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Euro-threat
SIR, I was puzzled to read in this month's Boddy Language that an arbitrary date was to set before which…
April 1997
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Ascari and son
Antonio Ascari (pictured here with his son Alberto, then six, after winning the 1924 Italian GP), was killed soon after…
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How I won the Grand Prix d'Europe
It has been said that this year's race at Spa was an easy affair for the P2 Alfa-Romeos but just…
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1997 The essential guide to the season
A superb historic season is in prospect and we'll be following it every step of the way. here, Marcus Pye…
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Compound fractures
The tyre battle in 1997 is but the latest of a war that's been raging since the '50s. Nigel Roebuck…
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50 Years of Ferrari
A question. What does 'Ferrari' mean to you? We presumed the answer to be simple until we started thinking about…
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Unforgettable Ferrari P3/4 — the sports car without any vices
Take yourself back thirty years to Spa, May 1, 1967. It's a little before 1.00pm and the 1000 kilometres of…
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The Maranello concessions racing team
At the 1958 London Motor Show newly crowned world champion driver Mike Hawthorn tried to launch his Tourist Trophy Garage…
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Victory Ts
The Revolutionary 312T began a golden period for Ferrari. Niki Lauda and its creator, Mauro Forghieri, tell Alan Henry why…
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Amon spurns Forghieri's gem
"For three years I had been driving cars with super chassis that handled well but just couldn't hold a candle…
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Ferrari's fastest playboy: Alfonso de Portago
For any who admire the days when drivers were fat and tyres were skinny, the name 'Fon' de Portago will…
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The Good, the Mad & the Ugly
These are the three fastest road ferraris ever made. Each is incredible but, says Andrew Frankel, one is greatest of…
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The original road racers
Until these three came along, the greatest era for Ferrari road racers was the early '60s, when the 250GT Berlinetta…
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Red Lions: Ferrari's unlikely affection for British drivers
Enzo Ferrari’s relationships with the men who drove his cars were often difficult to follow, let alone fathom. Like much…
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The other British F1 drivers
Reg Parnell was not strictly a works driver but raced Tony Vandervell's Ferrari 375 'Thinwall Special' to fourth place in…
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In the beginning...
There was Enzo, and Enzo created the 125 and the world was made good. Peter Robinson drives the first Ferrari…
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The F-philes
Anyone will tell you that ferrari is special some are more qualified than others to comment Stirling Moss A difficult…
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"A straightaway race for genuine racing cars"
That was the billing for the Brooklands 500, a bold experiment by a new club. Bill Boddy outlines the BRDC'S…
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First class honours from Oxford
Three untried MG K3s set out on the 1933 Mille Miglia to beat the Maseratis. it was a tall order,…
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Sideways glance
Nick Faure is Britain's most famous, and spectacular, 911 driver. What then would he make of the rather tamer Boxster?…
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