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Letters, June 2017
Lies, damn lies and RStatistics It was an absolute pleasure to read about the 30th anniversary of the Ford Sierra…

Lies, damn lies and RStatistics It was an absolute pleasure to read about the 30th anniversary of the Ford Sierra…
A Big Ask: The Story of Ford’s Triumphant Return to Le Mans David Phillips Ford split fans’ opinion in 2016…
KEEPING AN EYE ON THE TIME: POWERFUL PLAYERS IN THE WATCH WORLD A. Lange & Söhne What is the most…
Some have gone down in history, others are burned on the memories of those who witnessed them. Here we celebrate…
David Brabham remembers asking his dad Jack what it takes to be a truly great racer. It was a big…
It is one of the most legendary laps ever completed and regarded as unbeatable. With the help of a high-tech…
A series of high-profile changes at Ferrari led some to fear the team might implode. But as the first races…
A cult Eighties racer nicknamed the Flying Brick is set to land on Europe’s racetracks once again No matter which…
A successful sports car driver of the 1960s comes face to face with one of his landmark cars… for the…
In a different era, on a different continent at a different time of day, the sight that greeted Guy Smith…
How GT3 conquered the world and tempted in vital manufacturers While the very top of the sports cars pyramid scrabbles…
I first met Paul Stewart in March, 2000. We were both attending the Australian Grand Prix, me in my usual…
Wimbledon Stadium has closed its doors for the last time, marking the end of oval racing in the capital. Motor…
There are 250,000 completely different experiences at Le Mans every year: the world’s greatest race can be one man’s festival…
Dan Gurney’s All-American marque, which triumphed in Formula 1, at Indianapolis and in USAC and IMSA Motor Sport Hall of…
September 24, 1960: Oulton Park’s Gold Cup meeting attracted a top-class entry and James Edwards, 19, was there to watch …
Blyton Park, March 12: Traditional entertainment in remotest Lincs – at the 101st motor sport venue the author reckons he…
How an airy art exhibition can help make sense of F1 car design Being intrigued by the invitation, I stopped…
John Surtees’s life contained enough to stories to fill a book – and then some Sometimes whatever one may write…
A fourth Indy 500 win for the American came with the help of British engineering oing into the month of…
F1's annual game of musical chairs is approaching its end, with several more hopeful drivers than there are seats. We look at who is in line for the vacant spaces on next year's grid
A series taken from the 164-page Motor Sport special Great Racing Cars, which is available to buy here From the editor Damien Smith How would you define a ‘great’ racing car? Race wins and…
You may remember that David Coulthard did some donuts on the helipad of the Burj Al Arab building in Dubai. Well, this is the video from Red Bull that tells…
I’ll admit that, thanks to the presence of a Peugeot 205GTI in my shed, I was more torn than usual about my hopes for the Peugeot’s third attempt to replace…