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Only a game
Sir, So Michael Schumacher's debut was a moment that "changed racing history"? Oh, please! In what way, exactly? I fear…
June 2000
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Crystal Balls
Sir, Having read John Davenport's article about Prodrive Supremo David Richards, I would like to correct him on one small…
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May memories
Sir, Congratulations on an excellent May edition. Nigel Roebuck's piece on Jacky Ickx was most enjoyable and I was particularly…
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Dead slow and stop
Sir, As an add-on to your article on Jaguar disc brakes, I well remember being told of an early exchange…
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David Purley's attraction to danger: F1 Legends
The demands of the season being what they are, I spend less time in my house in Normandy than I…
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Le Mans: The Story So Far
It's the world's greatest motor race and its history is stranger than fiction. Mike Cotton and Andrew Frankel report Few…
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Sebring 12 hours
Half as long, twice as tough They say if you can last 12 hours at Sebring, doing 24 at Le…
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Jaguar XJR-14 and the Porsche WSC95: two Le Mans legends, but only one car
We all know that there is only one individual sports car in history to not only claim a World Championship…
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Piero Taruffi: The incredibly versatile Silver Fox racer
Like many schoolboys in post-War Britain, I had an insatiable appetite for stories about a character called Wilson. He'd swim…
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The NACA duct
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Lotus 18 track test: Power behind the throne
Their laughter fills the place. Morning in the Goodwood pitlane. Keith Duckworth and Mike Costin are a couple of shop…
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Goodwill Festival of Speed Preview
Every year it becomes more difficult to improve on the standards of the previous festival of speed. But this year…
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Forgotten Pioneer
Motor agent, promoter, early racing reported and journalist, Henry Osbaldeston Duncan was a central figure in establishing the car as…
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Tank battle
The worst car I ever drove By putting a fuel tank between the engine and gearbox and having power steering…
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Jaguar test match: Norman Dewis and Luciano Burti
Goodwood hangs in a freezing mist of rain. Inside the great house, a familiar crowd shuffles between coffee trays and…
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Gordon Murray: 'I wish I'd designed the... Cooper T51/53'
When I think back to GP design milestones, it's pretty obvious, really: the first rear-engined F1 Cooper. Not so much…
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The ladies' track record
The 'Girls in F1' story last month was very interesting. Somehow! never expected them to shine in Grands Prix, But…
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Return to splendour
The announcement that the VSCC hopes to have an Auto Union actually racing at its Richard Seaman Trophies Meeting at…
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Tough on Sir Stirling
On April 13 I dared to take a half-hour from scribbling about cars to watch the Wipe Out quiz show…
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Were the books ever cooked?
With cricket and rugby in trouble over players placing bets on the outcome of matches, could this ever have changed…
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