Race — 1978" Edited by Christian Moity and Jean-Marc Teissedre. 159 pp. 12½" x 9¾".…
A reader drew my attention to "Letters From a Traveller" by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (Collins, 1962). Father Teilhard was…
Last November we referred to the Revell kit for constructing a very-detailed 13½ in.-long model of a 1934 Rolls-Royce Phantom…
Mechanically the European season of Grand Prix racing got under way in fine style (see page 837) and there were…
What sounds like an exciting speed-trial with a difference is due to take place at Long Marston on July 8th,…
To commemorate the 1928/1929 Gipsy Moth Reliability Tour, when a Gipsy I engine was flown 51,000 miles in DH Moth…
The Vintage SCC has its race meeting at Oulton Park on June 16th this year, the main events being the…
From prague we have received details of the above rally, the "Tatry 1979", which takes competitors through some beautiful East…
Several captions were prepared for the V-E-V pages in last month's MOTOR SPORT and in the Editor's absence the wrong…
Rodney Clarke It is with sadness that we have to record the death of Rodney Clarke, in the middle of…
The Ferguson P99 arrived with a bang in F1, then quickly became a racing footnote – Motor Sport takes it to the track in our November 2023 edition
Comebacks: Sinatra, Elvis – now, that was Special – and Formula One world champions. The smell of the grease and the roar of the exhausts have tended to prove hard…
Round five of the 2025 Formula 1 season wraps up the first triple-header of the year in Saudi Arabia. There are the dates and start time for the Jeddah event, including all sessions
Alpine sits at the bottom of the F1 championship table this year; its drivers struggling with the car. But one change due in 2026 could transform its fortunes, says Mark Hughes