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The incredible rise and fall of Team Lotus
Grand prix racing was a changing world by 1958. And after the opening race of that season, in Argentina, it…
April 1998
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Lotus's Colin Chapman: 'You see? It designs itself...'
No story on Colin Chapman could omit the word 'innovation'. But his remarkable talent lay not so much in inventing…
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Two decades of the Dakar
January 1982. Tears at Number 10, newsreaders scrabbling for a map of north-west Africa and travel agents panicking to get…
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The Hon. Victor Bruce
The Honourable Victor Bruce started his career by driving in national trials but went on to win the Monte Carlo…
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Lancia belter
With better luck, the Lancia LC2 could have beaten the Porsche 956. Giancarlo Reggiani remembers it as Bruno Giacomelli takes…
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The incredible career of Hans Herrmann, Germany's somersaulting sensation
It is one of motor racing’s enduring images – a BRM P25 cartwheeling down the track shedding components, one being…
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The worst car I ever drove: Chris Amon chooses a self-inflicted injury
Make a list of the cars Chris Amon raced to earn his living in the 1960s and 1970s and two…
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Track tests - Spa-Francorchamps
An amazing number of the world’s greatest race circuits lie within a few hours of Calais. Armed with old photographs…
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My greatest race - Roy Salvadori
Coppa Inter Europa, Monza, 1963 An unreliable car, poor practice and tough opposition did not bode well for Roy Salvadori’s…
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Simon Bull
From family heirlooms to fast cars, this television antiques expert has an eye for classic engineering There are similarities between…
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Getting the Royces right
It used to be common practice, and still is, for manufacturers to examine, test and even dissect the cars of…
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Miscellany, April 1998
Brooklands trophies seldom reveal themselves these days at sales or elsewhere, so it is nice to know that the Jackson…
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The fastest road car challenge
In these 1990s there are some very fast road cars available to those who can afford them. Back in the…
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Obituary
C E C Martin That cheerful extrovert racing driver Charles Martin, who drove with enthusiastic verve, an amateur amongst professionals,…
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Miscellany, April 1998
The 750 MC, formed in 1939 to encourage Austin 7s to compete against other baby cars when they were too…
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VSCC Hereford Trial
The VSCC held its popular annual Herefordshire Trial under a cloudless sky on February 14, entries numbering 106. Twelve sections…
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