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Jo Schlesser: Road to Rouen
One of the most fascinating scenes in the film Grand Prix is the GPDA meeting at Spa, in which actors…
April 2001
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The Honda RA302
The ill-fated debut of the Honda RA302 took place against a background of strong opposition from lead driver John Surtees.…
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With the route plotted, it seemed a shame to waste the evening, so they did a quick divert and swapped the Herald for the only other vacant machine, the VW Transporter pick-up used for delivering the Fidler fish
Ecurie Cod Fillet is an unlikely name for a team, yet this is the true story of a band of…
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Mirth, deaths and carriages
Northern humour is no respecter of time or place. Recently, the advancing age of the ECF's original members has led…
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I wish I'd designed... Lotus 49
Put off Formula One for years by the death of Jim Clark, it was the technical aspects, not human ones,…
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Book reviews, April 2001, April 2001
Autocourse Edited by Alan Henry ISBN 1 874557 79 9 Hazleton Publishing, £35 Yes, this has been out for three…
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Humber mystery solved
Which are the most enigmatic racing cars ever? My vote goes to the 1914 TT Humbers. They were built in…
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Miscellany, April 2001
The gremlins got at last month's piece on the GP Opels. The last line of the paragraph commencing "It passed…
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Georges Irat
When a reader wrote to ask me about a Georges Irat I had tested for Motor Sport in 1940, I…
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Arpajon — record road
An enjoyable, if time-consuming, aspect of writing for Motor Sport is tackling interesting problems put to me by readers. The…
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A vintage birthday treat
Went the other day to see some of the cars Ben Collings is restoring for various people. Coming upon the…
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